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Remember John Allen Chau, the American missionary who was killed by the North Sentinelese last year when he tried to make contact with the isolated people? Alex Perry has a tremendous feature over at Outside Magazine about his life and death and it is well worth your time....

Gabe Kapler Is A Good Baseball Mind, But A Better BloggerThe Philadelphia Phillies announced today that former MLB player Gabe Kapler will be their new manager, leaving his spot as director of player development for the Dodgers to do so. It’s unclear what this will mean for his other gig, writing about health and fitness (and occasionally other topics) as...

Here’s a good baseblog from ESPN.com’s Sam Miller, on the rise of “this era’s avatar: the home run hitter who is terrible.” Go read it if you like to gawk at horrible slash lines, like Rougned Odor’s ghastly .208/.251/.405....

Charlie Pierce on all this ESPN nonsense and newspapering and what not is so fantastic and I’m bitter we didn’t run it. Go check it out. [SI]...

Giants Beat Writer Files World's Best, Laziest Column Amid Team's Massive Slump

The San Francisco Giants have been slumping for most of the second half of the season, going 17-31 since the All-Star break and tumbling well behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West. Nobody connected to the team seems very happy; the Giants called a hitters-only meeting, Bruce Bochy is getting...

A Regular Person’s Guide To Apple’s New Phones (And Other Useless Shit)<em></em>

Well, well, well. Apple, Inc., a cash-hoarding operation that occasionally does online strip shows, announced a new line of consumer electronics today. There are places to revel in the minutia of every last tech spec, but I promise that you are not interested in processors and megapixels nearly as m...

Go read Craggs on the Laremy Tunsil fiasco; just go do it. [Slate]...