And the umps agree, which is why they’ll tighten or loosen the strike zone at that point, whatever it takes to get out of the park fastest.

Oh man, football players trying to turn a double play. Trying to manage a rundown. Trying to throw out a runner at second. I could keep going.

This is an excellent list, particularly in how it acknowledges that ties are not that bad when compared to most of the methods used to break a tie.

My question is, how did Duck Phillips get the job of leading him past all those cameras?

And his hair is inferior to Mitt’s, to boot.

That’s disgusting.

Sure. An honor that he shares with noted gentleman Eliot Spitzer, among others.

I suppose that’s a good campaign slogan:

And it serves as a de facto prequel to the vastly inferior but more popular “Enemy of the State.”

“Blessed are the cheesemakers.”

Good point.

Oh you poor thing! How do you cope with that? Bless your heart.

How hard what it be for him to say something like:

And it’s not like he was a one-term governor. He led the state for 12 years.

Well the guy’s name is an insult in the Klingon language, so he lost that demographic right off the bat.

Look at Flaschenpost over there, very low energy response, very low energy. My comment has the most stars on this article, OK? It’s a big, beautiful comment, and it got way more stars than anyone else. But then you’ve got Flaschenpost with words coming out of his/her ears, out of his/her ... wherever. I mean, look at…

Inspiration comes from many places, not always conscious.

I’d really enjoy seeing this. I’ll have to hunt it down.

Every sperm is sacred.

I fear you’ll soon have to explain the difference between Gawker the site vs. Gawker the company. That distinction still clouds simple minds.