This was interesting until I did a simulation of the Group Stage and Brazil finished 3rd in a group involving Ivory Coast, Croatia and Australia.

you get an 'un-recommend' for reminding me of this.

I'm pretty sure Irwindale smells like a tire fire anyway. I see this as an improvement.

thats not minimalism.

@Sean Newell - I'm sure I wasn't the last to point out that the Dodgers don't have a mascot and that this post was meant for "Idiot On The Field", but I was the first. And normally I wouldn't give two fucks about that but after deleting my comment you ripped off my suggestion and expression, "Idiot on the Dugout" and…

That wasn't a mascot - this is an idiot on the dugout post.

Have you actually been hit by a car?

I see a fist full of jersey, not enough to pull him down, but a foul nonetheless. This is on the Ajax defender. Hey, wheres the best source of Champ League highlights now that FSC is a channel where shitty moves go to die?

That's weak. I don't consider what I said to be trolling. Sorry if I embarrassed anyone, I was just trying to keep you guys honest. I mean after all, that's why we come to DeadSpin...

You can't actually hear anyone from the crowd yell a version of "I got it!"

He wasn't benched - he was given a day off.

Great! Except Sean Bean would have to die in act two.

This would have been a perfect time to execute the ol' pitch-out-cross-up play, Cooper was practically begging for it.

I'm guessing this realignment of divisions will make more sense when the Florida teams are moved to Quebec and elsewhere north of the Mason Dixie line? Shit Toronto could use a team.

A better headline:

don't know if there's a better metaphor for how I feel about Bryce Harper.

Why would there be a double header in an indoor stadium?

"we've seen a player hit in the, uh, helmet tonight and again a player takes one to the head"

Great interview. Jeanine Schaeffer has been doing a lot of press and receiving a lot praise (well deserved) as of late. Bringing in Olivier Coipel to illustrate the start of this series was a terrific editorial decision on Shcaeffer's part. If you're going to talk about exploitative representation of the female form…