At this point Philly vs. The World is a rivalry more entrenched than Trump vs. The Truth or Sawx vs. Yankees. It will never change because neither side will ever change.

I appreciate the tendency for British/Australian announcers to take time to acknowledge the suffering of the loser, so that’s a great call.

That’s all fine and dandy, but Jenkins is a good 6 inches taller than Cooks. How the fuck is he supposed to hit him? Get down on all fours first?

I understand the sentiment behind this comment, but we have to be realistic - even the Philly fans that decided to defend him after that idiocy never actually owned a Cooper jersey.

Brooky is usually better than this. I would say I can’t believe his editors ran this, but let’s be honest. I am gobsmacked, though.

Eh. Why put those guards’ careers in jeopardy? They don’t have to do the beating. Just maybe take a few extra minutes to respond every time another inmate does it...

I’ve heard old people bitching about casual flying attire before, and it’s fucking stupid.

I lean more towards the old school side of things, so my eyes glaze over pretty quickly when advanced stats enter the conversation. I don’t go anywhere near Fangraphs or Five Thirty-Eight or any of those other sites.

There is no appeal to the casual fan. I jumped into the Athletic Philly site just as it launched last year, and as this post mentions, there are no quick-glance highlights or recap-type posts.

If you want the boxscore, go to ESPN. If you want a highlights package, go to YouTube. If you want a deep dive into advanced…

We have some on the PA Turnpike, and there are a handful of standalones scattered about. I’m talking maybe ten in the state.

I think the way things have evolved in the last 140 years is what is troubling people.

Elected offices are public service positions. You understand by entering a career in politics* that you are forgoing potential earnings in the private sector to fulfill a duty to serve others. That’s what you’ve signed up for, and…

Oh, like he finally picked a team, not that he sprouted wings and began fighting the forces of evil.

I can’t specifically dispute anything you said about Philly fans, but Drew, please don’t hate me. We’re not all this delusional, I promise. Those people are fucking morons yes, but we aren’t all that dumb.

Amen. I tried, and I told myself this year was the year I finally quit on the NFL.

They deserve it after what happened last year. Fuck Ohio State.

I side with labor whenever possible, but in this case I do see the abstract argument that keeps these rules in place:

But I think it’s disingenuous to ignore the fact that most of the parts of the ACA that people don’t like (and deservedly so) were the compromises those Republican amendments put in.

As a Phillies fan, I agree.

As a Phillies fan who marveled at Doc in a Blue Jays jersey, I genuinely felt bad for you guys as fans when we swooped in and took him from you. I was ecstatic that I would get to root for him for the next ten years, but I knew what he meant to you because I knew what he meant to us. And it wasn’t even close.

That’s no longer the yardstick used for pitchers - if 300 wins was the minimum threshold, we’ll never elect another pitcher in the era of 5-man rotations and 15-day DL trips for “hamstring soreness”.

Halladay was the greatest pitcher of the 2000s, full stop. He’ll get in. And I’ll try like hell to get to Cooperstown…