‘Twas a great Yankee but I really think he should wear a Brewers hat into the Hall of Fame, just as Carlos Beltran should go in as an Astro. We need to do more to immortalize these half-season trade acquisitions where the player plays like God Read more
*Closes laptop thoughtfully, wipes away a tear, considers life for a moment, reopens laptop, types away furiously* Read more
Even though he split after five minutes here, the performances he had as a Brewer really endeared him to most Milwaukee baseball fans. The guy didn’t have one bad start if memory serves, and usually went something like 8-1/3 with maybe one run given up. Read more
Detroit, because they are probably the largest city without a professional football team. Read more
This read like a article in an anthropological journal about some uncontacted tribe in the Amazon. Read more
You were exaggerating only by five hundred Read more
Ha! They’ve got two brains! Whaddaya got to say now, Cards fan? Read more
O Brother, WAR Art Thou? Read more
After years and years of the wonderful, blessed “Get a brain, morans” meme, we actually have a Brian Moran?!?? Read more
Intramural indoor soccer in college. I was playing goalie, because I stopped playing soccer when I was 7 and have absolutely no footskills. I don’t remember why the ball was so high in the air, but it was, and I severely misjudged the bounce. I tracked it down running back towards my own goal, like a center fielder… Read more
Playing soccer as a5 year old. I was goalie for the first half. I really had to pee. So I waited until the ball was at the other end, turned around and peed into the back corner of the goal. Would have gotten away with it except someone else’s mom called me out.
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7th grade football. First game of the season. I felt a rumble in my lower abdomen during warmups. Right before kickoff I had to sprint to the bathroom. The stalls didn’t have doors on them, but I had barely made it to the toilet in time so I didn’t have a choice. Read more
I was an offensive lineman in high school. My senior season ended with a consolation game after we were knocked out of the playoffs. We were up four or five touchdowns at the half so in addition to playing the backups, my coach decided to get the lineman the ball. My last ever play in a competitive football game… Read more
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I always think about the fact that the lowliest benchwarner on any given professional team was The Guy With The Ball at every other stage of their career. It’s so easy to forget. Read more
Same reason that the most exciting golf tournament of the year is the Q-School Finals. Guys playing for their livelihood and a chance to even play on the big stage. Gripping drama. Read more
This is what I’ve been saying for years! Same deal with the NBA summer league. The regular season games are objectively higher quality and they feature characters we’re more familiar with, but preseason/summer league games have raw human drama. Read more
But when the injuries pile on top of one another, and the residue from each one sticks to your bones, and your muscles refuse to forget what you’ve put them through, then your “love of the game” finally gets a cup-check, and that’s right about at the age of 27 or 28. Read more
I don’t think the pads and helmet and especially the guys who wear dark visors help people empathize, either. It makes the players look less human, or more robotic. They’re gigantic people made even more gigantic looking by the battle armor that they put on, and then they cover their faces and eyes. It takes the human… Read more