Spaceman Spiff

****ing blasphemy.

No outcry, it'll just be really sad. You've gotta be a ****ing moron to do that. Like, back in 1919, I get it. They didn't make a lot of money to begin with and the White Sox hated Comisky, they did it to get paid and they did it to stick it to him. And then Landis comes in and throws down that if anyone is close to gambling on baseball, they're banished for life. And then there's no record of any baseball player gambling on baseball for 70 years until Pete Rose who was a marvelous ballplayer but also as much of an idiot as he was a hitter and a degenerate gambler. MLB didn't want it to get out about Rose gambling on baseball. They tried to bury it, they tried to get him to admit it, they held a secret meeting with him where they showed him the evidence and he just denied, denied, denied. And then they couldn't sit on it any longer. Baseball didn't care about the gambling, they cared about the shady characters that he was surrounding himself with. This was on the heels of the Pittsburgh Drug Trials in '84 or '85 and Rose wanted in a drug ring that was operated by people who owned a gym he worked out in. So that's one (albeit a large one) case where it's happened. And knowing how much of an idiot Pete Rose is...well, it shouldn't surprise anyone that it was Rose who was the blip on the radar. Like, if it came out that John Rocker was gambling on baseball and wanted to be part of a cocaine ring, I wouldn't be surprised. I suppose anything is possible, but I sincerely doubt that Ohtani bet on baseball.

I watched the Mace interivew, she's a ****ing moron, too. George's question was pretty straightforward, she didn't want to answer it and played the victim. "How do you square your endorsement of Donald Trump with the testimony you just saw?" That's not an invite for Mace to tell her story and act like she was being made to feel bad for being a rape victim. The line of questioning had nothing to do with Mace or her history and she's the one that took it there. He tried to course correct her and say it wasn't a question about her, it was a question about Donald Trump and she cut him off. George handled it just fine.

I'm in the South, ya'll. I'm not sure if it's the deeeeeeeep south but this is THE SOUTH, no doubt about it. We're visiting my wife's aunt and uncle and some other family members and this morning they were watching Fox News. I haven't seen Fox News in...I can't remember the last time I watched it. I watched 15 minutes of it this morning and couldn't take it. No wonder the people that watch that **** on the regular are up in arms, it's ****ing unbelievable. It's solely designed to get people pissed off and angry, blaming everything and anyone except the viewing audience for any problems. I'm sure some of you have seen the results of that poll that came out yesterday that said the USA ranks 23rd on the list of happiest countries in the world. I think Finland or Sweden was #1. Israel was #5. Anyway, Fox News had this ****ing pinecone at a diner in Richmond running around accosting customers (all of them white, all of them boomer-ish aged) asking them whether they were happy or not. And the said they were, but then trailed with predictable talking points about the border, etc. All while enjoying their nice meals and far away from any illegal immigrants or gang activity or problems they mentioned.

I hope that’s not the case. But I can see that being true.

Must be awesome to have a full time job where you're just trolling and roasting on twitter. I hope this guy is making a ton of money and living a good life.

****in granny style, bankin in free throws. I'm Rick Barry, ****.

Rob Reiner and Soledad O'Brien's podcast (yeah, I ****in said it) on the JFK assassination is pretty good. Got through it in 7 hours of a 9 hour drive to SC.

Some uppity dude yesterday told me "well derp derp derp, that's precisely what a dunk is. Throwing the ball through the rim. and sometimes, their hand catches the rim."

Chase Young lol. 3rd team in less than a year. What a fraud. Though I bet he still has some defenders around here.

Gossiping about the ****ing Royals? Not in my goddamn RTT.

Most outstanding name for a sports club: https://allourideas.org/tangotiger_clubname?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email EDIT: Got Toronto Argonauts vs. Washington Commanders. I didn't think there'd be much worse of a team name than Argonauts, but forced with a decision like that...

How’s Crews looking?

Love seeing NC State beat UNC.

Friday Fugazi!

Well I hate when you’re right.

Gone are the days where you draft a QB to sit. That might happen, but it is rare. Rookie contracts are too valuable to waste a high pick sitting. If we draft a QB at #2, they’re gonna start.

I remember. Deal was as good as done.

Maybe I shouldn’t be as negative as I’ve been.

I liked Sam and wish him the best in Seattle.

I remember seeing an HH Gregg right after it opened and thinking "what the **** is the point of that?"

https://sports.yahoo.com/aaron-rodgers-says-sandy-hook-was-an-absolute-tragedy-in-wake-of-report-he-believed-in-conspiracy-theory-171408515.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANwYndSzbqtWxHRWU3Zh3PbJhk9SoeutbwIsbM6zOKIOan813Mz4caUyVpM4_RZAMNkiPsUJiuRP4HBVLfehkoaCPfW9x-wUi_ZWlUXf6TQb4YUCproRhhN0QUrHa4uj5T2INwEPAAtwFkBOvsfsOv_n9qln4QNwoB0Fn9rsPIJ6 Too late, Qaaron! People already think you're a Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist because even if you're not, it's more fun to think that you are.

I didn't know Amy Farrah Fowler coached basketball.

Election years are terrible, but this one especially so. Dragging at a snails pace, November seems like it's a long ways off. And then it's not like that's a joyous time, either.

Gardner putting up a 1,000 yard receiving season was one of the more remarkable stats I've seen as a fan. Granted like 200 yards of those came in one game but still.