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He/him. "A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't." Tom Waits

Joe Sheehan Newsletter August 5, 2026 I just don’t know how many more bites at the apple you can give JJ Piccolo, who is living off a single 86-76 playoff team two years ago. He made some small trades at the deadline, but because he didn’t spend a lot on veteran talent over the winter, he didn’t have much to trade in the summer. He chose to hold Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, an indication that he thinks the Royals can climb back into contention in 2027. They play in the AL Central, so it’s not a crazy idea, but this is a team that needs at least one or two good players; not Lane Thomas and Starling Marte, but a couple of four-win players who can elevate the team’s floor. I think I’d start over with a new management team.
Beavis and Butthead: Uh, okay
Whiskeys on a bar shelf
Al Swearengen: Open the fucking canned peaches!
Kicking a tire
Snowman and Fred, Smokey and the Bandit
Cannonball coming! Caddyshack
A guacamole bowl badly photoshopped over the new Royals stadium site
Tony Danza: Ay oh, oh ay!
Matt Strahm's declining velocity (per FanGraphs)
New Riff special/select bourbons and ryes
What the hell did you trade Jay Buhner for?
You know I always wanted to pretend that I was an architect
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS THE CITY OF NEW YORK THE NATIONAL GUARD OF MISSOURI THE UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE MR. WALTER ABELL LT. COL. DENNIS R. FOLEY THE ORIENT EXPRESS P.T.'S, CENTERVILLE (sic)
Sean Connery in The Hunt for Red October
Bourbon pours, Stew's, St. Louis
July 10: What to know about trading of draft picks One more thing worth noting before the draft gets started is the potential for trading compensation picks. I referenced in the final mock draft that the Pirates' Comp A pick (34th overall) has been discussed as available via trade for a solid big league reliever for almost a month. I've heard six to eight teams mentioned as taking earnest runs at this pick via trade; almost every time it comes up in conversation, a source mentions a new team made an offer. I've also heard some late buzz of a Comp B pick (Picks 67 to 74) also being available, but haven't confirmed talks are occurring. I've confirmed with the league that these trades would have to be completed by two hours before the Saturday 1 p.m. ET kickoff of the draft.
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The Big Lebowski The Dude: Roadie for Metallica. Speed of Sound Tour. Bunch of assholes.
Pumpkin coach from Cinderella
Mutt Cutts van, Dumb and Dumber
Walt Dropo's head badly photoshopped on Khal Drogo's body
Michael Buffer on The Simpsons
Royals Player Development: Royals sign Scott Barlow to a minor league contract
Personally, I think we got hosed on that call
Titanic officer: Rearrange the deck chairs, and full steam ahead!
Garry Shandling as Larry Sanders
Poorly photoshopped Eric Bogosian head on Rory McIlroy body
Ed Baldwin, For All Mankind
A bar well stocked with bourbon and whiskey
NBA coach and broadcaster Hubie Brown
1998 ESPN ad honoring Dan Patrick for 2000 consecutive SportCenters
Jose Altuve and Aaron Judge
Scotty and Spock discussing transwarp beaming, Star Trek (2009)
McDonald's trolley car with booth seating
no i disagree the bacon egg and cheese is baller usually i’m a defender but i actually agree with the crispy comment
How could anyone not like him? | Seinfeld (1989) - S04E23
Charles, sentenced by a judge to be Jerry's butler in Seinfeld's show within a show "Jerry" created by Jerry and George Costanza
Kenny Powers, Eastbound and Down
Jonathan Frakes wearing glasses and holding a Star Trek themed pie
I think the worst team to be a fan of is one with a decent pitching staff, decent offense, and terrible bullpen. You’ll just never be comfortable, and you’ll experience so many losses in games you think you’re going to win. Not far behind that, though, is a team having a brutal year with runners in scoring position.
Chickpea hair cream
Dog ensconced in an office chair staring at me
Final Record 19-1 A+ Elite OFF 99 Can you go perfect? 20-0.com 584 pts Classic PM QB Peyton Manning QB · IND · 2004 4557 YDS 49 TD 10 INT AP RB Adrian Peterson RB · MIN · 2012 2097 RuYDS 12 TD 6.0 YPC TO WR Terrell Owens WR · DAL · 2007 81 REC 1355 YDS 15 TD HM TE Heath Miller TE · PIT · 2012 71 REC 816 YDS 8 TD RR RB Ray Rice FLEX · BAL · 2011 1364 RuYDS 12 TD 4.7 YPC TD RB Terrell Davis FLEX · DEN · 1998
Spicoli and company pouring out of a smoke-filled van in Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Actor Jared Harris drinking tea
Jake Busey in PCU
Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise
Fwar, Dips, Winshares, Gritt, Babip, Pecota, Vorp & Eckstein
Robert Morse as Bert Cooper, Mad Men
It's time to nationalize Taco Bell.
Buzzfeed store with Spirit Halloween banner
Sam Elliott and Patrick Swayze
A football helmet filled with cottage cheese
Alexi Lalas
Brad Wesley's trophy room in Road House
Jakob Dylan of The Wallflowers