Eh, check the score. They were probably going out on away goals anyway.

That would be a totally adequate solution. I’m just saying aside from whatever promotions they may or may not be running that some women may or may not find offensive, there are already lots of women at the ballpark and enough of them probably prefer wine to the point that teams are underserving that market (and…

260. “The American men have never won a lightweight rowing medal.”

Not only is there probably something wrong with your priorities but at a certain point your work probably goes to shit. Getting actual rest and doing things that aren’t Google probably would have made her (or anyone else there) more productive during the hours they actually were working.

Yep, construction. They are everywhere in my gentrifying neighborhood. And non-construction people throw all kind of shit into them, including literal shit (dogshit, mostly). A liner probably isn’t much protection against bacteria (one small tear and it’s effectively useless), and cleaning out something that size on a…

It’s the worst.

Eh, from the pic, looks like they ran garden hoses to fill it up. I’d be more worried about swimming in a container that’s normally used for garbage. That shit’s nasty because it’s, you know, garbage.

Friend is a) female b) Cubs fan c) season ticket holder d) really fucking hardcore Cubs fan (like scary amounts of emotional involvement in June games). She also drinks wine. Wrigley has like maybe one concession station that serves wine (it’s also the same one that serves the decent beers). Because of that lines are…

Yeah, no worries. I probably submarined myself with being factually wrong about two of the cities, but general point is still worth making: By not syphoning off tax dollars to build stadiums for people who are already fucking rich, you can probably reallocate resourced to make your city a better place to live; and…

How big do you want or need? And don’t you want to live somewhere great that people aren’t knocking themselves over to get to? I’ve lived in a city that was once a secret then became a nightmare because of rapid growth. Charleston is great. Albuquerque sucks but Santa Fe is fantastic.

It’s not about a city being a threat. Where did I even imply that? The point was (and probably not clearly made despite my stupid errors) is that by not dumping a shit ton of money into pro sports infrastructure (specifically stadiums) cities might use their financial resources in other ways (parks, schools, arts,…

Oops.

Worth pointing out that amongst the three fastest growing cities from the previous decade—Vegas, Austin, Raleigh—there’s not a single professional sports team amongst them. Okay, Vegas just got an NHL team and might be its own kind of hell but indulge me. Shit, Portland can barely accommodate all the people flocking…

If you’re a rower, you might have heats, reps, a semi and a final. Not to mention practice sessions. So if exposure almost guarantees infection, then some crews will almost certainly suffer attrition over multiple races.

A) The good news is that we’ll all be dead in 4-5 years, so not long to deal with Skip 2.0.

Not sure you’re really arguing against my point. Forget batting average. The Cubs have 5 guys slugging .450 or better (Rizzo, Bryant, Fowler, Baez, Zobrist). You get higher variance in runs-scored with increased slugging. So that the Cubs have lots of wins by 5 runs has almost everything to do with Theo.

The Cubs are 12-16 in 1-run games.

Why limit it to Aikman?

Right, seeing how the other 14 were related to terrorists (or at least I have a vague recollection that the Atlanta bombings had something to do with some pro-life asshole who maybe thought killing people is a good way to show how pro life you are), just one murder in over 50 total games (summer and winter) actually…

Wasn’t this something that came up previously in Diana’s reporting?