I'm ready. My Roku is already called 'Hiroku Kuroda'

First thought: hell yeah! Great idea!
Second thought: deep, deep, deep concern about the phrase “Derek Dooley is pitching them on private equity”

it's really very funny that the NBA has a whole memo process dedicated to 'whoops beefed that pretty hard, on to game 3!'

'There's nothing quite like humiliating your neighbors.' -Peter Drury

BREAKING: The FTC just banned non-compete agreements.

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a final rule making it illegal for bosses to make workers sign noncompetes in any scenario, and voiding nearly all existing noncompetes.

This is a game changer for American workers.

What I honestly don't understand about the The Media Is Bias fans is this: What's the objection to a negative story based in empirical fact about a player's performance? Do you think not reporting the story would change the underlying facts?

I don't want to imply this is always a super bright line, or that every story published about a player is perfect, but I think sometimes fans would feel less annoyed if they realized they are involved in a different project than the folks who cover their favorite team.

I'm enjoying Hunter Harvey's work so far this season so I wrote about it
blogs.fangraphs.com/huntering-the-…

would anyone like to discuss mlb regular season standings

In which, to commit myself fully to the sacred author-reader bond, I resort to an act that I have dreaded for years

Here's what Hunter Wendelstedt said about Aaron Boone's ejection.

Just came out to the field from pregame meeting with Pat Murphy and the ambulance is on the warning track in Pittsburgh. They are tending to Jakob Junis, who got hit by a fly ball during BP off the field. He’s been down about 15-20 minutes.

'Up the Wolves,' 2005, written by John Darnielle

I know we'll never get it, but one thing I would really love is to hear a Boeing exec's genuine answer to the question, 'What did you think was going to happen when the quarterly financials became more important than the planes?' theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…