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Barry Petchesky
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Today is Serap’s birthday, so everybody wish him a happy birthday. Read more

Eh, I disagree. He had already given the front-row kid a ball, and so he gave this ball to another kid who (presumably) hadn’t gotten one. That seems to me like the good and just thing to do. Read more

This note is indeed from the letter-writer, in case anyone needed confirmation. Read more

Per the letter-writer, it’s just the term used in child advocacy circles that means calling the abuse hotline to report the crime. Read more

The only thing more England than being England immediately is tricking people into thinking you might not be England and then being England Read more

Someone flagged your and Olerud’s comments as offensive, so that’s what they’re up to now. Read more

There’s not a limited number of slots each year, it’s you either get 75% of the vote or you don’t.  Read more

For the record, Vanbiesbrouck is actually best remembered for inexplicably still being the starting Rangers goalie in NHL 94, forcing me to manually bench him for Richter every time I played. Read more

The staff’s two hockey-watchers weren’t working over the weekend. Nothing nefarious about it. Read more

Tell me more about the “first page” of Deadspin and how you think blogs work Read more

For more analysis, we now go live to a bunch of lawyers with too much free time on their hands: the entire Deadspin commentariat. Read more