One of the great thrills of my life was the chance to share my thoughts on my favorite player of all-time in the great 30 for 30 "Once Upon A Time in Queens" by Nick Davis Happy Birthday in heaven, Tom Seaver, you were simply perfect.

God bless baseball.

One of the main mistakes Hillary Clinton made was making her central message "Trump is bad" without offering a positive case for why she would be a good president. The error is being repeated.

Aaron Boone in the Yankees clubhouse before Game 4.

Obviously the Mookie Betts thing is bad behavior but it does feel a little comforting knowing Yankee Stadium is still hell on earth full of the worst people on the planet

I’m glad I’m not a Dodger fan because I would not be able to contain my rage that Roberts had a chance to put his foot on the Yankees’ necks and sweep - and instead let them back in the Series by not using his ‘high leverage’ arms. Whatever, Archimedes.

Pete Alonso would have dove to first base and got the out. #Mets

It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them. While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.

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Yesterday, President Obama candidly described Trump's victory as a "violence to the social order, a wrenching of political and economic norms" Oh wait– Actually, that's how Obama characterized the notion of *prosecuting the bankers* behind the Great Financial Crisis My bad!

Marco Rubio: “I will make this promise to you today. I will do whatever it takes...Trump, a con artist, will never get control of this party...We cannot allow a con artist to get access to the nuclear codes of the United States of America.”

Mr. Biden, Mr. Hindenburg. Mr. Hindenburg, Mr. Biden.

“By putting his selfish aspirations above his responsibilities, Biden paved Trump’s path back to Washington,” Isaac Chotiner writes. “It’s a fitting coda to a tragic Presidency.” nyer.cm/JgNzWE3

MLB is opening the season: - In another country - In the wee hours of the morning for the USA - During March Madness - Before Spring Training is complete But, a ghost runner in extra innings is definitely the way to fix the popularity problem-

Something funny struck me when I watched Wayne’s World tonight. It was released in 1992, and though the humour and the dialogue feels very of that time, the music doesn’t , and I think that’s because they totally sidestep Grunge. There’s a scene Smashing Pumpkins, who weren’t

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Pete Rose’s reinstatement brought to you by FanDuel!

My favorite pop-culture-history podcast, THE PLOT THICKENS by Ben Mankiewicz, is back today with the juiciest possible series: The tale of his uncle Joe Mankiewicz's disastrous effort to make CLEOPATRA in the early 1960s. I'm only 10 minutes in and it's clear this is an all timer.