Let me rephrase that. Unknowingly accepted.

This. While I’d like to develop players better, the fact is for 99% of all players the NCAA system is awesome for them. (With the exception of basketball and football.) Sure the South American and European academy system is far superior in producing elite talent, but for the vast majority of players that wash out, a…

In all seriousness I agree. This in and of itself is harmless, but if a guy in his position is this reckless, I’d doubt he knows boundaries in his professional life either.

You’d be amazed how good and common fake bills are these days. I’d guess I’ve accepted $1000 in the last 2 years alone. Twenties mostly. And they are GOOD. I’d say more than half it was the bank picking up on it and not me, so I can’t really blame the staff either. Here’s a tip, if you somehow end up with a fake,…

I think he should be lauded. Instead of talking sex to people on his payroll for their work, he’s discussing their work to people who get paid for sex.

You TB12 fan boys are so pathetic. It’s such absolute bullshit.

If you think 99% of all elite endurance athletes, cycling, swimming, track, marathoners, AREN’T doping in some way, then yes you are naive.

I’ve spent my entire life looking like I’m trying hard without doing a damn thing. I tip my cap to you Karl. Well done.

Considering the different eras, there’s not much separation between Kaat and John versus Morris. To Morris’s credit, he was the last of the true workhorses ever in baseball. He put up huge innings totals for a decade, the last third of his career as offenses really took off. In an era thin on pitching, people tend to…

Jeff Green? First step in dealing with mental health issues in a logical way is not to make diagnosis’s from afar. Having a zero basketball IQ is not a mental illness.

Martinez is another good one. (I tend to view Key and Cone as 90's guys more.) Like I said, I’m not really a Morris guy either, but there’s something to be said for longevity. I break them up into two types, Koufax guys and Don Sutton guys. I’d lean for the short and brilliant, but there’s something to be said for the…

I’d be careful if I were Stanton. Last thing he wants is the hard hitting investigative reporters of The Player’s Tribune on his case.

That’s the great thing about history, our understanding of it is fluid. In this case maybe it took a better understanding of the era that followed, the steroids fueled 90's-2000's that threw stats of the time out of whack. It was two very different eras. So while Trammell was overshadowed by ARod, Tejada, Nomar, Jeter…

Simmons was hurt the same way Trammell was. Voters couldn’t get over the fact he played in an era of all time greats at his position so he got lost in the shuffle.

Hell yeah. There’s something oddly validating when “your guy” gets recognized. Enjoy it dude.

Nolan Arenado would like a word. Right after you’re done with Manny Machado.

Stieb was mentioned. Valenzuela, Gooden, Saberhagen, Viola, Scott, Hershiser were more. The era was snake bitten in that none of the HOF worthy pitchers based on ability were able to sustain it long enough to make the Hall. People can’t reconcile the fact that based on this quirk no pitcher of that era gets in.…

Trammel losing to George Fucking Bell in 1987 was almost criminally terrible. He was also MVP worthy, or at least in range in 84 and 88. So yeah.

Ripken and Yount, two no brainers at SS, overshadowed him, while Arod, Jeter, and Nomar dimmed his stats in what turned out to be an inflated era for stats. Trammell sort of got lost in the shuffle.

As tempting as it is to blame Westbrook for all of this, and I think some blame most certainly lies at his feet, let’s not lose sight of the fact that Billy Donovan has turned out to be an astonishingly terrible NBA coach.