I have heard he was an incredibly nice guy. While he was doing a minor league rehab assignment in Iowa, he stayed in his camper in the stadium parking lot. He would chat with almost anyone who came to visit while he was there, and would provide beer.

That is just a beautiful man. 

Drew’s back! Jrue’s awesome!! What’s next?

I hate when I love an opposing player this much. 

Goddamn right!

the hell you say

When is Deadspin going to admit that signing high-priced free agents to long contracts North of 200 million doesn’t usually work that well in MLB?

There is no universe in which the Lakers are a more sympathetic franchise than the Celtics, even when taking the overall Boston sports fanbase into consideration.

Ray Ratto?? What are you doing slumming on a site like this? You should be somewhere sipping mai tais and yelling at clouds.

(Nice piece, though. I agree... I’m all hated out on the Pats. The NFL as a whole is mostly irrelevant to me.)

Sorry friend. If you want to get to the good stuff, you have to read to the end like everybody else. But, by all means, you’re more than welcome not to. I encourage it, even. I’m quite happy to continue on not having to deal with whatever inane chatter you think is worth replying to me about.

Ah, I get it: You’re pretending to not understand the difference between preparedness and obsessive fixation. Truly original stuff. Classic work, friend.

I don’t need a spare tire, either. But I have one for the same reason I have a handgun: Precaution.

Different take:

*Thurston Howell style salut with a coconut shell drink*

The displayed grenade was portrayed to be top grade but the fisherman was dismayed that it was renagade and had to be unmade. 

What a dick move.

“That’s a nice cup, but it’s not as good as this cup”

He’s just trying to slap an Oakland Raiders sticker down there

That reminds me of the time I got kicked in the head by a brewer ...

1) Loves me some Heavy Metal Parking Lot.