Please tell me Jimmy Dolan was eating at Brother Jimmy’s.

Especially here for “The big brioche” 

Luke Schenscher

That team wouldn’t just shoot up the Eastern Conference power rankings; it would likely become the first non-LeBron East threat to win a title since the 2010 Celtics.

It was hearing this very passage at an event in New York a month or two ago which compelled me to buy the book on the spot. What a fascinating read. I haven’t yet gotten over Gary England smelling tornadoes coming; I can’t imagine how he feels.

Man, Ankiel Watch was part of the fun of subscribing to Sports Illustrated in 2005, and Ankiel has stuck in my mind ever since.

Does the hotel you stop at feature a bird in a box named Bob? There’s a hotel in Hagerstown my parents and I used to stop at that had that guy sitting in the lobby, scared, confused, etc.

I hate my favorite NBA team, the New York Knicks.

Somewhat related, though slightly outdated, thanks to a cursory Google search:

Do we take the particular stadium into account, or just an average of MLB stadiums? The basketball hoop is always regulation, but if we go to stadiums with short porches down the right and left field lines (Yankee Stadium, Tropicana Field, Fenway minus the Monster), surely that influences the outcome?

One of my friends is lending me his car for a week next week. I’m in the NYC area. Where should I go, what should I do.

Maybe just a typo, but McCutchen won the MVP in 2013, not 2014.

Any answer aside from Levon Helm is inaccurate:

The liquid inside Capri Sun pouches may have joined the 21st Century, but those flimsy straws are still feckless compared to the impenetrable wall that is the pouch itself.

Are there teams in horse racing if you’re not Bob Baffert? American Pharoah winning the Triple Crown last year was so objectively great.

Dog Fister. No question, just that.