Recent content by daman

Mauer suffered a brain injury behind the plate. The move away from catcher is permanent.

What about also a slightly (read: heavily) more juiced Barry Bonds?

Catchers who finish careers with 2,500+ hits, a .320 average, .400 OBP, an MVP, four batting titles and 10 All-Star games make the Hall of Fame.

It's not leaving Sioux Falls, unless the Summit League dies -- record attendance figures/sponsorship money and in the new main artery of the conference (the Dakota schools and new member Omaha). A 14,000-seat Arena in the city will be finished in time for the 2015 tournament.

It is, yes. Never been.

I should apparently kill myself for living here. Some redeemable (and current) eating options. - JL Beers. Local chain with fantastic burger and beer options. Also small and popular, so expect to wait a little depending on the time of day. - Luciano's. Probably the best italian option and in...

Easily within 100-150 meters of killing somebody. Mike Napoli approached the front steps of the dugout within three seconds of the blast. Insane.

Too soon.

At the onset of the year, I knew Jeter's 3,000 hits and Thome's 600 home runs were almost both for certain. Now eight have hit 600 homers, and half of them are dirty. Thome's 600 should be revered for days. It won't. That's too bad. But at least there won't be an O'Connor column tied to this...

If you look like Jeff Daniels in drag and are "one of the better looking ones"...

Where can I find the thread about Grantland?

I thought I'd quickly interject that - although the sum of its parts has been disappointing - the Colson Whitehead piece on the WSOP (or, I should say, HIS experience on the WSOP) may be the gold medal of the site so far. I haven't seen much discussion of it here. It's the kind of stuff I...

The most brilliant screenwriter would not come up with something like this. So brilliantly harsh. Wow. From Ted Williams.

72!?

I didn't see Buster Olney on that list.