This could also be something Thompson added just to mess with his editor. The editor didn’t see it and Thompson didn’t correct it before it was published. That is what I get out of the “I won’t even bother explaining the joke because it doesn’t matter.”

I’m sure these kids have seen enough divers the last few days.

I dunno, the way Gomez stayed down suggests two guys, one cup.

I don’t know the announcers, so forgive me if I’m insulting a legend... but I’d kill myself if I had to hear that accent on every broadcast.

I enjoyed that the Washington Post linked here.

I don’t think the issue was that the brands were NRA affiliated as much as that Vista owned brands that made guns and ammunition.

What the hell was she doing!?

If anything the Bills should have been penalized five yards for being too slow.

Sad how soft modern hockey players have become.

Another fine entry in Deadspin’s hard-hitting season-long series, White Sox Updates Nobody Wanted

Usually it’s because if you throw behind the batter and the catcher still catches it, then both the current batter and the next batter are both automatically called out. If the catcher misses the ball, then the batter on-deck may shout, “Whack-bat!” and the current batter goes to third base, unless it is already…

I thought the same thing you did. With a 1 second gif, zero context in the post, and not having watched the game what else was I supposed to assume? Sorry my attention was drawn to the kid getting his brain smashed instead of the clock not ticking to 56 and the ref waving his hands.