In European soccer, where idiots on the field are tolerated more than they are here

In fairness he was only repeating Wichita's official town slogan.

I grew up in West Covina, which is right next door to Irwindale. It has (had?) a population of fewer than 2000 brave souls, and a work day population of closer to 50,000. Yep, it's totally a factory town. You may remember it from the 1980s when they gave Al Davis $10,000,000 simply to consider moving the Raiders…

it's evidence that baseball games would get much higher ratings if they were always played by people in costume

False. There were no highlights from that game.

You've taken the gimmick too far. I'm not even a Cardinals fan but your website's whole point is "Sports News without Access, Favor, or Discretion" and you're committing the cardinal (no pun intended) sin of a journalist by making yourself the story. You know what writing about this is going to do in the comments…

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What was the reason the D-backs originally asked the Dodgers not to celebrate? I can't for the life of me think of a reason for such butt-hurt absurdity.

Of course Ribery was the favorite for the award. It's only three years old.

"Logan Morrison Gives Up On Pop-Up Because A Fan Called For It"

Ha, I think they deleted your comment. It doesn't show up when I refresh anymore!

I prefer the following version:

Oh, sure, everybody laughs now, but when A-Rod tried to pick up some bird during a playoff game last season, everybody crucified him.

Speaking from experience, once you're categorized as a "predator" people rarely give a shit what you want.

Don't kill yourself. At least, not yet. Wait until sundae.

Because of all the cutbacks at ESPN, they were forced to repurpose The Budweiser Hot Seat.