Under certain circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
- Mark Twain, a Biography

Why dont you just go to their clean site?

87 is really fucking fast for a non-pitcher. I’m impressed.

so many fun things about this. One of the best - a reminder that Pablo was born a lefty but was turned into a righty (according to today’s SF Chronicle, by his grandfather (a cool fact that I had not heard before)) because he wanted to play catcher. But/for shoulder surgery on his left shoulder, he might have come in…

I think once she has possession of the ball she can crawl over the plate and guard it like a fucking crab. The ump will keep play going until somebody is either safe or out, but that runner has to go to a specific spot that is pretty easy to defend. 95% of that defense is simply not vacating the space. The other 5% is…

Good work, catcher. You’ve got your glove right over the plate. Now quickly, move it away from the plate so that you can stand up, and give the runner the only possible window they can use to slip in and score. Every James Bond villain approves.

The sort of celebrity profile that opens with an anecdote set in a restaurant or hotel room is more or less always bad

I recall hearing that running raises perceived temperature by 10 C or something. So yeah, -5 sounds about like my shorts limit too. As long as there’s no wind / sleet nonsense going on too.

Speaking of his noms de guerre, I’m completely convinced that he self-selected “Big Aristotle” solely because he sadly misunderstood the subject matter of Posterior Analytics.

Bigly.

I drive everywhere in reverse, and I produce so much gasoline I don’t know what to do with it.

I, as a Broncos fan, was talking to my father on the phone leading up to that pick. I could hear his TV, he was running almost a full second behind mine. I was prepared to hear Elway pick Nelson, even with Chubb on the board. The fact that he took Chubb both surprised and delighted me. Quarterbacks in the league just…

Great work by the Ravens getting Joe Flacco some help at wide receiver.

I need a letter grade to disagree with for each team, please.

Look pal, if I wanted to see a baby getting interviewed I would have tuned in to Fox and Friends this morning.

Well, sure, if you’re just defining “Super Bowl wins” as success.

I think it is more an illustration of the difference between hoping for something and thinking it will happen.

Am I the only one here who never heard of Meek Mill until this week?

A big reason mock drafts work for football is how those draftees are more mature, ready to step into an NFL lineup, without need of a few more seasons maturing in junior leagues or a farm team. Since teams can try to gauge the impact a player will have and know what their immediate needs are, they’ll be more likely to…