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Oh for fuck's sake, Chicago. Shut up already. You're getting to be like Cleveland....

An Interview With Roger Angell: "They Look Easy, But They're Hard"

Originally published in the fall 1992 edition of Writing on the Edge. Reprinted here with Jared Haynes' permission. Above: Roger Angell's scorecard from Game 6 of the 2011 World Series. ...

Out-of-context single-clause excerpt from Drew Magary's new book, selected at random (by a reader): "Children HATE it when you talk on the phone to other people." Someone Could Get Hurt arrives Thursday. Buy it....

Deadspin Up All Night: At The Dark End Of The Street

Thanks for your continued support of Deadspin. Greg will be around in a little bit. Enjoy Steph Curry tonight. ...

Out-of-context single-clause excerpt from Drew Magary's new book, selected at random: "... the only thing spanking does is set your child up for a life of sexual deviancy." Someone Could Get Hurt drops Thursday. Buy it now....

Cool baseball newsletter: The Slurve. It's like an unconstipated version of Buster Olney's morning roundup. Very much worth the subscription. [The Slurve]...

It's MLB's pink-bat day. Required reading: Peggy Orenstein's "Our Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer" and Barbara Ehrenreich's "Welcome to Cancerland" (free version here), which is one of the greatest rants ever put to paper....

The Double Life Of A Gay Dodger

Originally published in the October 1982 issue of Inside Sports....

Go say hi to Emma Carmichael at her new home, The Hairpin. ...

"Amateurism, which as we conceive of it is sport as a public right, a healthy activity free of mercantilism, with possibilities for the recreation and well-being of the entire population, is almost gone ..." Fidel Castro, sportswriter....

Dr. Phil is suing us. [Gawker | Scribd]...

The Astros just DFA'd Rick Ankiel. Out of 65 plate appearances this season, he'd homered, walked, or struck out in 43. ...

"But in fact we were lucky to get anything at all—I arrived in NY in a state of crazed angst, far gone in pill stupor and barely able to think, much less write—I wish I could have written a better Derby piece." So sayeth Hunter S. Thompson. [Grantland]...

Evil pats stupid on the back, says, "There, there." ...

Any NYC-based EMTs out there in Deadspinland? Your services are requested next Wednesday, around noon, for a special project. If interested, email [email protected]....

Lazy people: You can now visit other Gawker Media sites, including Gawker Media content aggregator Gawker.com, via our new dropdown menu. ...

Spencer Hall's ode to Blockbuster: "Poop in the return box. If you see one burning, ensure all neighboring business are safe and then let it burn. If a collections agency comes after you for a $3.00 balance on a video you rented in 2002, then MAIL THEM A LIVE PIT BULL." [EDSBS]...

Check out Matt McGrain's list of the 100 greatest boxers of all time. I'll just quote a friend here: "It's one of those labors of love that's so intensive and personal that you sort of think that there's a 10% chance he's right about everything and everyone else is wrong." [Boxing.com]...

Over on The Stacks, our archive of cool old sportswriting and whatnot, we're republishing Pete Dexter's columns from the Tex Cobb-Larry Holmes heavyweight title fight in 1982. Here's the first column. And here's the second....

Fun story by the Globe's Baxter Holmes about Avery Bradley, the Celtics' defensive savant. Read it. [Boston Globe]...