Three straight articles about regular-season baseball. Fuck July.

So, uh, you guys realize this is a blatant (and successful) troll job, right?

At least you can tell a racist from a non-racist announcer if he uses the archaic, possibly racist 19th century phrase “string him up” instead of “ring him up” to denote a player having been strucc out (is that fine? notice I didn’t say “O.K.” because the K in O.K. stands for Kleagle)

I think my favorite tidbit in all this was her responding to a tweet informing her that the K symbol in boxscores predates the foundation of the KKK by saying “Slavery started before then. Doesn’t make it right.” Technically, she is right. Slavery was not right even before the KKK existed, but I have no idea what…

“For any knowledgable baseball fan, that’s basically irrelevant and easy to ignore, but for newcomers to the game, it can raise concerns. Last year, during Game 7 of an instantly legendary World Series, the triple-K was displayed, and people somewhat understandably moaned.”

Yeah, it’s a goofy looking thing that I’m sure is confusing if you don’t understand it, but her immediate incredulousness is hilarious to me. Like, did she really think at a major league baseball stadium during a major league baseball game there was just a sign for the Ku Klux Klan? Did she think the fifth inning…

When you become outraged at everything, you are outraged at nothing.

The sheer randomness of their inception, though, means it would be totally fine if we one day decided to change them, too.

This is the world we inhabit. We’ve gotten to the point where the headline “K Corners aren’t racist” isn’t satirical.

Emma, you forgot #52, just ahead of Tom Brady: Beinghitby A. Car.

There’s nothing in the rulebook that says a dog can’t play baseball, after all.

a bit of concrete and some seats were “blown out.”

NHL GM’s have not yet figured out that their league salary cap rises by 2 - 3%/year, not the 8 - 10% that the NFL enjoys. They feel like these contracts will be bargains in terms of cap percentage by the end due to inflation and it is not working out that way which is getting some teams in trouble.

We’re 2 years from a Toronto-Edmonton final. Prep your bunkers, NBC.

My young cousin asked me about getting her cartilage pierced because I had it in high school and I told her that she’d be better off going to a tattoo shop because they generally know more about piercings than the teenager that screwed up mine when I got it done at Claires. Then I heard her father in the next room…

From my understanding, that’s common in Hispanic communities. Outside of that it’s usually when the kid asks for it.

Probably would cost $3000 the way health care is

A friend of ours did this with their 2 girls and were amazed that there was zero complications at all. Their first daughter had her ears pierced at the mall and after a few days one of her ears was infected and required multiple rounds of antibiotics and such for a few weeks.

I actually just did this with my daughter. After she was done, the artist even let her select from a pile of those temporary tattoos you apply with a wet compress so she could have her own tattoo also. Thoroughly enjoyable experience for everyone.