A headfirst slide might have gotten him to Toronto safely. Read more

Is there a chance the Dodgers won't make the playoffs this year? Read more

Apparently, pro athletes have a long track record of pretending that they've never met journalists before, so my feelings weren't too hurt. Leo was executed in Oct. 2012, long before I began the article. LA Times approached Puig at yesterday's game; he refused to comment. Read more

I would like to see Luis Tiant on there. If only for his facial hair. Read more

Um, is anyone monitoring this conversation? As a journalist, I qualified for a "general license," which automatically gives me approval under US law to travel there. The Cuban government, on the other hand, isn't too fond of journalists who don't seek press credentials. So I mainly posed as a tourist. It came… Read more

He's one of my favorite felons. Read more

You thought it was a tad overheated, did you? Read more

After my bout with kidney cancer in 2012, I swore off the venal dog. You can do to it whatever you want. Read more

I have written extensively on the subject. Let's all watch Vicente Fernandez's "Muerte de un Gallero" right now. Read more

My life would be so much easier if I were that Jesse Katz. Read more

Despaigne goes a little further in his affidavit and names Puig and Puig's father as the people who sent money to Despaigne's brother, Tito, who then "innocently" delivered the cash to Noelvis (great name!), the Elefantes' pitcher. Sounds plausible. But perhaps Tito had an agenda of his own, I dunno. Just a shame,… Read more

Lots of good points in there, Tom. And thanks, too, for your very intelligent read of the piece yesterday. You zeroed in on all the right things. Complicated answer, but one policy that seems really counterproductive is wet foot/dry foot. If you get caught at sea, you're returned to Cuba. If you make it — whether… Read more

Probably. Read more

Thanks so much. By the way, it really is great to be here with all of you. The Deadspin audience: as funny (and wicked) as any out there. Read more

Might be easier to document what is not sitting on my desk. There's at least three empty coffee cups, a banana peel, a wrapper for some "sabor picante" peanuts, and lots of tax receipts. Read more

That's a very personal question. Read more

Good question. So far, the response to the piece has been enormously sympathetic to him. Kinda surprising to me. But I'm not displeased either. Read more

That's news to me. Who are your sources? Read more

By Mr. Criminal. Can I post a YouTube link?

I've worked with a couple of fine ones over the years: former LA Timesfolk Michael Connolly and Denise Hamilton are awesome. Read more