She questioned the effectiveness of the technique, not its ubiquity.

BUFFLECK

Cal Eldred! Dave Nilsson!

Shout out to Jim Deshaies, possibly the least-deserving HOF vote getter of all time. But his (successful) campaign to get a vote maybe inspired the Deadspin/Le Batard voting escapade, which was awesome.

Bang and Cum Slowly

Gritty seems like more of a meth-head, what with the no teeth and “haven’t-slept-in-4-days” look.

Partial to the Chargers one as well

Not to be confused with Bill or Jack or Pete or Dennis

Poise to the left of me, composure to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with a Jew.

I’d like to think the crowd was booing “Cotton Eye Joe” polluting their earholes.

gas stations as churches / hold fuel forever still

True. The Sox will hope to bash the hell out of the weak starters for either team and build up early leads.

Has anyone verified Danny Coulombe’s whereabouts during this incident?

In this case I would take “middle relief” to mean “anyone not named Craig Kimbrel”. Matt Barnes’ ERA has risen a whole run the past month. Joe Kelly has had a rough September. Heath Hembree has given up 10 runs in his last 11 IP. Beyond that you’re counting on guys like Hector Velazquez, Brandon Workman, maybe Steven…

Always love some Kinja Handle-Comment synergy +1

Quiet, you! Go Brewers.

The Rockies are going to let the Cardinals sneak into the damn playoffs and the NL is so bereft of quality teams that this feels like one of those years those bastards will somehow find their way into the WS. Which at least will give me a good reason to root for the Red Sox or Astros to turn them into mincemeat. If we…

Unless he knows how to build a pitching staff, they're still going to suck.

Dee dee dee dee dee dee dee, kickers in hell
Dee dee dee dee dee dee dee, kickers in hell
Dee dee dee dee dee dee dee, kickers in hell
Dee dee dee dee dee dee dee, kickers in hell 

Unfortunately, that song was “White Christmas” which will earn the Dolphins millions in royalties for years to come.