Unexpected Aggressive Tina is always welcomed.  Reminds us of how much of a Belcher she is.  

I love baseball. And the Twins specifically. This is some bullshit. The complaint is nonsense even separated from the fact that the hit led to a bases loaded situation.

It’s a long season and I’m sure Sisco would like to see the shift less often. Plays like this will help to accomplish that goal. So regardless of the context in the game, it was a good decision to bunt. He may have dramatically increased his odds of having a good year.

“It kind of took some of the drama out of what might have unfolded, but that’s fine.”

Ya know, at the start of the game, BOTH pitchers are working on perfect games. It really is rude of any batter to try to get a hit in that situation.

“Obviously, we’re not a fan of it. He’s a young kid. I could’ve said something at 2nd base but they have tremendous veteran leadership over there.”

Why do I have a good feeling that Gene would start playing soccer if he was on the Brown Thunder team?

Considering the date, isn’t “Easter eggs” a better term than “nods”?

The Home Movies nods made me so happy. I nearly lost my shit when I recognized what was clearly Brendon Small, and it was only then that I thought to look for a paralel to Melissa, even though I was thinking about Home Movies as soon as Bob found himself in the coach position, it didn’t occur to me to look for…

This was a great great episode, LOVED the nods to Home Movies.

going away for a while to nurse your wounds, another Holy Week move

But how will he learn a defense that’s illegal and completely useless in the NBA if he doesn’t go to Syracuse?

Can’t get trashed by Boeheim for leaving Syracuse early if you never play for him.

I thought this was a funny take. But like, for a sketch. Then I found out that all the kids involved were daughters, and then it just felt kinda icky. Like, if maybe one of them wanted to stop the kids from doing drugs or something, maybe this could be ok...

I think they’ve been referred to as both 34 and 38 or 40, so it’s never been too consistent. I also feel weird getting closer to Homer’s age.

I agree—plus, even in the original timeline they didn’t get pregnant right after high school.

Marge graduated in 1974. Bart is conceived in 1980 after she and Homer see Empire Strikes Back. Six years passed and Marge is still living with her sisters and Homer is sleeping on their couch with absolutely no prospects.…

I recently gave my daughter a driving lesson, in spite both of our belief that it would basically be a re-creation of this scene.

This, but also there’s a big experience gap in every generation. The oldest Baby Boomers were the parents of the youngest ones, and what you think of as a Boomer is probably the former. Same, but reversed in terms of popular perception, for the Millennials. And then there are tweener cases. Somebody born in 1986, for…

Every once in a while, I’ll see a lame as hell late-era episode about ‘Bart becomes a rapper!’ or some such, and I’ll check the original air date and it’s 15 years old.

The Simpsons attracts an intelligent, obsessive fanbase that places a huge premium on mythology and continuity, but it’s never really been a big part of the show. It’s a family sitcom that uses ‘comic-book time.’ Continuity just isn’t going to be a part of it.