Sorry, I'm super-late to the discussion on this. I'm not sure if you saw this particular moment in the game, but at some point in the second half an official came out with a new ball, right before the Patriots were getting ready to start up again after a kickoff or punt or whatever. The Patriots were all set to go,…

Sure it affects both, but your team may have more fly ball hitters, or slower base runners, or whatever. Which is why I gather it counts as just something people do, instead of cheating.

Ask Brad Johnson, who paid off "some guys" (who are these guys?) to rough up all of the footballs before leading the Buccaneers to a championship in 2003.

Legend has it, he used to sit in the dugout whittling sharp points into the cleats of his shoes, so when he slid you knew to get the fuck outta the way.

Every time. Until we get an entirely new system of telling time.

Some people still believe in this bizarre notion that being drunk can completely transform a person's character and make them do things they would never do while sober, instead of simply admitting that it brings out all the shitty qualities that were already there.

There are other things baseball teams do to mess with the other team. For instance, if they have fast baserunners, they'll put extra water on the infield dirt, or if they have lots of ground-ball hitters, they'll leave the infield grass longer to slow the balls down.

Gorgeous.

Was just going to post the same thing.

I know, right. They look like they're about to burst.

Technically, we're all African.

Agreed. It's a great look.

Keverdene has so much to say about people who study philosophy. None of it is good.

I was a virgin until I was almost 28, so you're still winning, far as I'm concerned.

If I had more sex, I gather I'd be in these comments somewhere.

Clown makeup on or off?

So we should expect similar articles on Kotaku, Jalopnik and io9?

Was he supposed to be eating her ass? I just thought he was doing regular old cunnilingus from behind.

This is an exceptionally interesting article. I can't quite pin down why, but I think it's really interesting to see that you've created a "person" that you think is "you," and yet one that takes on a life of its own. Or that you, though an avatar, unlock bits of a fluidity in your own identity you didn't know were…

I'm not saying one is related to the other. To my mind they're trying to erode women's right to choose altogether. And sadly they've been winning some battles lately. It's distressing.