Yes. It was pitched as a Star Wars ripoff with Lorne Greene!

No way. They will rest key players after clinching home field. Belichick isn't striving for perfection, he's striving for another ring. I think we will never see any team in the pros put regular seasons wins ahead of a title.

I heard someone talk about how transfers work, and it makes the NBA seem almost sane. And cheap.

The Word Detective : Searching for the Meaning of It All at the Oxford English Dictionary : A Memoir

Simon's Sports Corner

I seem to be the only person watching The Last Tycoon. I am liking it so far, and feel the reviews were a bit unkind. It's not great but it is entertaining for the most part, with a solid cast. Some big missteps, though, could really ruin it.

Already got today's small purchase: Nightwing, which has backslid with how the supporting cast is being handled; and Deathstroke, which is its usual really good but just short of great because Priest meanders.

- Finished Finders Keepers by Stephen King, which is the middle in a trio about a former cop turned PI, but is also something of a standalone. It's basically King doing crime-suspense, and it's about as middling as a typical book of that genre, if a bit bloodier. The characters created for this book are very much in…

Well, certainly the people of the planet Corbom don't find it funny.

Hugbees. That's a funny word.

That's not funny!

Don't insult that poor clown!

We actually lose most of our cookbooks in a fire - all the burned was the one piece of furniture that had the cookbook shelf, and while the books were not destroyed, the smoke smell ruined them. My wife replaced a few. And barely ever uses any of them.

Or the DoJ.

Don't forget Mel Brooks.

Chris Christie has a dream of being booed in all 30 MLB parks.

Bartman Begins

Hell, the batter in question could still have been out. It's not like he caught a ball that became a home run instead of an out.

Thankfully, he won't hit any home runs, so we aren't subjected to more John Sterling-isms in that regard.

Alternately, there is no such thing as off the record. I learned that when was a lowly PR assistant.