I think that’s part of it, but more than that, Alex has always desperately wanted to be liked. HoF are not, I think he’d be doing this anyway. And it’s working.

LeBatard said something along the lines of “Everything that people found off putting about Alex during his playing years is what makes him great at television”. I think that’s true.

LeBatard said something this morning that stuck with me: We’re fast approaching a point where Alex Rodriguez will be more well liked than Derek Jeter. Who saw that coming?

I scrolled down here for a 3/5 compromise joke, and was not disappointed. Thank you.

Home Movies was ahead of its time.

This has nothing to do with the comment, but I fully support your Paula Small avatar.

“Teams like the Pacers and 76ers and Heat and Bucks and Knicks are frisky, and possibly good.”

Fun Fact: So, remember when Eric Garner was choked to death on camera by a cop on Staten Island? And remember the Staten Island District Attorney who failed (on purpose) to indict that cop?

What he said about people having to “go back to their lives” after that first Heat Finals is one of my favorite things any athlete has ever said. And people who got mad at it are proving his point.

That’s the thing. People don’t even get excited anymore because he’s made this so routine. At this point he’d have to drop a 60 point triple double in Game 7 of the Finals to impress some people.

57-11-7, on 68% shooting, in his 15th year in the league. Only the second player ever to drop 55+ in his 15th season or later (the other was Kobe, on his last ever NBA game when he put up 50 shots).

You’re right. In all the years Dusty Baker has been a manager, he has never once made a correct decision. This is definitely a rational take.

Okay, except my point is that wouldn’t have even mattered if not for that or the botched ground ball by his shortstop that would have been a double play. Dusty has made some bad decisions, but a lot of managers have made much worse decisions than him and still won. Ned Yost has a fucking ring, and went to two straight…

Sometimes I think the most remarkable thing about LaVar Ball is that the people who hate him are significantly more annoying than he is, which is really saying something.

He got nothing out of them? They won 95 and 97 games, and he stabilized a clubhouse that was a borderline dumpster fire before he got there. And if it wasn’t for one historically unfortunate decision by a fan in the stands, he’d have taken the Cubs to their first World Series in over 50 years.

Terry Francona has lost six straight elimination games. He is also probably the best manager in baseball.

He’s the best quarterback I’ve ever seen, and making him play for McCarthy all these years, and giving him no weapons, is one of the greatest crimes in sports.

“But in recent years, under Stern and now Adam Silver, the NBA has fully embraced the politics of the left.”

Oh, he’s absolutely not above criticism, but there are writers who have this legit vendetta against a player who, by every account from every NY sports writer, has been as accountable and easy a star player to cover as there has been on any NY team in recent memory.

What makes you think he expects people to feel sorry for him? And why do we continue to demonize athletes for having the audacity to be paid what they’re worth? Based on the money he generates for his team, LeBron James should be making, at minimum, twice his salary. But asking for that would make him “selfish” to…