What's his awesome story? That he was too fragile to be a starter for a few years, so he had to be moved to the pen?

I guess I just never thought of the Braves pitching staff as being a 3-headed beast - in my mind it was Maddux and Glavine and everyone else.

Smoltz???????? I'd want Mussina or Schilling on my roster much more than Smoltz. He was good, but they were MUCH better.

Totally disagree. The Washington Post's website has a ridiculous and non-transparent policy for corrections - they just toss most mistakes down the memory hole, and pretend they never happened. Don't try to ask the Ombudsman about it, because they eliminated the position.

Secondary thought that I should have included in my first reply - stay strong and take good care of yourself. Writers can be fairly accessible and supportive people - have you ever considered reaching out to her?

I am irrationally proud of the fact that she and I went to the same high school (not at the same time).

The New York Times did an excellent profile of Laura Hillenbrand recently.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/mag…

The Gordon Gartrell episode in season 1 was the high point of the whole series.

Even beyond season one, though, I think the kids provided the vast majority of truly funny moments on that show. That's what sucked me in on The Cosby Show - the kids seemed more real, to me, than kids on most sitcoms.

I used to work pre- and post- game shows for the Nationals, and one of the hosts was/is Ray Knight. One day Ray came in with two problems - he couldn't find his World Series ring, and his foot hurt. He was freaking out for hours - calling everywhere he had been. Finally, he kicked off his shoe to massage his sore…

I coulda/shoulda phrased my comment more diplomatically - I'm 3 days into the flu, and it's turning me into an ass. Apologies. I just find that one of the most challenging things about criticizing the behavior of someone I am dating is to phrase it in a way that doesn't make them feel like a bad person (or like I…

I might be a insensitive man, but, at least I can honestly say that I have never tried to make a woman I was dating feel like she is a bad person.

Is her store a McDonalds? Because it sure looks like one.

I think you are going a bit overboard. For one thing, Jackie definitely exists - she has been interviewed by The Washington Post, as have multiple of her friends and acquaintances.

And, I wouldn't consider this a hit piece - unless the hit was directed at the issue of campus rapes, which is a very legitimate issue.…

Eh, Rolling Stone's journalistic record has some mighty big splotches on it. They were a big part of the "vaccines will give you autism" nonsense.

http://www.salon.com/2011/01/16/dan…

It's bullshit for Rolling Stone to be pinning it all on Jackie, though. This "our trust in her was misplaced" garbage is pathetic. If she lied (and it is starting to appear that she has), that is wrong, and she is responsible for her actions. But, they are the journalists. There are an ungodly number of campus rape…

I think Winston is a scumbag, and probably a rapist. His statement yesterday was awful, and ignorant, and indefensible.

But, I don't like the suggestion that some form of statistical analysis should be used to interpret an individual's innocence or guilt.

Please don't minimize the Mike Brown ruling by pinning it on an ignorant grand jury. Bob McCulloch and the DA's office intentionally punted the case, and basically defended Wilson to the grand jury. Saying it was just 12 dumb, racist, Americans grand jury members drastically understates the miscarriage of justice in…

You must be aware that "but, it's satire" is the same excuse that every racist and sexist asshole makes for posting offensive shit online, right? Every racist meme, article, and blog post - same excuse. "It's just a joke, people who are offended are lame and oversensitive".

I am a liberal white folk, and I found this piece to be offensive and stupid.

As are the "but, it's satire" excuses - the same excuse made by every bigot who posts something racist as fuck, anywhere on the interwebs. "It's just a joke! Black people r so sensitive!"

You know thats the same excuse made by every racist asshole for every racist meme, right?

She can sue, but I don't know if she can win. Repressed/recovered memories are not considered to be very reliable, even by mental health and psychiatric experts, and Cosby will have some very good lawyers representing him. It won't be hard for them to get some very respectable experts testifying on the unreliability…