Wins are every bit as useless as ERA, because neither one is directly under the pitcher’s control. 

The idea that Deadspin specifically, and the former Gawker empire generally, isn’t still premised on casual cruelty is ludicrous on its face. The targets may have changed, but the mean spirit and bad faith remain the same.

Right now, at the very least, he’s operating in complete good faith, albeit in a manner that teams are likely to perceive as malcontented. Faking/exaggerating injuries in order to game the system would make him look either (A) fragile, if teams buy it, or (B) dishonest, if team don’t. Either of those perceptions is…

Terrible idea, all around. Even if he manages to make it to free agency, the transparent stunt of relying on the typical wear-and-tear to sit out games would—rightly or wrongly—nuke his value once he gets there.  

All those weirdo conservative elites decided, as adults with presumably existing baseball allegiances, chose to get obsessed about the Nats because they’re old white people who yearn for a time when a baseball team was the defining cultural institution of a major American city.

How many people on Trump’s short list do you think will have attempted rape allegations made against them, though?

Is he being blackballed at this point, though? Now that he’s got that Nike deal, wouldn’t it make more sense for him to focus his freed-up time strictly on activism?

It’s the flip side of the same coin by which the DNC is determined to make this guy not happen.

the fact that this poor woman and her family had to leave their home because they are receiving death threats, and of fucking course I can’t blame her for not playing their rigged, shitty game.

Hey, if I managed to somehow win a trophy from a sport I don’t even play, I’d probably party pretty hard too. 

I would consider it meaningless without further information, except that the Republicans who are in control of all the documents apparently took it seriously enough to secretly get dozens of former classmates to sign a letter saying that he didn’t seem like that kind of guy.

Having doubts about an anonymous accusation that Dianne Feinstein didn’t find credible enough to bring out until the 11th hour, and even then, through rumor and innuendo rather than direct release?

Because if there’s one thing that should unquestionably derail any and every career, it’s an anonymous, uncorroborated, unverifiable accusation levied at the 11th hour.

Bruh: http://grantland.com/the-triangle/steve-smith-vs-the-world/

And he’s gotten into more altercations since that was published. 

I too am always interested in the more in-depth study of how genius brain works.

There’s actually a conditional pick involved if San Jose trades Karlsson to the East. Fool me once, shame on me . . . fool me twice, I’ll give up the best player on my roster for a 1st rounder and some used gum.

If one of my clients found themselves in this situation, I would be remiss not to recommend they terminate the abuser in order to shield themselves from possible liability for any future outbursts. But that doesn’t make it a good thing, nor is it an apples-to-apples comparison, because professional sports teams don’t…

Professional sports leagues should not play cop. The professionals are bad enough as it is. 

Farewell to Josh Allen’s knees--we hardly knew thee. 

A black woman’s historic accomplishment being overshadowed by accusations of racism and sexism seems about par for the course these days.