Nobody can play the game without needing it at some atomic level, because so much of it is about denying that you actually hate a lot of it but can’t give it up.

First can we talk about how brilliant of a name El Tráfico is for this rivalry?

You have to take the gags out of their mouths.

Every now and then Verlander gets a little bit closer to patching their relationship, but every now and then he falls apart too.

I think he’s using an Eastern grip, which suggests he’s subconsciously acquiesced to continued Chinese control

Thank you for staying laser focused on sports by breaking down his swing. I’d be upset if I was tricked into reading about international geopolitical events on Deadspin.

I mean, I’m pretty sure a bigger reason is that the Pats won it 15 years ago.

His nickname was even “Big Cat”, I think.

This chonky cat makes me Remember late-era Andres Galarraga. Thank you for this laser focused sports content.

“If what has happened is a memory and whats going to happen is a thought, you’re taking yourself out of right now. So in that case, every hour is happy hour”- me to a completely empty bar and a visibly uncomfortable bartender at 8am on a Tuesday

Cool, I remember my first Phish concert.

Video Game Characters from Street Fighter hence I assume STREE OVERLORD


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If you’re not careful you might find yourself in a coma at a Nevada brothel like Lamar Odom.

Houston is a surprisingly pretty city, with a cool arts center, a robust tech background, extremely fun bars, and a burgeoning food scene with one of the greatest items I’ve ever eaten in my entire life.

The bunt home run is the perfect combination of 20th-century strategy and 21st-century analytics. Now, you and your dad can enjoy watching a ballgame together.

The clip is only 57 seconds long, but the ball’s recording device recorded 18 hours of static while it was in right field.

I have seen video refereeing bought into multiple sports across 3 continents and let me tell you what video refs do EVERY SINGLE TIME is exactly what it did to the catch rule in the NFL, trying to codify in black and white something that is inherently subjective always makes the problem worse not better and is the…

13 minutes of ejections?? That was fun! I was running out of variations of “Are you fucking kidding me/Are you insane/Fuck that” that I was using in my own voice-over.

He missed an opportunity to use "getting ran over by a Buss" for #59 on every list.

Magic’s Top Two Players the Lakers Should Have Tried to Sign in 2016: