I have to imagine that is some component of it, and the fact that Sanchez and Judge have both come up and put the hurt on right away might be ‘proof’ that whatever the approach is, it’s working. If you look at their spray charts on fangraphs (or above) they both seem to be adept at hitting it anywhere.

Kind of what I am saying; this might be a ‘juice’ year, but even a juiced ball couldn’t have produced what Judge is doing. Miguel Cabrera put up .286/.350/.431 in the minors, and he’s done ok at the next level.

I actually liked those old throwaway titles (Marvel Team-Up, Marvel Two-in-One, etc.). They were as light and flaky as the Hostess ads.

That said, Marvel Team-Up was a thing for a long, long time.

“Of course, Marvel would give the role of Ms. Lion to a male golden retriever.”

I wish that were true, but past a certain wealth level or certain levels of authority, you are immune to consequences in this country. For now.

But could the ball be that juiced? Judge was a career .278 hitter in the minor leagues, averaging a HR every 23 at-bats and slugging .478 over 3 seasons. Now he’s in the big leagues, batting .329, slugging .691 and averaging a HR every 10 ABs.

Eh, I thought it was a pretty fair analog to the comic version of the Vulture, spruced up a bit to fit into the MCU. Except for when they inexplicably wrote Toomes as some kind of vampire, most of his fights with Spider-Man go one-sided as soon as Spider-Man gets his bearings.

Yeah, watching Homecoming, I didn’t get the sense that I was watching the same Spider-Man who single-handedly took out Falcon & Winter Soldier, and fought Cap to a standstill. Plus, and I’ll have to watch CW again to make sure, but I seem to remember that version of Spider-Man had spider-sense, or at least reactions…

That moment (and the ~10 minutes that follow) was damn near perfect; what a great way to take advantage of the fans’ making assumptions. Only way they could have sold it better would have been to do the MJ thing before that.

His name probably rhymes with “Norman Osborne.” Boo. Would be much cooler if it was Thomas Fireheart!

Nah, there’s no way to conflate Doom and Ock, but I was mistaken about his always feeling inferior to Richards as the basis of his heel turn. That didn’t show up until the 70s; prior to that, he was just mad in general.

This, exactly!

It took that long for them to figure out Bethesda’s parent company wasn’t the trade name for a herpes treatment.

I kinda, sorta wish the standings reflected how badly they’ve played, instead of being just 5.5 games out. If they were 10 games out, they might be more inclined to try to fix things in the offseason rather than make a desperate move to try and salvage 2017. This season will truly reach peak fuck me if they trade…

I want to be mad at the family, but you would not believe how quick the phone book lawyers are to offer a FREE consultation after even a minor incident; I can only imagine how ecstatic they were when they saw the name of the other driver. I bet they could barely dial the phone, they were coming so hard.

Eh, we all end up in a box sooner or later, who gives a shit what harmless thing people do with their time?

Ha, my goal was never to be taken seriously, I was just typing up words in support of my long-standing opinion that Doctor Octopus was always kind of flaccid until Raimi/Molina came along.

They explained that away in one panel after 50 years, and that only made it even more ridiculous.

Yeah, after 50 years of plans no more ambitious than bank heists and building devices with which he could hold the city for ransom, the genius Doc Ock suddenly develops a what, a mind transfer modem? and traps Parker’s mind in his dying body, then spends the next few months gallivanting around in Spider-Man’s body.