James Houston

Tony Gwynn (career) .302 vs Nolan Ryan .312 vs Tom Glavine .314 vs Pedro Martinez .390 vs Curt Schilling .429 vs Greg Maddux .462 vs John Smoltz

It’s all so exhausting. These people are like fish who don’t recognize the water. They are inheritors of a rich moral tradition that has bestowed unbelievable levels of peace and prosperity and yet want to reinvent something from scratch. Just go to Mass.

So true

Mel Gibson finishes principal photography for his upcoming film, The Resurrection of the Christ, in Italy, and here's the first look at actor Jaakko Ohtonen as Jesus Christ hugging the crew. In the image, you can even see the nail holes on Othonen's hand. Shot in two parts back to back with an estimated budget of $250 million, this is Gibson's most costly film to date and it's set for release in 2027: Part one on March 26th and Part two on May 6th.

“There is no past so ruined, no history so compromised; that it cannot be touched by God’s mercy.” — Pope Leo XIV

"If you say the Rosary faithfully until death, I do assure you that, in spite of the gravity of your sins, you shall receive a never-fading crown of glory. Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and save your soul if — and mark well what I say — if you say the Rosary devoutly every day until death for the purpose of knowing the truth and obtaining contrition and pardon for your sins." St. Louis de Montfort

This is just sad

Amazing

@ByJayMorrison God bless you Jay.

Today would have been our 33rd anniversary. Going to distract myself with some time away with good friends. I’ll be back to Bengals coverage on May 11.

Perfectly summed up by @philipaklein: "Now we’ll have to listen for months to arguments that it is our moral duty to support the Nazi tattoo guy over the threat posed by centrist Republican Senator Susan Collins, because Trump." nationalreview.com/corner/maine-s…

@CinBengalsTalk @BIGPLAY @JamesRapien @FanDuel They are not restructuring anyone. They pay salaries largely with money received from the league. Any restructure just creates cap flexibility to allow them to spend their own money. This simply will not happen in my opinion. I’d love to be proven wrong.

"I do want to make this clear: Joe Burrow is someone that would do it because of the team element, but this doesn't hurt Joe at all." - @jamesrapien on a possible contract restructure for Joe Burrow #WhoDey presented by @FanDuel fanduel.com/ohio

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The Reds are 12-0 in games decided by 2 runs or less. That ties an MLB record set by the 1987 Brewers.

@andreperrotta13 Pretty clear they are content to move on from him

You still would want to exercise the option. Exercising the option is a precursor to an extension. There are really only two main reasons to not exercise the 5th year option: ▪️you have no interest in keeping the player past yr-4; or ▪️it's a Tyler Linderbaum/Jack Campbell situation where exercising the option makes the player the highest paid player at the position (which clearly wouldn't have been the case with Murphy. $14.475M would be 33rd highest Edge). If the player is in your future plans, exercising the option is a precursor to an extension. You can structure the extension to lower the 2027 Cap Hit if you're worried about the 2027 cap impact of the 5th year option.

@andreperrotta13 @JakeLiscow He gone

Keep seeing this. It takes two sides to do a deal. The DE/Edge market has already soared and has reached its apex (for now) with Will Anderson Jr.'s monster extension two weeks ago. Why would Murphy be incentivized to sign any "cheap" deal this offseason? His own teammate, Boye Mafe, just got $20M APY on the open market. From Myles' perspective, he should want to ball out in 2026 and force CIN's hand to sign a market-rate extension or use the Franchise Tag on him if they really want to keep him. Oh, and the Tag will cost nearly double ($28M+) the cost of the 5th yr. option ($14.475M).

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@John__Sheeran Same as it ever was

the bengals are clearly worried about 2027 cap space to the point where $14.5 million for their starting defensive end is too much of a commitment. but that just adds another challenge to the next 4 months with now 3 starters on defense looking for pay days. atozsports.com/nfl/cincinnati…

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