*Brian McTaggart says Dustin Garneau could be a future manager. It took me a minute to figure out what a Dustingarneau was.
*Justin Verlander and Kate Upton are donating 25,000 N95 masks to Detroit first responders.
*Never, ever try to embarrass Frank Robinson.
*SI: What it's like to play in an MLB The Show tournament as yourself.
Former #Astros CF Michael Bourn still lives in his hometown.He owns 3 apartment complexes in Houston w/ about 60 tenants & is concerned w/ how they’re doing during this pandemic. So he’s helping them in a big way. Michael waived their rent in April & expects to do it again in May pic.twitter.com/38Y6Kb701m— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) April 17, 2020
*For many Latino players, Roberto Clemente's #21 is off-limits, too.
*Mental Floss: The town that got away with murder.
*GQ: The gambling nuns of Torrance, California
*Read the June 2019 Texas Monthly profile of Joe Exotic.
*Fiona Apple's new album got a 10 from Pitchfork, a rating which is usually reserved by them for the bass player from Radiohead playing scales over the sounds of whales humping.
*Old School Deadspin: Conquering the Carolina Reaper requires self-deceit, milk, and a lot of barf.
*If you want to read a whole lot about what happened to Leeds United (written by me), then click here.
*This is your brain on silence.
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