Andy

Aaron Judge hitting with nine defenders bunched around the mound, from a spring training photograph taken by the Athletic's Chris Kirschner

love to see defensive shifts coming back

one of the most off-putting aspects of all of this, from MLB but also writ large, is the degree to which a $12 billion industry will debase itself for a marginal dollar. I recognize this isn't new or different and there are countless examples just in baseball. But it remains repulsive.

at some point you gotta be willing to take 90% of the money for different, less corrosive ads. that point is so far behind us we can't see it, tbc, but the second-best time to start operating that way would be right now.

Just gonna assume he’s dissing Drake.

The Three Ages Of Man

The sheer scale of a billion dollars can be hard to understand. Let me put it in perspective for you. You would have to earn a dollar a day for a billion days straight to have that much money.

My prediction for the winner of this year's Royal Rumble in Riyadh? The WWE fans! And Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, who personally ordered the murder of Jamal Kashoggi #wrestlesky #royalrumble #wwe #humanrightsviolations

Bad things are happening for trans people in Kansas...

What's happening in Minnesota is one reason the Reconstruction Amendments banned insurrectionists from holding office. Unfortunately, the originalists on the Supreme Court interpreted the plain language of the amendment to mean its opposite.

i do not know how this goes on for three more years

yeah dude i just got an exclusive sneak peek at one of the characters

marketing email from Greyhound with subject line "Want a weekend adventure to brag about?"

NO

My alma mater won the national championship because I'm a good person and I deserve it [citation needed]

Was the band just playing Knights of Cydonia? Is Knights of Cydonia a marching band song now?

don't really understand the point of running your own RSN to then broadcast fewer games (even spring training games)

caleb williams, that's insane, things of that nature

Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds

available sidequests

CUBS DID WHAT

A sure sign that my timeline is perfectly curated is that I didn't know if this was about Trump or wrestling

this is just historical and legal fan fiction. made up bullshit designed to vindicate trump's lawlessness

nancy drew cover of three girls (i assume nancy and two friends) are behind a door sneaking a look at someone playing an organ. the words HOW THE HELL DID RICK WAKEMAN GET IN HERE appear as the title

lol

I was not expecting a Nico Hoerner appearance in Wake Up Dead Man

Well she was an American girl / Raised on promises / She couldn't help thinking that there / Was a little more to life somewhere else

Screenshot from Tidal of Search and Destroy by Skunk Anansie from the Sucker Punch soundtrack

The 2011 film Sucker Punch has a cover of it on its soundtrack for some reason and it's a legit banger. Such a hard song to screw up. It's impressive that the Chili Peppers managed to do it

The Red Hot Chili Peppers' cover of Search and Destroy is the only bad version of that song I've ever heard

Hack + Wee Joker is far from the best combo but it's maybe my favorite. I go for it every time I get the chance