The Futon Report

So this was my final time steering the Deadspin zeppelin as far off course as possible on the weekends. (Occasionally, that happened.) And looking back … Jesus Christ, I wrote a lot of crap.

About 13 months ago, I was asked to be one of a handful of bloggers to replace MJD in that very role, which was a rather daunting legacy to follow. I remember the scads of readers and commenters who were sad to see him go. Then I go and superglue an “okay, people this is my last weekend” line on my final post, and then all of a sudden … I’ve got all these people who are sad to see me go, or something. Even though I’m just going to write for the site in a different capacity. Read more

Now I’m no fan of the Redlasso video player. The dern thing usually locks up Firefox for 30 seconds whenever I access a website that has it on there. But it’s the only way I’m able to share the most cerebral moment from Tim McCarver’s broadcast of the All-Star Game on Tuesday, the live blog of which I believe I’m fully recovered from.

I’ve been called many things. This is a new one, though, regarding the Dan Patrick move to Sports Illustrated and the Rick Reilly hop over to ESPN:

Minutes after the Patrick-for-Reilly switch was announced, one of the merrymakers over at the Web site Deadspin quipped that ESPN had filled its “smart-alecky, middle-aged white guy quota.”

I wonder who that fellow was? He sure sounds like a guy who would make people merry. Moreover, I want to know which guy in that illustration is the merrymaker. Is it the yellow shirt-black pants combo? That seems like merry outfit to me.

(Truth be told, the article is a pretty decent read.) ◼ New York Times