Owen Good's discussions

It figures to me that baseball, in trying to legislate out the waste and risk of the play that knocked out a drawing card like Buster Posey, has instead created a new instance where all kinds of unwritten rules can be made up and broken, and resolved by dangerous plays later that also cause injury and suspension. Read more

He put it on the table. It was him or the animal. That’s the competition. Read more

The conceit of bullfighting is that death is on the table. Look on it this way: This guy validated his sport. Read more

I love John Ed Bradley. He could write 1,000 words about the Slidell phone book and I would eat it all with a spoon. Read more

No way. If you’re gonna beat the Freeze, you got to put him away early. He will hunt your ass down otherwise. Read more

That’s an all-time great baseball story. The best thing I read today. +1. Read more

Same reason McGregor is? Money? Only an even easier payday? Read more

+1 Read more

I can’t tell if that’s a transactional cost or a lack-of-opportunity cost. Read more

Two besmirches do not make a smirch. Read more

Holy shit, +1 Read more

He’s pretty cut, too. He might even be a current runner. Who knows. His real super power is his mystery. Read more

For me, it’s not just what the guy said, it’s now that you have people wondering what the hell they could or should do when confronted by that, either themselves or a bystander. We just saw two people murdered in Portland over it, more or less. It’s appalling as shit this is where we live now. Read more

Oh, wait til I tell you about the bull-riding machine. Read more

No. Read more

At the same bachelor party we met Neal Schon, whose RV was idling out by the back entrance of the casino. Read more

A friend of mine is a sports writer. Another friend is 6-foot-5 and cannot dunk. Friend No. 1 saw Dominique Wilkins at a game somewhere and caught up with him afterward, asking to interview him for a web feature, just one question. OK, says the Human Highlight Reel, shoot. Friend No. 1 stops, frames up ‘Nique in the… Read more

Well said. It can be both things. Read more

It starts out as a bunch of gratuitous laughing, and I was like eh, big deal. But then “First of all, baby, I got enough meat on me that it’s alright!” is just a sledgehammer to the kisser. That is outstanding. Read more