It’s an odd move, but the guys they traded were fairly fringe. Merandy Gonzalez is a top 10 prospect according to some, but I’ve also heard reports that he’s going backwards. Ricardo Cespedes, on the other hand, is defintiely going backwards. They probably figured that even in the midst of selling their upcoming free…

Wrestling VO or no, I swear I could watch this video a million times (I’m well on my way to that number already), but this was a truly magnificent touch. Well done.

Even more than that—Gore WON that election all by himself. I mean, even beyond the popular vote—I’m still fairly certain Gore won Florida. All those Miami-Dade Buchanon voters and all. I do agree the margin should ‘t have been thin enough for Bush to be able to steal the election, though—and that was indeed the fault…

My girlfriend also voted for McCain in 2008 for similar reasons. She believed the centrist talk of his ‘00 run was more real than the way he comported himself in the years after that (or before it, really). She now thinks it was the wrong vote and voted for Obama in ‘12.

I know a number of Native Americans who use the term Indian to refer to themselves. It’s not as problematic a term as white people think it is.

Obviously no city should pay for a stadium, but the Coliseum really is an absolute pit. If any stadium in the game needs replacing it’s that one. But yeah, the owners should fucking pay for it, not a city.

They also make much worse yogurt than Fage.

Frank Isola saying this false story is the worst kept secret in the NBA says everything there is to say about this style of show.

In a related move, Kellogg has also sued any and all street-level vendors of ketamine.

Well, sure. That’s kind of the point—Wally is firmly inside that 2/3rds grouping, and the Phillie Phanatic is definitely above it.

Damnit, that’s not a porkpie hat. I feel sheepish.

Just more proof that nothing good comes out of the Braves organization. Though I applaud them for not going in one of the many offensive directions they could have for their mascot.

As you can tell by my avatar, I agree with this article’s overall point, but I similarly didn’t understand the huge gap between Mr. Met and Mr. Redlegs, who’s essentially just Mr. Met with a pork pie hat and a mustache.

I’ve been in the studio. It’s so much smaller than it looks on television. They’ve shot in the same studio for the entire run of the show, so it’s always been that small.

What a jerk.

I sure this just exposes all my internal stereotypes and biases, but john Cena is the guy where, for me, what he looks like he’d believe in and what he actually says are farthest apart. Seriously, he looks so much like a million other assholes in a MAGA hat and bad, poorly thought out opinions on Muslims. But then he…

Hmm, miscounted the Dodgers. Damn it. Regardless, World Series appearances really doesn’t mean much to me. Playoff appearances? Sure. Championships? Definitely. But the pennant seems like an oddly specific measure. I care if my team makes the playoffs, and if they win the championship. How far they made it without…

They’re tied for third, actually. Cardinals have 7, Dodgers have 6, and the Mets, Braves, Reds, Phillies and Giants are all tied at 5. Pennants over the course of a 50 year period is kind of a disingenuous way of looking at it though, what with the playoffs kind of being a crapshoot.

What exactly are you trying to argue here? Ok, you’re right—the Pirates have had a shitty last 30 years too. Shittier than the Mets’ last 30 years, even. Congrats, I guess?

That is definitely true. But, you know, they’re happy and terrible.