I still think Chipper is better (and that’s based on a per PA scale), but I was shocked to find out how much bWAR Beltre’s accrued (84.0 to Chipper’s 85.0). He probably won’t pass him in fWAR (my metric of choice, and he’s 10.0 behind Chipper), but they’ll likely have comparable full bodies of work. I think the best…

Oh man you’re reminding me of a lot of dumb hicks I knew back home

Of course he never lost his head as a player. However, if he was a ref in Brazil...

Kelly Johnson does not deserve to be lumped in with those other 3, and this is one of the saddest things I’ve said about the Braves this year.

Oh, you forgot to mention they had a righty (Drew Stubbs) CF that was available to pinch hit for their rookie lefty (Mallex Smith) CF in the top of the 9th against the Nats lefty. Of course Mallex strikes out with the tying runner on 2nd to end the game.

It’s not a useful statistic (so of course Fredi cites it), but Jeff Francoeur is not useful in any scenario that isn’t “facing lefties that live on a fastball.” So yeah, really bad call.

Does “Hot dog” encompass the brat as well as the italian sausage? Because come on, those food stuffs can easily compete with that top 3.

I lived in Jacksonville for a year, and it’s kind of shitty tbh. The city is way too damn big for its own good (and with very poor public trans), the beach situation is just a mess, downtown is incredibly mediocre, and a good chunk of the city is just a sleazy mess of strip malls. However, Riverside alone should get…

There has been one person in my lifetime who has pronounced my last name right the first time they’ve seen it, because the “oe” in my name is pronounced like an “ay.”

Are you from the Southern US, or any part of the country that’s typically classified as“red state?” This has nothing to with whether your take is right or wrong, but I’m wondering if we feel about certain songs differently based on the cultures we grew up in. I grew up in South Carolina, and I find a certain charm…

I don’t know, if King Buzzo covers it I think it’s probably too over the top to get too upset about.

Braves fan here, do you think the acquisition of pitchers who have already had Tommy John surgery (especially very early in their career) is a market efficiency, or is the decline in fastball speed and risk of re-injury too much to overcome?

Well yeah, he’s just put a woman on his arms. Big difference.

There’s no need to bring race into this, Samer.

One the other hand, I wish there was a little Jack Nicholson in “Batman” in Jim Nantz. He’d fall into a vat of acid.

If that’s the case, then this Clemson fan would be happy with the Jurgen Klinsmann of basketball.

Undertaker’s had more than two matches in the last five years! He’s had like eight or something.

“NBA players could go full-on And 1 tournament during preseason and no one would care.”

This is how you know you’re wrong, Hannah. Marchman agrees with your food hot take.

You’re right, the Cespedes ball wasn’t lodged!