Luckily, I was high brass, so I could get my case under the seat in front of me. I can’t even imagine having to get a large stringed instrument across the country without being petrified.

Such a shame this didn’t make it onto the VHS release of Johnny Dangerously.

The few times I flew with my musical instrument I made damn sure that it came into the cabin with me. There was no way I was going to trust something that important (and reasonably difficult to adequately replace) in the cargo hold.

Unless you’re filling out these minor-league/D-league teams with your 5-7th round picks and a few undrafted rookies so there’s actually some incentive for the pro teams to invest in them, I’m not seeing the benefit. The average pro career at most positions is just too short for anything longer than a single year of…

That argument makes sense on a certain level, but how many teams have you seen that end up pulling in guys off the street during the season actually do anything? Kurt Warner aside, if your team is hitting construction sites for what amounts to a 5th-string MLB in October, chances are you’re looking at a 4-12 season.

No way. I will roll with chocolate Zebra Cakes forever.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. How did you manage to sneak that call for a salary cap into this article? I thought Deadspin was all about calling for every professional athlete to get the opportunity for a maximum salary, and if an owner wants to stupidly overvalue/overpay an athlete, tough beans.

Is the version in the top picture inflatable? The front end sure looks like it (and like it needed a bit longer at the air pump).

God, I am going to be so happy when this IPA craze dies down. Give me a lager or a pilsner over any multiple of an IPA.

I can’t go as far as the creased comforter deal, but my pillows end up on top of the blankets when I make the bed. Really, is it that much harder to get into bed if you have to pick up pillows?

I’m pretty sure during one of my family’s trips to the Cincinnati area when I was a kid my parents just set up blankets and pillows for my older sister and me to sleep in the back of our old station wagon. What else was it for?

I thought maybe this was the truck brought to you by the makers of the Adobe sedan.

Ah. I misunderstood the opening sentence.

Wait, if Froome is holding the yellow jersey, why isn’t he actually wearing it during the stage?

Probably some random early-season Bears game during the late 70's with Bob Avellini or Vince Evans handing the ball to Payton and not accomplishing much of anything else.

Oh. My bad. Reading comprehension is clearly my strong suit today.

They had “HeadStart” back then?

I have to go just a little bit earlier to the freeing of the Iranian hostages in 1980. But Loni Anderson’s boobs were pretty magnificent.

Miami was an unattractive franchise? When was this?

OK, so the Bulls probably move Butler up to the 3 following this. Not a horrible move; he can probably beat a fair number of SF’s off the dribble. The problem is that he’ll likely see a wall of defenders blocking any reasonable path to the basket, since no one else on the team shoots well enough to drag his defender…