I wrote this 6 years ago. Apparently it was prescient but doesn’t seem to have worked
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Posts by Joachim Steinberg
Everton was founded in 1878 and they finally did something useful
Announcers on the Bears/Niners game just referred to Lombard St as the crookedest street in the world. It is not even the crookedest street in San Francisco.
I have never seen the internet as united as it has been in absolute joy watching those clips of Anthony Joshua dismantle Jake Paul
A bit out of nowhere, but does anyone know why the Legal Aid Union in NY is affiliated with the UAW? I feel like there must be an interesting backstory there
Fans of bullfighting, or any casual cruelty really, might enjoy the government’s presentation in the IEEPA arguments at the Supreme Court in progress right now
You know, I was rooting for Toronto, but it’s still funny when bad things happen to Don Mattingly, the Charlie Brown of organized baseball
I also like my current place better than the spot on the south side where we watched the last time this happened
That’s tough but fair
Look, being a Mets fan is cheaper than a serious Jewish education and has the same net impact on general optimism
Had to send the 4 yr old to bed and explain that baseball won’t be back until the spring and it felt like I shot the Winnie the Pooh in front of him
United from EWR to Dublin is flight no. 317. That has to be an Easter Egg, right?
Ravens just stole my DoorDash from outside the house and my wife has taken their side
I might be misunderstanding but isn’t Jesus coming back the thing you all have been on about for centuries?
Different types of vinegar. I’m honestly about to declare them all the same on ideological grounds
Any football journalist not frantically trying to reach Sacha Baron Cohen right now is committing malpractice #grimsby
In all-time classic moments in Jewish geography, at a wedding in Istanbul someone asked me if I happened to know a woman from my law school. I did know them. Because I am married to her.
Alright, that was sloppy and a bit lucky but match day 1 win at old trafford is always fine. #arsenal
Announcer for Man U/Arsenal: “And that’s awkward and it’s in”
And millions of arsenal fans yell out “that’s what she said” triumphantly
I honestly believe that trying to create an English-language consensus on what to call other countries using their native languages has the substantial risk of starting wars
THE CITY IS OURS!!!!!!!!!!!
SF City 2-1 SF Glens
FINAL
This is both unsurprising and inane. Build more housing.
Yes, a South American autocrat went what the British call full-kit wanker. I wish I could make things like this up.
www.si.com/extra-mustar...
The weirder thing is the ceremonial first pitch. Which was thrown out by Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. In a full uniform including baseball pants and mitt.
Here’s more on the disguise, which, like I said, was the second weirdest thing that night.
tht.fangraphs.com/tht-live/500...
It doesn’t mention the really fun part which is that Mets manager Bobby V got tossed and then came back. Like this:
Here’s the game report:
www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NY...
Today is the 26th anniversary of the time Bobby Valentine got ejected and then snuck back into the Mets dugout wearing a fake mustache. Unbelievably, that was the second weirdest thing that happened at that ballgame. A 🧵