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Barry Petchesky
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Deputy editor | Deadspin

The counterargument to your first paragraph is that every culture has stick-and-ball sports. I don’t think you necessarily need to have a baseball background to be capable of swinging a baseball bat. Just think of all the countries that play cricket. Read more

I want to take everyone who votes “homer” and walk them from home plate to the outfield fence. IT’S SO FUCKING FAR. Read more

Our minimum salaries can be found here. Even before organizing, all contributors other than interns have always been paid. (Interns have only been paid since 2013.) Read more

Actually, he put the apostrophe there because (paraphrasing) “it’s funny that lots of black athletes have apostrophes in their names, right??” Read more

No, I am wracked with anxiety that everyone in the theater will be staring at me and wondering why I couldn’t find anyone to go with. I have the same fears with eating alone. Read more

I am running into this problem too, where it’s harder and harder to discover new stuff, and I really think the answer is to put on Spotify or whatever streaming service, and let it recommend things. The best way to get into new music is to hear it, decide you like it, then dive into that catalog. Read more

I think very good! For the reason that he’ll have a stroke or heart attack or something before then. He’s old and fat and his brain is mush. Read more

If by some fluke you’re laying over at Toronto City airport, you can’t beat it. It’s right downtown (there’s a lil’ tunnel to the mainland) and Toronto’s a fun city. Read more

If you’re big into college sports, all your opinions are not worth taking seriously. Read more

A few bucks to place or show on the near-favorite horses whose odds have gotten longer since the morning line. Read more

I was SO excited to put down an awful lot of money on Mayweather. Free money, right? And then a friend went to Vegas and asked me how much I wanted on him, and I sat down and thought, and asked myself, do I really want to wager thousands of dollars that boxing isn’t fixed? Turns out I do not. Read more