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By Joe Torosian

Kick it!

On this date in 1979, Rams owner Carroll Rosenbloom decided to go swimming—alone…and the Los Angeles Rams 1.0 began their inevitable journey to St. Louis.

Good for Puka Nacu for checking into rehab. 
If he saw the need for it himself—that’s the best.
If he was taking counsel from McSnead, it’s a great indication of humbleness.
If it was an ultimatum (Go to rehab or else), that works too because he’s about to make some serious bread.

I know what money can do…I got a 100-bucks for my 8th grade graduation and turned into a madman.

“Joe, did you see Artemis?”
“Artemis Parker? Yeah, I remember Artemis Parker. He was a pretty good safety at USC.”

Is there anything more jejune than the amount of time wasted talking about who the MVP is going to be in a particular sport?

(Definition of Jejune: describing something as uninteresting, boring, or lacking substance.) 

Tell me who sucks, tell me who’s good. Don’t tell me about the concert you went to, are going to, or plan to attend. And don’t waste my time on how Wemby deserves it over Shai—I don’t care.

When I was younger, I was upset at the East Coast bias that kept giving the NBA MVP to Larry Bird over Magic Johnson. I remember being upset when Ohio State’s Archie Griffin got his second Heisman at the expense of USC’s Ricky Bell.

Must be an age thing, because these days I’m more into discussions about the sixth man, the swing tackle, and taking shots at the WNBA than who’s gonna be the MVP

In defense of Babe Ruth getting dragged unnecessarily to elevate Shohei Ohtani—and elevate Ohtani all you want, he’s amazing—recognize that Ruth spent his entire career playing against seven other American League teams.

Yes, baseball wasn’t integrated, but there’s a good argument that those original American League teams (only eight/long before expansion) had deeper rotations with better arms and better pitchers. 

Today, these are tremendous athletes, tremendous players, but in a league with 30 teams, the pitching is watered down.

I’m all in on praising Ohtani, but Babe Ruth’s legacy doesn’t need to be destroyed in the process. 

#18—May the San Francisco Giants rot and lie stinking in the earth.

Speaking of baseball, if we no longer consider a pitcher’s wins important, why was there so much talk & awe about LeBron passing Kareem for all-time wins in basketball?

Whatever happened to Joel Embid? Remember when Embid and Ben Simmons were considered a contending tandem?

Speaking of Philly, does anyone remember the Boston Strangler? That was a dude.

The Las Vegas Raiders have signed Kirk Cousins. The Rams and Cardinals were looking at Cousins, but the veteran QB chose Vegas. 

Cousins provides cushion for the Raiders if they don’t want to rush Fernando Mendoza into the starting role.

The Dude abides…
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