I’m so mad at myself for laughing at this.

This is fantastic.

(There is no measure by which he is “one of the most valuable shortstops ever.”)

It is, however, an animal byproduct and therefore not Vegan.

But his hitting skills do have to do with whether or not he gets into the Hall of Fame or “Hall of Very Good” which was the original point I was responding to. He was one of the most valuable shortstops ever, even when you account for his bad defense at that position. That’s the way these things are typically…

I said this elsewhere, so sorry to double up. But I don’t actually think this will solve the problem. They’ll just watch more replays until they’re satisfied they have the call correct. Instead, let’s move all replays to the booth or league office (they’re in a better environment to make the call than a ref looking…

I know. I concede that he was not a good defensive shortstop. My point is that it doesn’t matter: he was so good offensively that he’s still one of the very best shortstops ever.

I’m not bothered by pass interference being a judgment call. Plenty of judgment calls are already reviewable (i.e. did the receiver have “control” of the ball, etc.). The biggest problem with reviews is how interminably fucking long they are.

This is the most scorching hot take of all-time. The only full-time SS from the last 70 damn years with more WAR — which accounts for defense — than Jeter is Ozzie Smith. Jeter could have thrown every ball he fielded into the fourth row and he’d still walk into the Hall of Fame.

The point was more that D.C. is literally the capital city of the Union...

The idea of a team from WASHINGTON DAMN D.C. fighting for Dixie is so mind-warpingly insane that I almost can’t believe it’s real.

Have you ever read Barry’s old piece about Lozano? Among the many eye-popping details in that piece is that one of Lozano’s tactics was to make his clients think they were getting worse offers than they actually were so that (a) he wouldn’t have to do any hard negotiating, and (b) when he took the original offer, he…

Forgive me if I don’t believe a word that comes out Dan Lozano’s sewer.

Harden’s game is beautiful precisely because it’s pushing the known limits of how much a single player can do for his basketball team.

Of all the posts I would have expected to elicit Dead Letters, a high school buzzer beater was not one of them.

FUCKING THANK YOU!

Once, in the dead of Winter, I flew from New Hampshire to San Diego. It was below zero when I got on the plane and about 65 when I got off. That was one of the most amazing feelings of my life.

This is some impressive mascot beef.

As I Knicks fan, I cannot support anything that resembles this kind of optimism and hope. Please recant and say something morose and horrible.

Haha, fuck you, here’s your star.