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I Took TED's Stupid Grit Quiz!If you're a sports fan like I am, you know that championships aren't won with talent or sound strategy or even proper personnel evaluation. They are won with HUSTLE and HEART and ECKSTEINIAN fortitude that cannot be measured, because measuring things is for nerds and pussies. ...

David Eckstein Stars In Commercial For Fake <em>Parks & Rec</em> Law FirmLast week, the producers of Parks & Recreation graced the show with our favorite television easter egg of all time: a sabermetrics-inspired fake law firm. Now, they've gone and outdone themselves by getting David Eckstein to shoot a commercial for the fake law firm. ...

This Is The Best Fake Law Firm Name We've Ever SeenWe're obviously fond of Parks & Recreation around here—what with FJM's Ken Tremendous being executive producer and all—and tonight's easter egg of a law office name, undoubtedly the work of our pal who goes by Michael Schur these days, was fantastic....

Eckstein's Big Heart Is Still The Cards' X-Factor

Rick Bacon is the sports columnist for The Citizen-Pollinator of West Waterville, Missouri. He won an APSE award in 1987 for his column, "Batting Around." This is his first column for Deadspin....

Danny Woodhead: Not Particularly Small, Just White

Last night, as was to be expected, Jon Gruden and the rest of the Monday Night Football gang talked about fun-sized pigment curio Danny Woodhead with the sort of insight and gravitas one finds on the cover of Bop Magazine....

Little Man, Gigantic Exaggeration Of His Abilities

When Deadspin asked us to write these articles, we went back and forth a few times on the date, and eventually settled on Sept. 22. I'd like to believe that somehow, that's because we knew, or perhaps sensed, that this article was going to be published on Sept. 20....

Last Night's Winner: LeBron James, I Guess

In sports, everyone is a winner-some people just win better than others. Like "LeBrun" James, who scored many more baskets than the opposing team, so I suppose that makes him the best. If you're into that sort of thing....

The Utterance Of This Word Should Be Punishable By Death

Let's get one thing straight: I'm not going to break any new ground here. I'm not going to teach you anything new about baseball. I'm not going to cause you to reassess how you think about sports journalism....