“I will say this again as plainly as I can: if you blame management for Andrew Luck’s retirement, you are disrespecting his decision because you care more about him as a football player than as a person.” 

I feel like we’re going round and round on this, and it’s not getting us anywhere. Having watched the last 10 years of Colts games, it was clear to almost everyone that Andrew Luck took a beating because Ryan Grigson put a terrible offensive line in front of him. I quoted the facts that Warren Sharp has published on…

Okay, so maybe I am missing the point. Here is a direct quote from Warren Sharp’s analysis: “Ryan Grigson killed Andrew Luck’s career.”

Andrew Luck is retiring because of all the physical damage he has taken. Many of us posit that this damage is the fault of Ryan Grigson’s incompetence. Mr Nutty claims that this is not Ryan Grigson’s fault at all. So, then, who is he suggesting is at fault for all the damage Andrew Luck has taken? 

“Luck’s most-sacked seasons put him on the ground 41 times. That ties him for 175th (!!!!) most sacked QB seasons. He assuredly was hit a bunch in his short career. But the idea that he was unusually damaged compared to his peers is simply not true. Their offensive lines were garbage those years. That’s not really…

Don’t try to reason with a person looking to absolve Ryan Grigson from all culpability. Clearly, the dude has an agenda in place.

Can’t Brown and/or the Raiders just pay to have a custom helmet made that is brand new, and that he will feel comfortable with? How much would it cost to ask one of the big helmet makers to adjust something to his tastes (or make it more like his preferred obsolete model)? Surely the player and the franchise could…

Sure. But if the batters start adjusting and swinging at the pitches 10 inches off the plate — the pitchers counter by throwing pitches 15 inches off the plate. It’s a vicious cycle for a hitter once an ump starts warping the strike zone and forcing you to swing at pitches that are not strikes.

Also, if the batters start adjusting and swinging at the pitches 10 inches off the plate -- the pitchers counter by throwing pitches 15 inches off the plate. It’s a vicious cycle for a hitter once an ump starts warping the strike zone and forcing you to swing at pitches that are not strikes.

Yes, thanks for the heads up! One distinction is that even though the video quality is much better in the other vid, it tends to convey Livan’s dominance as opposed to Eric Gregg’s incompetence. But it’s definitely useful to see it at a far superior resolution.

Yes, Game 5! Thank you for the clarification!

Worst strike three call of all time? No chance. This was a random call in the middle of an August regular season game. Eric Gregg kept it up for an entire NLCS Game 7.

I don’t know how to whistle. I don’t know how to swim. I don’t know how to ride a bike. The first two, I admit readily to everyone. The third, I keep hidden. As a kid, I had a bike with training wheels. I am in my later forties and I’ve never ridden a bike without training wheels in my lifetime.

“I feel like you can’t just “accidentally” do something like that.”

Per Baseball Reference, there have been 18,158 recorded starts in Yankees history. By one measure, Tanaka’s was the worst of those 18,158. That’s pretty amazing.

Dear AV Club commentariat: Rough ballpark, how much does someone like Scott Adkins get paid to star in a movie like Avengement? It’s clearly a straight-to-vid B-movie with a limited budget, but he’s also the star who is carrying the film and he’s being asked to provide a very demanding physical performance. He’s a…

I mean sure, when you put it that way, it sounds bad. 

I used to live alone and visit friends with kids. Every time I did I couldn’t believe 1) how active things were with kids around, and 2) how quiet things were when I was back home. Every time I got back home, it was like an eerie, supernatural stillness. Very hard to get used to, or explain.

Could be worse. Jimmy Savile hosted “Jim’ll Fix It” for 20 years.

Jimmy Pitaro telling employees not to talk about politics only seems to be drawing more attention to their politics.