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Manny Machado Hits Another Middle Infielder With A Bizarre, Sloppy Slide

You Can Always Just Throw Together Some Seafood Stew

A bowl of mussels and broth

I Want To See The Dang Throw!

Chas McCormick thrown out at home in the bottom of the 10th by Joey Gallo

No No-Hitter Ended Better Than Jordan Zimmermann’s

Jordan Zimmermann celebrates his 2014 no-hitter against the Marlins

Stop Referring To The “Caning” Of Charles Sumner!

Let’s Shuck And Eat Some Oysters

A plate of oysters, a bowl of mignonette sauce, and the Chefector badge

Barkeep, A Glass Of Your Finest Chemolithotroph Peepee, If You Please

Picture taken on January 15, 1937 at Palm Springs showing a bartender mixing a cocktail under water in a swimming pool. (Photo by - / ACME / AFP) (Photo by -/ACME/AFP via Getty Images)

Let’s Check In On The Indiana Pacers, As Well As, For No Particular Reason, The Atlanta Hawks

Head coach Nate Bjorkgren diagrams a play for the Indiana Pacers during a timeout

The Thing About Trying To Kill A Guy With A Kart Bumper Is It’s Against The Rules Of Kart Racing

Defector Up All Night

Kart racer Luca Corberi hurls a detached bumper at another racer in last October's karting world championships

Let’s Cook Some Black Bean Soup

Black bean soup

Everyone Reading This Beat Writer’s Insanely Worded Tweet Understands It Completely. Or At Least Is Capable Of Understanding Written Language.

Media Meltdowns

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 27: Ryan O'Reilly #90 of the St. Louis Blues warms up before their game against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on February 27, 2021 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Bill Simmons: Cancel Culture Prevented Jim Nantz From Making A Cheap Racist Quip About Hideki Matsuyama, And That’s A Shame

Media Meltdowns

Bill Simmons, Kevin Clark

To Truly Appreciate The Elon Musk Tunnel Footage, You Must Hear It Set To Music

A single Tesla sedan drives through a tunnel

Rory McIlroy Smote His Own Father With A Golf Shot

Rory McIlroy's father reacts to being struck by his own son's second shot on the 7th hole of the Masters

The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is This Japanese Baseball Team’s Fish Mascot Exploding Into Its New Form

Sports Highlight Of The Day

Nazo No Sakana splits

Let’s Fry Up Some Crispy Seafood

A bunch of fried seafood and lemons, with the Chefector badge

Won’t Somebody Protect Poor NBA Team Owners From Their Own Choice To Buy Out Shitty Veterans?

Blake Griffin, Andre Drummond

Here Is Your 2021 NBA Trade Deadline Roundup

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JaVale McGee, walking away

Was Ben Simmons, In Fact, “Ready To Take Threes Now”? (No.)

Ben Simmons not attempting a jumpshot

Thunder Rookie Spends 20 Seconds In The Depths Of Slapstick Hell

Thunder rookie Theo Maladon, missing a layup with no one near him

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