No shit. I cannot believe how well that catch fence did. Watched the replay over and over just to see how well that thing kept everything on the track.

Speaking as a guy who basically lived baseball from 6-18, caught and pitched, I agree. Lester probably crossed a line enough to get a “hey, shut up” from the guy, but nothing more. Not in the second inning. This guy wanted to prove a point or something. I wonder if he’s got history with Lester.

Lester absolutely could have been pissed off after giving up three walks and two hits and only getting three outs. But even if he WAS pissed off about the zone, there is absolutely no reason for an umpire to do what this guy did. Especially not that early in a game. If a pitcher is getting pissy that early, you tell…

I don’t feel the need to give you a Cliffs Notes on how Gawker and Deadspin like to shit on Boston, but they do. If you don’t understand that (or disagree), feel free to actually use your words. Otherwise, this was just useless snark.

Do you have any other examples of Petchesky hating on women’s sports, or is it just the WNBA? (Based on your handle, I’m pretty confident I already know the answer). Because dude, the WNBA sucks. I don’t think that because I don’t like women or women’s sports. I think that because to me, and to a great many people,…

Gosh, I really hope you didn’t sprain anything turning this into an anti-Boston thing, Tommy. I know the quotas are back up now that the Marathon bomber has been sentenced, so times are tough over at Deadspin HQ.

Just stop talking.

It’s not that I object to profound onscreen unpleasantries so much as I’m tired of those unpleasantries being the Entire Point, the show’s sole reason for being, an escalating trollishness that punishes you relaxing or caring or smiling or not-wincing, even for a second.

19 years old. Family party. August. Hot as balls. Playing volleyball/wrangling small children. Absolutely parched.

Reading is pretty fuckin’ hard, huh?

Two things:

You figured out that writing that claps you on the back and congratulates you for being careless and white and male and steeped in mainstream pop culture is the precise opposite of subversive.

OK, but so are Rick Perry, Steve Perry, William “Refrigerator” Perry, Luke Perry and Matthew Perry. How come they’re not being used there? Oh, I bet it’s because of the really specific meter of the chant. There’s no feigned outrage on my side, it’s your side that’s getting all pissed off because you don’t get to play…

I’m just as ready to fire away at the Worldwide Leader as the next guy, but this one doesn’t really fit the mold of ESPN Fuck-Ups. When you talk about draft picks being “news,” first of all, they’re business transactions and nothing more. In fact, if it weren’t for the constant human centipede situation that is NFL…

This IS actual sexist bullshit, because the “Katy Perry” insult is predicated on the idea that women are inferior. The mentality of the taunt is “You are inferior, and so I confuse you with another person named Perry who is female, because females are inferior.” This isn’t fucking rocket science, dude.

It’s precisely because you are a white male that you feel this way. You are the White Man Ouroboros. Congratulations.

Kinja is fun, especially when it’s not clear that you’re replying to the wrong post.

This is so good, I’m angry more people aren’t getting it.

It’s almost like the bulk of their audience is men who fart around at golf courses all day.

Holy shit that was dumb. Nice job, it's rare that I'm actually surprised by vitriol here.