Has the most useless blog of the week already been published? It’ll be tough to top this bit from the Ringer’s Movie Knower, the thesis of which seems to be “Some movies are sequels to other movies.”

Via reader Sean: This, from Grantland's Jonah Keri, is an astute and comprehensive piece of baseball analysis about the baffling collapse of the A's since the trade deadline. This, from the San Francisco Chronicle's Bruce Jenkins, is not. [Grantland | SF Chron] Read more

Is Stephen Marche the worst writer working in the English language today? It says here yes. (See also this and this.)

"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.