And despite your corporate overlords telling you to stick to sports, I hope Deadspin never does because

and I can’t emphasize this enough

I come to Deadspin BECAUSE YOU DON’T JUST STICK TO SPORTS

I was bummed out by the loss last night as well. I’m a Phillies fan first and foremost, but the A’s have always been my back-up rooting interest. (Even today they remain Philadelphia’s most successful baseball team.)

Oh no! Not sham endorsements!

Endorsements help educate consumers, and sham endorsements short circuit that process. For example, I was once a State Farm customer, because family is important to me and it came through how important family was to the Paul twins (Chris and Cliff). But I switched to Nationwide because I value creativity, and the…

I dont’ know, depends on what you think is exciting baseball. Don’t get me wrong, homers rule, but there is something to be said for the 2-1 pitcher’s duel or a 4-3 game with no homers but lots of baserunners and crisp defense. I like homers, but I also love the 4-6-3 double play. 

Here’s a great example. As a neutral…

Fun fact: the Oakland A's won more major pro sports championship in Philadelphia than any team currently playing there. And they bailed in 1954.

Fundamentally, I agree with them. I think Three True Outcomes baseball is among the worst modern variations of the game, and an obvious over-reaction to the strikeout-heavy power outage of the post-steroids era.

Saw the picture and was like, “Dope! Deadspin is finally doing an article about the awesome and entertaining love-fest between Acuna and Albies.” Saw the headline and was like, “D’oh! Not today.”

Inter-league play was “supposed” to make baseball less regional and more national, but it did the opposite. Reducing the number of intradivision games reduced rivalries, those rivalries made games exciting, which madeheadlines, and ultimately made players household names.

I sometimes find myself nostalgic for the Walter McCarty/Tony Battie era

-Bettman said at the time Vegas put in their expansion bid that he was “disappointed” that nobody else put in a bid at the same time; this was largely seen as a shot at both Quebecor and the Seattle group who eventually got a team last year. At the time it was assumed that Quebecor bailed once oil prices started…

What exactly are the Orioles doing to “build a winner”? And is it really proven to work? For every Astros success story there’s a lot of shit teams littering the landscape never really getting anywhere. Not that signing Keuchel would solve anything on its own, but this team with Keuchel and Kimbrel and Manny Machado…

Anyway, let’s share some punk.

I’m going to believe that this all started when Kyrie found out that Jaylen Brown posted a negative review of “Uncle Drew” on Rotten Tomatoes. 

When White Women go OUT of their fucking way to support a half assed White Male candidate.

Anyone else have Scott Joplin bouncing around in your head while reading this article?

how long will the “voice carry” excuse last?

As another daily rider, I fully reserve the right to make fun of things that somehow manage to be worse than our home system. If you can make me choose the Red Line over whatever garbage you’re selling, it deserves to be shredded.

Not to be snarky (which is, admittedly, internet speak for “let me be snarky now”), but a single vehicle going 150 mph is less impressive a feat when you consider that high speed trains the world over routinely travel 150+ mph. Musk’s idea, such as it is, strikes me as far less efficient than the T here in Boston.…

You need something.