Damn, that would actually be a good twist.

I dig looking at these weird stats. Like, Barry Bonds had two guys who he only had 2ABs vs, and both hits were HR, among 23 guys whose only hits surrendered to Bonds were HR. There’s also a guy against whom he had 9 plate appearances, drawing 8 walks and hitting 1 HR.

The guy kind of just beat the piss out of Colorado single-handedly, so, yeah.

I’m assuming the home broadcasters liken this to Sean Avery waving his stick in front of Brodeur(?) - there’s no rule against it, but it’s weird and stresses out your guy (apparently).

How the fuck do you even prove you ‘believe’ something, let alone the degree to which you believe it? Do I have to say something I believe, then double-down when challenged? Because I’m ready to start the, whatever, Church of Andy Kaufman the Redeemer or some shit.

Legos?

They did that with the GI Joe movies, and the movies failed pretty badly. I didn’t mind it as much, because those movies were exactly what it was like to play with GI Joe stuff back in the day, complete with unnecessary location changes just to wedge a combat snowmobile into the story somehow.

Doesn’t everybody know about the One Weird Trick Nolan Ryan Used To Combat Blisters?

I imagine that was done in the most conscious and cynical way, as in “these people are too feeble to connect the dots.”

Ouch. Silver lining: maybe now Corey Crawford will be recognized for the miracles he’s worked these past few seasons, playing behind geezers and AHL Pretty Goods.

I haven’t been to a VGK game to know, but lived out that way a while back. For years the Kings have been that market’s ‘home team’ and there were people who followed hockey in LV, or at least there were 20 years ago. I would hope that some of those people are making it to games regularly.

I would argue that Ankiel wasn’t so much a flop as a misfire. Everyone is pretty excited about Ohtani, but maybe if Ankiel made his MLB debut at 23 instead of 19, it could have been him. In one way, his yips had an unexpected payoff: that cannon got moved to the outfield and it was amazing.

That said, learning Purple Man’s background in the Netflix series kind of put him in a different light (if only for a second) then pulled him the hell out of it.

You know, you seem easily angered. Any chance you’re on steroids?

No doubt in my mind he’s on something. For all I know, whatever it is, he’s injecting it or snorting it or having it inserted as I write this. And you know what? I don’t care. It’s not like I take joy in watching Jose Quintana eat shit every 5 days, quivering inside with the confident righteousness that accompanies…

He’s added almost 14 to his career WAR since popping back on the radar in 2011, at a tidy 3.5M per WAR. Contrast that to James Shields, who put up 17.8 but at a cost in excess of 106M, or Edwin Jackson, who added 0.8 in the same span at at 71.6M per WAR.  

Well, yeah. Otherwise it sounds like he’s just talking shit.

The 90s F-150 looked like my Grandma’s slipper.