Phillies manager Pete Mackanin is actually a really clever and unorthodox tactician. Joe Maddon gets credit for it, but Mackanin was the one who started walking Bryce Harper each at bat last year and ruined him. Phils are gonna be scary good in a couple of years.

“Read the full interview here” links to a YouTube video — which is exactly what’s wrong with the world.

Mike Shanahan is hosting a Trump fundraiser in Denver on Friday. He’s a winner. He’ll fight until he’s the last man standing — as Robert Griffin III will be there in Cleveland to attest.

My Life in the NFL: A New Perspective on the Sharing Economy

Wood pitched his 20-strikeout game 5 years before Dusty became his manager.

The Caps: astonishing in defeat, as always

I’ll always think fondly of Steven Souza, for that catch he made to preserve Jordan Zimmermann’s no-hitter.

Qué lástima

I wish Tom Durkin would come out of retirement to call the next race on this course.

Huh. I was always told that those extended service warranties were a ripoff.

Angel Cabrera’s approach shot into the 18th to force a playoff with Adam Scott in the 2013 Masters belongs in the discussion.

I would like to share this post on Facebook, but when I prepare to do so I notice that the headline changes—to a far less interesting and provocative headline. Why is that?

What with Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall getting married and now Donald and Shelly Sterling rekindling their romance, it’s been a banner season for true loathe.

I have a filter on my browser that blocks all mentions of the Kardashians. This is the only new story that I see on Jezebel today. Huh.

“Fuck you, Matheus’s Friend!”

Be assured that Carson will be back on TV in early 2017 with his own afternoon show, “Chick-fil-A Presents: Dr. Ben”: 90 minutes of sedately delivered sociopolitical nostrums, reassuring claptrap, and low-amp evangelical venom. You’ll sigh, you’ll cry, you’ll want to put your head in an oven.

I see a metaphor for America, a few years down the road.

“The insipidity and yet the noise—the nothingness, and yet the self-importance of all these people!”

What do you mean “That’s usually enough”?

Do these writing gigs actually pay? I’ve had a couple of extremely unsettling dreams about Carly Fiorina, and I may as well monetize them, if so.