I bet every time they bring out the contract, Von sneaks around and pokes it out of their hands.

“...and only the end result was a shared view...”

Rocky ended the Cold War. Are you saying Ali wasn’t the boxer Rocky was?

Obligatory XKCD:

Tim Kurkjian is legit one of the nicest men I’ve ever met.

People he hired for Grantland, like Zach Lowe and Barnwell, still work for ESPN. So he basically just said he doesn’t respect them. Also, if they hadn’t fired him he’d still be working there, so I guess he doesn’t respect himself much either?

I’m sorry. I try to not be judgemental about people’s life choices, but dating/marrying someone half your age? Skeevy.

60? 31? Ew.

Wait, why are we glossing over the idiotic statement in the article about attendance? Last years copa america averaged in the Group stages 21,841 per with only 5 out of 16 over 20k. This year alone we’re averaging 40k before the games tonight, and 6 out of 8 had over 20k attendees. The lowest attended game so far is…

Pitch to him. Intentional walks are for when you move to 90 foot bases. At that point the kids with no talent stop playing, so trying to win is more legit than at lower levels where its “have fun, and learn about teamwork”.

Maybe you take the L but you give your pitcher a chance to get the out. The message you send to your 10-year old pitcher is "you suck and this batter is much better at baseball than you." For older kids, they can take that more in stride. In younger kids, you are robbing them of confidence. That's my opinion, at least.

I think 10 is too young for the intentional walk.

No one gives a shit about soccer

You don't intentionally walk a kid that age and it is a "winning is the only thing that matters" move. I think "pitching around" or intentionally walking someone is acceptable maybe around 13 years old. Source: I've coached a whole lot of youth baseball.

Gotta disagree there. I have a Christmas tradition with my teenage son that every year he gets an authentic jersey with the name of a player that left our favorite baseball team the previous season, the more disastrous the tenure the better. You usually get a screaming deal, and you can’t beat the comic irony value.

Hey if I can get a Ryan Fitzpatrick Bills jersey for 5 bucks at the Bills store I sure as hell am going to wear it.

bathed in his sweaty fur

I did this over the weekend to get myself a new prius.

Thank you for your righteousness. All the OP did was state the obvious fact. Does everybody require a caveat that being an asshole doesn’t warrant attempted murder? Telling someone to go fuck themselves was not a justified response so get off your high horse and don’t be a jerk yourself.

In the words of some immortal philosopher poet, whose identity is long lost to the ages: “don’t start no shit, won’t be no shit.”