Bill James: pretty weird on Twitter but still very bright: https://twitter.com/billjamesonline/status/987439308696178688?s=20 

Back in 2008 my old man picked me up from college in central Ohio and we decided to catch in Indians game on the way back to the east coast. This was in the days before smartphones became ubiquitous and I’m not sure either of us knew the day’s starters before arriving at the park. We showed up ready to snag some $20…

What’s odd is that his 2nd half slump went away *entirely* in September. He still struck out a lot but he hit 15 dingers and walked 28 times, good for a .519(!) wOBA. Now he looks like he did in July again.

they’ve already lost 6 more games than the ‘98 yankees did all season, including the playoffs.

“Summer is the best season,” you insist, peering over your shoulder into the office bathroom mirror in an effort to discern whether or not you have managed to sweat through the back rise of your chinos. “Especially in the Washington metro area. I know this because during the fall and winter - those dreaded seasons…

Unit struck out 13.4 per 9 (372 total) in 2001 when the league averaged 19% fewer Ks per game. Not a knock on Sale, just ... I mean, damn.

phish tour starts tonight. any closet ‘heads on staff?

Mine is Dragonheart. Does it count if I was only 9 at the time?

Disagree that it’s bad, but it is misspelled. Proper plural in Spanish would be “cuadrangulares,” which is also more fun to say!

I fucking told you.

Yet Chapman came back out for the eighth. And then, even after Anthony Rizzo homered to make it a seven-run lead, the ninth.

I have no idea if this is a good idea or a complete scam, but the idea that the 30-year fixed rate mortgage was brought down from fucking Olympus or something and that we should laugh out of the room those who dare to tinker with it is dangerous and stupid.

To be a TINY bit fair to the investment bank crowd, the econ/finance literature basically says they provide nothing of value once you account for the fees they charge. It’s not that nobody beats the market (though that is mostly true) - it’s that once you pay for all the economists and MBAs and mathematicians to come…

the irony of posting this on the same day as your earlier post is just delicious. http://www.wsj.com/articles/const…

Barry: what is your favorite Arod dinger? Mine is this one and it’s not even close

I am even more human scum because 2007 Arod is my favorite player season ever and no amount of steroid admissions or mirror kissing is gonna change that. Shit, April alone was worth almost everything that’s come since.

It really has! It’s pretty amazing: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldview….

or you could squat a progressively heavier load over the next few months and do 10 times as much for your “core”

The share of the world population with access to clean drinking water is much, much higher than it was 50 years ago. The fact that people love to talk about how we are running out of clean water does not make it so.

What impeding resource shortage? Seriously, which resources does the world population have less access to now than, say, 50 years ago?