1. How hard was it to "break" this story? Was it an example of something hiding in plain sight, and you guys' running with it? Or was it spurred from someone recognizing your work from the Barry Bonds stories and seeing that you were legit reporters (as opposed to ESPN fanboys) and trusting you with confidential…

They gave Paolo Maldini a station. He's a Milan lifer.

I thought it was being worse than Isiah at managing basketball teams?

If you put the video on fullscreen, you can see the bikers fucking with the Range right before Lien takes off.

Next time the NYPD hears about this kind of nonsense, they need to organize a sting operation to find out who will be participating, and then coordinate with local police departments in the idiots' home jurisdictions to arrest this imbeciles at their homes, in front of their families and neighbors, and charge them…

Exactly. Every half second another bike passes him on the right. I would've liked to have gotten to the right . . . but with some many bikes buzzing around . . . I'd stay in my lane as I'd fear wiping out a biker passing quickly on the right.

Aren't good pinch runners what you want for the playoffs with the heightened emphasis on manufacturing runs?

I saw these guys on the West Side Highway, though much further down (around 1:45pm around Canal street). Many were doing wheelies and other tricks. I have never seen so many bikes in my life. It was like an ocean. At least 200 passed by my count. It looked like something out of Mad Max. Lots of people with…

Oh, I read too fast and didn't read this part: "It went past "going to bat for his pitchers" a long time ago." So I thought you were talking about Gomez. Haha. I don't think McCann's on the short list of wife-abuser but otherwise agree with yah. Who the fuck physically prevents the baserunner from getting to home…

Thanks for also hitting the racial undertones. I don't think it's a motivating factor at all but I believe it "colors" some of the commentary. Like the insinuations that "he was on something" or that Twerk feels comfortable thinking that him being emotional is a precursor to domestic violence. And about 3/4 of…

The guy is a dick and he's making himself one of the most unpopular players in the game right now. How long before that kind of bizarre anger spills over into problems off the field — I predict some domestic violence charges in his future.

A city with a majority black population, black politician, and whose most beloved player on the its baseball team is black? That sarcasm doesn't resonate here.

Can we just move the World Cup 2022 to the US already? It's already such a fucking joke. And fuck FIFA. They torpedo one of the world's greatest sporting events over bribes. Qatar 2022 is some Emperor's New Clothes level absurd.

Could you update with an imbed of Sid Bream beating out the throw from pre-steroids Barry Bonds? That'd be awesome.

That's why you don't wear saggy pants.

I'm sure we'll see some cutting investigative journalism on this point from our friends at ESPN. OTL/30 for 30 blah blah.

I've never heard anyone say that the Marlins purposefully target Latinos. Mets under Omar Minaya, yes, but other than that, I think you're projecting or something.

Am I missing something? He did swing, right?

Greg:

Picked up for what? Cutting off a minivan and going 20 over speed limit at night? [Note: the speed limit on the FDR is 40 mph. He probably went more than twice the speed limit.]