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"Harper hit .211 in 19 post-season games, striking out 23 times in 76 at-bats and compiling an .801 OPS. He was often on the DL, from which he tweet-praised a pitcher who was no-hitting Nats. His grotesque behavior on the field was worse than what goes on in the Capitol."
"Combine middle-school humor with plenty of bitterness and what do you get? Monday’s front page of the Times-Picayune."
Gottlieb brought the fire on multiple fronts this week.
"If the players all retired tomorrow, we would replace them, the game would go on; in three years it would make no difference whatsoever. The players are NOT the game, any more than the beer vendors are."
The hottest takes from Sept. 7-13 included several on Serena Williams.
Nichols' take on professional esports was the hottest of the week.
"Do Tennessee fans who are taking delight in Schiano getting passed over for Interim tag realize that their outrage over his hiring has forever tainted him? Congrats?"
"Garoppolo wanted to be different from Brady? Well, mission accomplished. You’re 'Porn Boy' now."
"In this sense, baseball is the purest sport. It relies less on subjective umpire calls, especially now with replay."
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"That would have been blasphemous," Skippy? Then maybe you shouldn't have done it.
Mushnick brought back some of the usual standards, but added a rant against three-pointers.
"I'm getting sick and tired of the Boston Celtics. I've seen enough. They're overrated. They got exposed in Game 3 and exposed in Game 4 for what they were."
