I missed the bad calls last night, but let's all give props to the crew for two gutsy and absolutely correct reversals. I also give grudging respect for the canny fan who took a HR in the gut to tr to make it look like...
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Since I was (justly) hard on the umpires yesterday, I must note that they got their two egregious blown calls tonight correct, which is all you can ask. Memo to.
I had intended to blog about Jim DeMint's ridiculous dodging of questions about the implications of his abortion position on Press the Meat, but fortunately Atrios nails it. He brings up another.
Yessssssssssssh. Particularly appropriate given the previous two atbats, which culminated in an awful third strike call, and then a blown call on a stolen base that even the late Ray Charles could have made. (I mean, when the guy doesn't come close to tagging him, and...
Tucker should know that he's not going to win this one. . . ``I thought that he looked ridiculous,'' Carlson said in an interview Monday, ``and I think the tape makes.
I just received an email from a reader and friend who has a PhD in bioengineering, focusing on biowarfare defense. She's thinking about the flu vaccine issue. Frankly, I have.
In perusing recent excellent posts at Alas, A Blog and Body and Soul on abortion rates and presidencies, a thought occurs to me. If we were to take the view that abortion is akin to murder, and the refusal to recognize it as such is a form...
This is a great trick. I wonder how often it happens? The really strange thing, though, is that these arguments really aren't any less plausible than the ones generally offered.
Michael Berube has a good review of the strangely gripping piece of science fiction published by the New York Times today. I'm not really a big fan of the genre, but I.
"When I criticized John Edwards for gratuitously mentioning Dick Cheney's gay daughter, I got lots of email suggesting that Edwards was simply being nice. Sorry, that won't fly after Kerry bizarrely, needlessly and explicitly raised the subject again ("I think if you were to talk...
Completely routine 2-out groundball hit to Derek Jeter. He doesn't have to move. Any decent college shortstop makes the play easily. He boots it. "How will that be scored? It.
As part of her invaluable roundup of reactionaries making their first and last argument in favor of gay rights, World O' Crap cuts to the heart of the issue with the.