Pretty sure his childhood hero was Julk Jogan.

This incident may not be great for Leyva’s baseball career, but his odds of eventually finding himself in AA have increased dramatically.

My dad wanted me to be a baseball player.

You know, over the last year this suite of online properties has sort of become a low rent version of itself, Deadspin/Concourse being the occasional exceptions, but even then DS not what it used to be. Kind of like when one of your favorite bands starts taking itself too seriously and cranking out “music that…

what the fuck is this clown dick website doing this week?

He’s on the record as saying nice things about Puerto Ricans, though. I even heard him say, “There’s no such thing as bad PR.”

REPORTER: Have any of you guys heard from Kobe, and if so, what did he say?

Kobe probably told them not to take any shots.

If he published that, they would fire him. When he published the Conde Nast post last week, Gawker’s executives celebrated. I’m not making that up. Their subsequent response has been entirely based upon backlash. It was not seen as an editorial misstep when they hit the “Publish” button.

“Tell me about fried wings...”

Tiger’s inner monologue:

I don’t even know who Wesley Matthews is.

It seems, after doing 21 Jump Street, Brie Larson has been sucked into the Apatovian maw of suckitude. This is a pity.

This made me recall an interview with Bryce Harper several years back when he said his favorite teams were the Lakers, the Cowboys, the Yankees, Texas football, and Duke hoops.

My mom recently showed me a short story I wrote in first grade that she had saved. It was all about how I was the punter for the Jets. Even as a six-year-old I knew I'd never amount to shit. Every other kid dreams of being a quarterback or shortstop, but not me. Punter on the fucking jets.

It’s just not fair that they let that big black dude play against those cute little Russian women.

He calls that one Blue Steel.

"Hey kids, who wants to see James Harden?"