Your “Dave Roberts is a Baby and Ken Rosenthal is a Toad” Wednesday Open Thread

If you haven't been paying attention the San Diego Padres for nearly all of their existence, I don't blame you. It has been a deep, dark place to venture into, and unless you live here, why the hell would you? But since signing Manny Machado in 2019, this team has been

Do You Want What You Want? : Tuesday Open Thread

And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful house" And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful wife" -Talking Heads, "Once in a Lifetime"   I am usually fairly good about remembering the source of pseudo-philosophical claptrap that I find meaningful. They are few, far between, and perhaps the most

The Voodoo He Do So Well: 2024 Stillers What-Have-You

Yinz already know I'm going through the "life transition," and whatever. I'll take my D- on this, and be happy not be exiled to Lowratio's outhouse for a fortnight. Between my work computer not having access to funny gifs, and my home computer is suddenly quite ill, on top of everything...

Nobody’s Chargers 2024 Season Preview: Payin’ for it

INTERIOR – CHARGERS PRACTICE FACILITY BOARD ROOM, COSTA MESA, CA – MORNING, SEVEN MONTHS AGO DEAN SPANOS: [On the phone] Look, John, it's just like my Daddy used to say, "if the city won't pay, fuck 'em and move!" [Laughs too hard] [Garbled phone response] DEAN: Right?! That place is an absolute dump anyway.