I think the idea is that poor sportsmanship should disqualify them from competing any further. Which, I dunno, I’m probably OK with that. One thing the world could certainly do without is further generations of hyper-competitive jerks.

That’s a really nice gesture, and something he can be way more proud of than his Marlins 2003 ring.

Moises Alou must be pissed. Also, he’s probably upset.

Beltre probably wouldn’t have signed a long-term deal during his last free-agent go-around if former commissioner Bud Selig had his way. Here’s the crux from Ken Rosenthal’s report:

It’s about heart and it’s about soul in the ballboy game. This kid clearly has both. A mission guy. You can either sit there with your hand on your balls or you can get out there and get that little white sphere god dammit. He’s got gumption; no doubt. Unlike some of the guys at the Y I know. All they want to do is…

Not a single “dong” in this post.

At first I thought this would be dumb. Because who puts th effort into the glottal stop required to properly pronounce “Kirk Cousins.”

Dearly begloved, we are gathered today...

I’m an idiot and cannot figure how to post a video.

That probably should have only been a double, but once the baking soda came into play, there was an extra base.

To add to the breakdown of the head-to-head provided by muwarror608:

But the 23-14 record is skewed by the 13-2 on clay by Nadal. On other surfaces the record is 12-10 Federer.

Big deal. There wasn’t even a wrecked Volkswagen in his way.

“Nice throw, man.”

Meh, he threw it the wrong way.

This is such a good post Giri. Thank you. Sick writing skills. Thank you for bringing exposure and attention to tennis.

And they would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids!

Nothing makes me happier than watching Fed say fuck you to age and kick ass. His first two sets today were a straight up lesson in grass tennis. And then that tie break! He was down 3-0!

This made me so happy. That and seeing Yadi get the HR.