Awesome article.

As a huge Yo La Tengo fan and huge baseball fan (I don’t really think of myself as a huge baseball fan, but then I stopped and realized I watch way more baseball games than listen to YLT music and I’ve been to way more baseball games than YLT shows—I’ve only seen them a half dozen or so times and the A’s and YLT seem…

Like I needed any more reason to like Yo La Tengo.

The Met’s may be owned by shitheads but they are Yo La Tengo’s favorite team so they about cancel each other out.

“waaaah I’m an asshole” - you

if you want, want my divisional series

Crank this one up.

Sorry Mets. Sometimes the bad guys come out on top.

They are Yo La Tengo, they are not afraid of you and they will beat your ass.

There is a disturbing lack of autumn sweaters in that photo.

He’s also got a great undershirt.

Holy shit I would be all in. Just go old school and put an overturned garbage container at home plate and let everyone throw balls into it. Easy!

remains hospitalized

A short list of Flips that deserved better:

I understand that it’s tough to have an opinion of your own when Deadspin writers have much better takes for you to parrot, but Simmons and his mini empire were by far the least insufferable aspect of the Worldwide Leader. One episode of First Take has more questionable content than the entire run of Grantland…

Is going after the World Leader only a Deadspin thing? You guys scared now that Bill is encroaching on your territory?

I don’t blame them. It’s hard to find copies of the New York Post overseas.

I think you’re reading ridicule where there’s actually just bewilderment tinged with pity.