That is definitely a thing people say.

Well, can you tell me who is it, then? And what are those trophies she’s holding? Also, can you read what does her shirt say?

I think you’re right, which is why it was such a hard debate: Navarro was staying afloat in a cup of coffee at MLB, while Martin was tearing it up at AAA. And IIRC the deep dive was at Jon Weisman’s old Dodger blog, but.am not sure.

“and his ownership is a tale of two franchises, neither of which completely blots out the other.”

I remember when the Dodgers had 2 great young catchers pounding on the door to the majors (Russell Martin and Dioner Navarro) and there was a lot of debate over which one to keep and which one to trade. And then one commentator did a deep dive and concluded, “Russell Martin is better than Navarro in all the ways a…

This is not true (read the article) - he played very well for Charlotte (enough to earn a big contract from the Nets) and Atlanta. And the Raptors thought enough of him to bring him onboard a contender. But it seems he thought he should get either to start for a bad team or be a rotation piece for a contender, and I…

“110% TRUMP supporter [pictured]:”

Oh look, this giant asterisk stopped by to say Hello:

Pro tip: don’t describe Samer as looking “like a less-‘street’ BJ Novak”

1) Charted bacon. I have a big family, so when it’s breakfast time we eat a shit ton of bacon - multiple packages. I AM NOT going to lovingly flip one strip at a time, so I make it in the oven (which I think is how buffets do entire steam tables of it with the same consistency).

Oh I had a front row seat (not literally) for those Sonics teams! The NBA’S harder because “being routinely top-tier but not establishing a dynasty” counts for more than in other sports, like I don’t get the impression fans of the 90s Sonics or Jazz are as embittered as fans of the 90s Bills or Braves.

Jerry Rice (and I don’t love the Niners much) was...also...elusive:

Jaguars

Yeah, until the Eagles won the SB, you could argue they almost had it worse, since in the SB era not only had they watched every other team in their division not only win the SB they failed to, each franchise had legit *dynasties*. It was to the point that calling them the Eagles’ “rivals” felt unearned.

Heron:methadone::Honda Element:This

So the player are powerless to change their uniforms on...Players Weekend? Do I have that right?

Counterpoint: Dwight, washed-up 7-foot Bobby Bowfinger acting cornball brother or no, does not need to make another dime playing basketball.

This is the definition of “kicking a man when he is down”