Even as recently as, say, 15 or 20 years ago, the typical person didn’t read the New York Times regularly, and certainly didn’t read the opinion section regularly. And yet, you probably knew, through osmosis or whatever, that it was the paper of record, written by elites, with its opinion section being the most… Read more
Sounds like David is starting to get a little tired of his young wife’s attitude at the ol’ homestead. Read more
Maureen Dowd: “Let me eat cake” Read more
I just read the entire Donner Party Wikipedia page. I thought maybe it might be one of those revisionist history situations, where George Dinner was actually a good leader who got unlucky. Spoiler: he was indeed terribly incompetent. Still feels unfair to compare him to Dan Snyder though. Read more
Jones also added, “Eli Manning is still one of the NFL’s best quarterbacks and should be starting for the Giants for many years to come.” Read more
Dan Snyder looks like the manager at the grocery store you worked at in high school. Read more
its amazing how that shit unfolds. my wife was a D1 swimmer in college, but hurt her shoulder and didn’t pursue the olympics. a few years back we were on a family trip in Florida. Her brother is a semi-pro iron man, and he foolishly challenged her to a race in the water. mind you, she hasn’t trained or even really… Read more
Like some of the rest here, it was Little League. The one and only season I ever played (for good reason). I normally played soccer and was not especially athletic. I only signed up because several of my friends had and it seemed like the thing to do. Read more
I have two. Read more
I was a tubby young man (blossomed into a tubby older man) and my dad wanted me to get exercise. So I had to go out for JV football in middle school for my Catholic HS team in Georgia. Problem was, dad didn’t watch football so I had no idea how the game worked. After getting my ass handed to me constantly by everyone,… Read more
Back when I was 18 or 19 and working at an auto shop the Diamondbacks had a tryout in my hometown outside of Charleston, SC. I had never played any ounce of organized baseball but loved the sport and playing with neighborhood kids growing up. I show up and everyone is in uniform except me. I showed up in a t-shirt,… Read more
Second year of little league in the 80s. I was abnormally tall for my age which made me too big for the white, team issued pants. Mom took me to the local sport store to find suitable replacements. Unbeknownst to me, these new pants were considerably more sheer than the kids pants. Read more
When I was like 7 or 8 I played t-ball and my dad was my coach. We had a rule in that league where you had to bat around every inning. Everyone gets a chance to go. Of course that means the last person to bat doesn’t get to score any runs. For some reason that really bothered me when it was my turn to go last during a… Read more
When I was 12 I was the regular SS on my little league team. We were winning the league by plenty, and the coach wanted to get a kid some time at short for next season, so he stuck me in center field. First pitch of the game, so early my mom hadn’t gotten to the field yet, comes into right-center. I get over, camp… Read more
5th grade football. I actually wasn’t too bad for someone who’d never played before. I was one of the better tacklers on the team, and started at OLB. Became the starting RB after our star RB broke his collarbone in a mid-season game. They decided to let me return a kickoff one game, despite my shaky hands. Kick went… Read more
Little League. 12 years old, I lace what I am SURE is a line drive foul ball down the third base line. I shake my head, don’t even really leave the area around home plate, walk around, gather myself and go to step into the batter’s box for the next pitch. Read more