Read the article that made one reader give it this exuberant review: (From Josh Robbins Fred Katz Law Murray 🎡 Eric Nehm Jared Weiss and me) nytimes.com/athletic/64461…

Uttering the phrase “try not to talk about me”, while on a nationally televised show, in an appearance that his employer didn’t set up (and probably would prefer he not make), in the middle of the off-season is just… absolute perfection. 10/10. No notes. 🤌🏼

perfection

I get this logic, I'm just bitter it wasn't applied to 2013 Yasiel Puig.

Coming up with plausible scenarios for how Scottie won’t win. 1. Ted Scott, angered at Scottie not paying up on the hole in bet last year, throws his clubs into the Atlantic. 2. A ball is buried under Scottie’s, only it’s this one that advances. Scottie finishes round with it. 22

Scottie to Rory this weekend

Never forget.

I will repeat that many lawmakers treating social media as their primary sphere of feedback has done an immense amount of harm to the country, because the average top reply here is from someone 3 standard deviations more insane than the rest of society.

I *am* a Christian, and I agree with what KVV said here. The older I get, the more I believe that the hardest part of the Christian life is to refrain from running to one extreme or the other in specific disciplines. Work, money, fitness, all of it. It's equally easy to make

Thread.

More and more athletes and high-profile people need to understand this. Most of them are absolutely loved in the real world. These social platforms are built to incentivize combativeness. Just type out what you want to say and let someone on your team post it for you.

Over the span of the past week and a half I found out I get to call Ian O'Connor and Dan Steinberg my colleagues. What a world.

The Pirates got an $88 million payroll and are tryna “shed” salary at the deadline but I’m supposed to believe that the teams that are trying to win are the problem

Congrats to the Twins and A's front offices!

I have no idea what happened with the Raiders D-Lineman getting released, but if you are a national reporter, like Schefter or anyone, you need to have it locked down and not sort of, allegedly, in my opinion.

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

.The Athletic MLB's trade deadline live blog is up and running: nytimes.com/athletic/live-…

Source: The Dodgers are set to call up infield prospect Alex Freeland to the big leagues. nytimes.com/athletic/65214…

I consider Wright Thompson the finest writer we have in sports (or anything) at the moment. But @teaking701 has entered the discussion.