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I love seeing Jon Heyman look like the asshole that he is.  First he tweets that Hader guy is his favorite all star, he fist bumped me!  Hours later tweets from the Hader guy surface from 7 or so years ago about how he hates gays and loves whitey.  Heyman gets all crabby when tweets come back to him about it – I had no way of knowing! – then he go…[Read more]

I thought that was one of the Papa brother’s gigs.  Greg maybe

The Rams are insane.  They traded for Talib who has 2 years around $20 mil left.  Peters has 2 years, this year less than 2 mil but next year it’s like 9 mil.  Suh is a one year deal at 14 mil.  Donald is already pissed about his deal and is a UFA next year.  Gurley and Goff will need new deals in the next couple of years.  But Bill is too cheap!

5 years $80 million for Cooks.  No idea on the guaranteed dough, but that’s certifiable.  No way the Rams know there is a cap.

It’s the only event they have, not like the NBA with the skills competition/3 point contest/dunk contest or the NHL with slapshot and whatever else.  Probably wouldn’t pack a ballpark selling tickets to something that lasts an hour.

Some local guy was talking about the stupidity of the derby and mentioned that year that Josh Hamilton hit all those home runs he didn’t even win it, all the home runs were in the semis.  Wasn’t aware of that and had to look it up to confirm, just assumed he did win that year but it was Justin Morneau.  Also learned they’ve been doing it since 1985.

I had never heard of the Phillies guy that participated, and only heard of the Dodgers guy last week.

Between the Rockies and the Red Sox I admit I’ve been watching more baseball than in the past 5+ years.

So Tepper was one of these ‘Tiger cubs.’  In one of his last SI columns Pete throws out one of his hair brained ideas – ‘Jerry Richardson would rather sell the team for $250 mil less if it guarantees that the team stays in Carolina’ – and sure enough Tepper gets the team for around that amount less than what the league told one of the groups they…[Read more]

Not a fan of Jon Wertheim generally but his article on NFL ownership/succession today is a good one.  Found this interesting with regard to family ownership issues like with the Saints a couple of years ago now the Broncos:

A source with firsthand knowledge of the NFL tells SI that in part to combat “the Beverly Hillbillies scenario,” the NFL keep…

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Bootleg Barnicle or Pete?

I’m yelling at the TV, rooting for Novak Djokovic during his 10-8 fifth-set, five-hour win over Raffy Nadal.

‘Raffy’ Nadal.

Clay Martin is one of the four new NFL refs, promoted after only three seasons as an NFL official. He was an umpire prior to this appointment. This is a big deal, because franchise refs like Gene Steratore, Terry McAulay and Ed Hochuli have left officiating…

“Franchise Refs”

This is a really good organization that needs to get back on course.

Pete identifying the Arizona Cardinals as another Puppy Who Lost His Way

What’s more—and hat-tip to Ben Volin of the Boston Globe for this—four more refs are nearing retirement age.

Pete couldn’t even bother to look it up, but throws out a ‘hat tip’ to someone that did.  Like Pete Morelli’s age was a secret only revealed by cultivating multiple sources.

He disagrees with my take that he’s got to get rid of the ball quicker, take fewer hits.

‘He’ being Aaron Rodgers.  I can see Pete wagging the finger as he’s telling him this.

Me on T.O.

I need Pete’s take on a personal decision.

Bell didn’t get his long term deal done, agent says this will be his last year in Pittsburgh

“It became clear the Steelers wanted to pay the position, not the player,” Bakari said.

Agent sounds like he’s never negotiated an NFL contract.  Can’t wait to see him roll in to camp this year.  I’m sure limos, fireworks and zoot suits will be involved.

DeGrom’s agent

“If the Mets don’t share [the] same interest, we believe their best course of action is to seriously consider trade opportunities now,” Van Wagenen said in the statement, which was published Monday. “The inertia of [the] current situation could complicate Jacob’s relationship with the club and creates an atmosphere of…

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Grand Theft did 3 days on the Colorado Trail with a buddy

Over three days and 31 miles of backpacking, he flash-boiled the water and made the meals (dehydrated foods only, for weight purposes), put up the tent and navigated the trail. All I did was put one foot in front of the other and avoid having the wind blow me and my 40-pound pack down a…

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The Franchise That Lost Its Way by Dick Sherman