Maybe. But soccer is already a pretty big participation sport and I don’t know if a marginal increase in participation, beyond (also marginally) expanding the talent pool, is going to solve any of the existing issues.

The problem has never been the size of the pool. It’s plenty big. And I don’t want to hear the “best athletes don’t play soccer” thing—for example, Marvell Wynne was, without a doubt, one of the most naturally gifted American athletes of his generation, and he’s just a guy who plays in MLS. USMNT is full of freak…

“People with money wouldn’t steal more money” is a bad take. We don’t know any of the evidence and details, so I’m not going to disagree with your point that he might be innocent. But arguing that he wouldn’t commit fraud because he wouldn’t jeopardize his position is silly.

“But he engaged in criminal behaviour. He needs more than “I’m sorry.””

Astros Pres: What can we do to help?

Yeah, please fuck off forever. I’ve lived through catastrophic natural disasters. People need to eat and drink clean water. Christ, go jerk yourself off with Atlas Shrugged again, you wretched piece of shit.

Yes, it is okay that victims of one of the worst flooding disasters in the nation’s history are finding food and water where they can. If I’m the owner of that supermarket, I’m not going to whine about a few thousand dollars worth of staples coming off the shelf. That’s probably why I have insurance.

Holy crap is this a nuclear take. Does it occur to you, oh paragon of the Free Market, that a supermarket has already written off its entire stock? If the power’s out for as long as it has been the entire damn inventory is no longer able to be sold, it would be thrown out either way. But hey someone somewhere is…

Go directly to hell, you absolute nightmare of a person.

How is blackballing a man who knowingly enabled and protected rapists any different than blackballing a man who quietly protested civil rights violations?

Brings back memories of when I was but a young lad, striving for greatness in Little League. I....wasn’t much of a hitter, and when it came down to our last game, with the post-season tournament on the line, I ended up at the plate with the tying run on third. Down to our last out, and me...ME!...one of the worst…

Back in my day, players didn’t need coddling. Hell, that little league pitcher Danny Almonte wouldn’t even drive his children on the team for ice cream after losses.

I don’t know their goals, because I have read their statements on their actions, but often, protests serve to:

To keep you talking about it and eventually, you will hear something or see something that finally strikes a chord and changes how you personally approach these issues. It took the loss of Heather Heyer’s life to do it for her mother. It took listening to their teammates and trying to understand for these white…

yeah, I’ve recently been hitting at batting cages just for fun and a bit of exercise, probably like 140 balls a week, 55-65 mph. The setup doesn’t allow you to tell how far the ball would go but I can say with pretty good confidence I’ve never hit a ball that would be a home run. And I don’t know what practice…

Wood bats are VERY different than metal bats.

You can luck into a homer? I’d give a million dollars to see you try to luck into a homer.

There are way more tall people in the world who only have to jump upwards a couple of feet, compared to people who have the strength, hand-eye coordination, and technique to hit a baseball high and far enough over a fence.

It takes more strength and technique to hit a homer than it does to dunk. You just have to be tall enough and/or able to jump high enough. As long as we assume a normal distribution of height and allow for two handed dunks, there’s really only one answer.

I imagine there are more reasonably athletic tallish people out there who can elevate enough to dunk badly than people with the combination of technique and strength to jack a donger.