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By Joe Torosian

Kick it!

I’m requesting a urinalysis test for Alex Caruso. Dude’s good, but I think he’s swigging the form of purple drank that the Dodgers give journeymen when they arrive at the Ravine. 

Victor Wembanyama at the foul line makes Pedro Baez seem fast on the mound.

The 2026 San Antonio Spurs are starting to look like the 1984 Lakers. 

They have superior talent but can’t seem to push back. Yes, many of the calls and non-calls last night in OKC were—what the late great Jim Healy would refer to as—of the horseshoe variety.

So what?

When that happens, you’re supposed to punch back. Maybe you lose the game, but you exact a toll. And you don’t leave it to the 13th, 14th, and 15th guy on the bench to do the dirty work.

In the 1984 finals, when Kevin McHale clotheslined Kurt Rambis, the Lakers didn’t push back. There was a mild scuffle, and the Celtics won in overtime. 

(That was McHale, not Carlos Clark, who took Rambis down.)

The response should have been a brawl, and in the end—when they could have taken a 3-1 lead in that series—Los Angeles lost the title in seven.

Spurs have more talent, but the Thunder, now up 3-2, are the better team and playing like defending champs.

With that said, OKC is easy to hate…and they should embrace it.

Last Add Wemby: He looked gassed in Game 5, so I’d like to suggest San Antonio add a little more caffeine to his diet.

Oh, sure, now everybody is a Golden Knights fan.

I don’t talk much about the Chargers, but I do like Derwin James. All for keeping him, but he’s 29, and they just gave him 3yrs/75.6-Rocks with 57.5-Rocks guaranteed.

Feels a bit pricey for a safety, and I know that James is more than just a safety, but it’s a lot of bread.

The good news for Bolts fans regarding the James contract is that Jim Harbaugh is exerting influence over Dean Spanos.

Note to Mookie Betts: For the inspiration that led to last night’s 4-for-5, 2-homer, 5-RBI performance, I accept Venmo, Zelle, and PayPal.

Let me see if I can help Kiké Hernandez. The dude’s turning 35 this August. He’s worked his butt off to take a body of marginal talent, a .237 career batting average, a .305 career OBP, and turned it into 13 MLB seasons—including three World Series rings.

Congrats! But you can’t win an argument with the body. I think it’s over.

(Note: Compensation available through Venmo, Zelle, and PayPal.)

The Trevor Bauer situation and under-reported outcome is a good approach to take regarding the arrest of Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs for five counts of domestic abuse.

Even if cleared of the charges (as Bauer was), the question remains: who is Jacobs hanging with?

I read somewhere, more than once, that bad company corrupts good character.

#53—May the San Francisco Giants rot and lie stinking in the earth…

Speaking of something of the horseshoe variety, that’s the kind of seat $395 will buy you in Montreal’s Bell Centre tonight to see the Canes and Canadians.

The Dude abides…

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