Ok, but beyond the salary considerations, isn’t the intent behind this that the White Sox get to hold onto Jimenez for an extra season? So, in the grand scheme of things, they fuck him out of some pay, but also get to have him on the team for longer, making them a better team for a longer period of time?

Loud, sporadic radio bursts of squealing tires and smashing glass ought to do it.

I’m with you, Drew. Orchestra conductors are essential. As a percussionist, I have sat through my fair share of pieces that are 30 seconds of playing music sandwiched between 20 minutes of counting rests. And let me tell you, when you lose track of how many measures of rest you have counted, you’re counting on that…

Back in the mid 2000s, Phil Kessel was playing hockey at the U of Minnesota, because rumor got around that he refused to come to UW-Madison once he found out that Jack Skille was coming. So, Badger fans mercilessly booed him every time he touched the puck. After scoring on a breakaway goal, he skated around the ice…

“God, what a dick!”

In all honesty, between this and the whole cold stove situation, I don’t see a way in which the MLBPA doesn’t call for a strike before the next CBA.

Good to see you’re using your offseason time well, Mr. Gronkowski.

Jesus Christ, Ricketts really does look like Ted Cruz. People had said it, but I didn’t ever see it until the very photo the top of this article. When you don’t advertise an article as being about the Cubs, and the headline is “You Don’t Have To Believe Any Of This Shit”, it’s natural to assume that it probably is a…

Magary?? Is that you??

Thank you for this piece, Nate. It’s good to hear a player’s perspective. All that we seem to get is “but the NFL needs a minor league.” The NFL does not need a minor league, because the injury risk is too great for the athletes. Kids are dropping out of school early and skipping bowl games to avoid injury and make…

Mostly. But Donald Driver, too. Because, you know. “He was one of the good ones.” Or something.

As a Wisconsin resident, I’m here to say that we hate that fucker because he beat the piss out of our beloved Packers in big-time postseason games. And the smart Republicans would say the same thing. Otherwise, they’re just racist.

I’ve made this argument countless times, but here we are again. Look, the players are getting screwed. There’s no doubt about it. I just don’t see any way around it unless they go on strike. How many recent World Series Champions had either Bryce Harper or Manny Machado on them? The answer is zero. Baseball, by nature…

The two teams that I hate most in the universe are the Chicago Bears and the New England Patriots. When the playoffs started, I predicted that the Patriots would knock off the Bears 14-3 in the worst Super Bowl ever played, because God hates me. I’m glad that I was only half right.

My advice to the MLBPA would be to strike for a salary floor and adjustments to the wage scales. The shitty part is that team owners care more about profitability than winning games, for all of the reasons that you mention. It makes them more money to suck than it does to compete.

“Ketan Shah? See! This is why my #TravelBan works!”

It took me an uncomfortably long time to recognize another man’s penis, but I think that I finally found it.

Welcome back, Drew! This place hasn’t been the same without you. And probably will never be the same again upon your return. I hope that sounds like a compliment. Ha!

I feel like I say this every goddamn year that the Patriots play in this game, but here we are again. If ever there was a year for Tom Clancy’s “Sum of All Fears” nuclear bomb at the Super Bowl plot to become reality, this would be the year. Double-mega bonus points if the President is also in attendance.

Look, I know this isn’t the popular opinion on Deadspin, but hear me out. What if this is just simply the MLB version of building a Super Bowl team around a nucleus of a good QB on a favorable rookie contract, surrounded by decent talent? How many recent World Series champions featured Manny Machado and/or Bryce…