Bret Hart of baseball right here. The best there was, the best there is, the best there ever will be. Dude’s a living legend. Easily my favorite baseball player from the steroid era on. He is the sole reason nobody gives a shit about (the very talented) Michael Young, who just could not outhit the King.

Nah. Sometimes you want to use something less intense than “like a motherfucker,” which is what makes “like the dickens” viable.

Japanese pro baseball is probably the most competitive on the planet behind the MLB. Let’s not get too dismissive.