I totally get the anti-Boston sports team bias.

This is a weird way to tell us you drafted David Johnson first for your fantasy team.

There’s also the fact that the “perfect framing” really makes it look like it was a very low pitch pulled back up. One of the things that stood out to me in Jason Kendall’s book was that he said framing was B.S.—you’re mostly trying just to catch the damn thing—and that if you move too much you’re just going to make a…

Left out in this (and most) discussion of the ‘third’ strike is that Verlander had been gifted a strike on a ball just outside the zone a pitch before. Might have been a touch of make-up on that ‘perfect’ slider but that’s what you get with human beings. Bring on the robots!

that mookie betts assist was very, very sexual. my goodness. 

Even as a Sox fan, Kimbrel’s windup is super dumb and should be mocked at every possible opportunity.

Great defense bailed out Kimbrel. Mookie’s throw in the top of the 8th to nail the leadoff hitter at 2nd base was huge and Benintendi with that giant balls catch to end it. Clutch plays from clutch players.

Djokovic likes to recover after matches by sitting in a CVAC egg chamber. It supposedly increases your red blood cell count by simulating high altitudes and the inventor claims it might be twice as effective as EPO drugs. He doesn’t try to hid his use of it and it’s legal though. But having access and the funds to use…

Are you guys really gonna make me defend Angel Hernandez? Those first three were close as shit. Of course, no defending the last one.

“The Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers and New York Knicks.”

I really like Serena. I wanted her to cap off her comeback from giving birth by winning this. But I just don’t get why it’s so impossible for any Deadspin writer to say this:

Even if we admit that the coaching infraction was 100% a terrible call...so what? Picture this scenario. Game 7 of the NBA finals. Lebron James and the lakers are down by 25 and Lebron picks up his first foul for travelling. Technically a violation but one that’s very rarely, basically never, called. He responds by…

Come the fuck on.

Although, I agree - men are given more leeway with outburst (especially in the past; today, outbursts are not commonly accepted from either gender), I don’t think Serena’s gender played a role in the series of unfortuane cumulating penalties.

Are you trolling? Osaka thoroughly dominated, kicking Serena’s ass at her own game. That fueled this whole scene. Even after Serena would stop the match with a tirade, Osaka would come back and fire an ace right by her.

Serena was totally at fault... Ramos has a rep as a strict official, as a veteran player you should know who’s calling the game. All the calls he made were technically correct ( her coach even admitted as much after) even if nitpicky. The first call for coaching was a warning and had no impact on the game, it was only…

source? check out tennis-focused threads. this ump is known to be thin skinned with men too. there’s a video of him taking points from djoker making the rounds. plus, i’m a pretty big tennis fan — and a big Williams sisters fan — and i’ve never once seen an outburst like this in a grand slam final. the coaching…

I think a lot of people weighing in don’t watch very much tennis. Penalties, regardless of the infraction, in tennis escalate:

If you were watching you saw Serena actually thank Ramos for hearing her out after the first warning. At that point she had moved ahead in the 2nd set. But after having her serve broken and falling behind again she smashed her racket and started up again with Ramos. In every sport there are penalties for this type of…

The highlight reel should only show the cursing done after the player has been assessed one or two violations. What’s rare, even for emotional, aggressive, half-mental men and women in tennis is for those players to continue to push the umpire when they know they’re going to lose a point or game.