It's really awesome that the stars of this Little League World Series is an all Black team and a Black female pitcher.

I'm not an expert on this by any stretch of the imagination (which is why it would be great if sports journalists would look into it). But I'd guess that it's cost writ large: that is, not just what it costs the individual family, but the fallout from defunding of public infrastructure: the elimination of team…

Is cost a factor for the decline in Black participation? I don't really follow any sports but from what I have heard, it's staggering what kids' sports cost these days, with equipment, various fees, etc. Of course as incomes decline, many families just can't manage it, so kids don't get to do it. And that has…

Yeah, I'm going to be THAT commenter and suggest that someone on Gawker do a story about the Jackie Robinson West team. Black participation in Little League has been going down in the past decades and this is the first black team from Chicago to make the World Series in 30 years. Professional athletes pitched in to…

Especially let us flag shit. Let the community work for you. It only makes sense.

Just ask George Costanza.

Whoops - I made an assumption about her age, thought she was older.

And, of course, he's the only one giving a convincing performance.

really? with your attitude shouldn't you be only listening to vegan artists? Ella sure wasn't a vegan.

My goodness, those cops have some insane patience.

"This time, I spray-painted it orange and called it 'Boehner in a box.'"

Okay, I said I wanted to kick the squirrels living in my attic last year when they started chewing like mad. I never actually thought about doing it. We just set traps with peanuts in them and let them go in a more squirrel friendly setting. Horrible people, and hopefully they are found.

If anything, that photo has a distinct lack of sartorialism.

Corgimom of two: corgi puppies will curl up in anything. They like the sense of security. If there's no edges or walls to sleep against, they'll curl up with each other. One of mine crams herself into the corner of her crate and fixes her pillow so it pushes on her. Mind you, the door to her crate is open, she just…

My college has a 'puppy room' for de-stressing at exam time every semester. It actually makes me look forward to exams! Can't wait to pet the puppies!

Cats curl themselves into odd little spaces like that too, I think it's the feeling of walls around you (albeit shallow ones in this case).

First thing I thought when I saw this article. This is definitely not news. Newborns are even entered in pageants.

I've seen newborns do pageants...on national television...wtf?

Have none of these people ever seen Toddlers and Tiaras? Two year olds have their own age group at these pageants.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that the reason they correlate non-monogamy and IUDs with STIs is that they think women with IUDs having sex with different partners will not use condoms and will therefore be more susceptible to STIs. I don't think I've seen any evidence that IUDs in and of themselves actually…