It’s funny how he sees that. I agree with the first part about the media often showing black or brown people in a bad light. However, the right loves to play up this “victim” thing. If you blame people and the media for victimizing, you don’t have to accept that the real reason for these negative portrayals is white…

It isn’t the worst city in America. It just has a shitty section: the entire Northeast.

No, it isn’t. Most of those people, I guarantee, are from Delco or South Jersey. Possibly a few from NE Philly, which does house the worst the city has to offer.

I mean, sure, if we just ignore Obama’s extrajudicial killing and spotty, at best, human rights record

Funny, because I once saw Thom York talking about how when he heard “Creep” on the radio he had forgotten it was their song.

Do you remember Pedro at his best? I do. Listen, your take is scorching, so good work on that, but, did you ever see that fucking curveball?

I don’t understand why so many commenters on here refuse to understand that it was a numbers game. I’m not predicting any NBA championships, but the plan was to add as much young talent as possible and increase the odds of finding talent. Embiid, Simmons, Saric, Holmes and TLC all look like they will make important…

Didn’t part of that also have to do with the fact that both Porzingis and Noel had the same agent and were going to potentially play the same position?

I was in college, my cousin was on the baseball team at the same school. It was opening weekend ‘05 and I was one of the people who helped the incoming freshmen get settled, etc. I noted that the baseball team was hanging around my school’s excuse for a quad. (There isn’t much room for trees in North Philadelphia) I…

Phillies fan here. Wasn’t part of the reason he was so maligned in New York due to the fact that Billy Wagner blamed his Latin American teammates for everything that went wrong everyday with the Mets?

Agreed. Although, a lot of people connected have said that ownership mandated keeping fan favorites on the team. I’m not saying he was Pat Gillick, but he wasn’t Lee Thomas either.

Oden had severe arthritis, one of his legs was longer than the other, and didn’t he have three microfracture surgeries?

If he were the property of another team, yes.

Look back at the entirety of Amaro’s GM career. Traded for Lee for nothing, Halladay for nothing. Got two good pieces for Giles, three for Hamels. Presided over the drafts of Hoskins, Kingry and Crawford. Just saying, I know the guy was a dolt and signed bad contracts, but the Phillies are in pretty good shape for the…

Great article on Truthdig today about the VC bros licking their chops at the opportunity the lack of governmental involvement has opened the door for in Puerto Rico:

Glad he’s going to make it there so quickly. If only it weren’t for that damn trip to Puerto Rico he put off for three weeks.

The governor is Republican. It’s a pretty conservative country.

There are many people in this country who have to dig food out of a dumpster. Also, why doesn’t Richard Petty have to speak English?

I think Moore confirmed that he is gay.

Mike Williams