That player actually existed from about 1996 until 2010, and his name is Alex Rodriguez.

There's no soda water in an Old Fashioned.

I’m not defending most of what Cowherd said. However: his point that, given where the science is right now, it’s basically impossible to directly link x number of y kind of concussions to someone committing suicide is absolutely right. All we really know right now is that getting concussions seems to result, in the…

If the goal is to equalize the expected value of each choice, I think this is actually a pretty good compromise. If the options are earning 1 point 90% of the time or 2 points 47% of the time, going for 2 is just barely smarter, all things being equal. Given the conservative nature of most coaches, you can still…

That's exactly what it was. There's a long article about it somewhere in the archives at fivethirtyeight.com.

Or make the kick worth one point but have it where the odds of making it are 2x the odds of converting the 2-point conversion. Same math, doesn't require changing the values of the different plays.

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I'm doing this thing now where I point out people who are trolls and/or have completely misguided and unhelpful things to say but are allowed to say them, while I'm still in the greys.

Why are these people "rapey"?

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Agreed on all counts: Bill Simmons definitely didn't invent the "mailbag" format, and almost nothing Drew writes on this site is funny.

The Cubs are getting good, and the Indians are always solid, if not competitive. No argument on the other three teams though.

Poker is not basketball or baseball. There is much more luck in Poker than there is at the highest levels of these sports. And, accordingly, wins relative to losses is a far better indicator of team strength in baseball and basketball.

This line of reasoning sucks, if only because

Without necessarily disagreeing with everything you wrote...isn't the problem here that we brush off addiction when it consumes people who are already a punchline for us, not that we're giving Josh Hamilton (IMO, much-deserved) credit for owning up to his relapse and seeking help of his own accord?

It works for women, too. It works for everybody. The dirty secret that everyone who stands to profit from pilates/pure barre/yoga/whatever doesn't want you to know is that you'll lose more belly fat and be healthier overall if you just do a regular weight lifting program and stick with it.

Did...did we read the same article?

"You can either express that as 187 plays per fumble, or as 0.005 fumbles per play. Either way, the disparity from the norm is still proportionally the same."

"Most people would prefer a great voice singing terrible lyrics to the opposite"

Thanks, that was sort of my point. While there's a well-established link between anabolic steroids and mood swings, as of today there's basically zero evidence that steroids lead to depression or suicide. I'm all for using tragedies like these as a soapbox to call attention to [everything that's wrong with football…