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Hats off to Mike Clevinger588 days. That’s how long it had been since Mike Clevinger pitched in a regular season MLB game. That’s not what the Padres were hoping for when they traded six players to Cleveland for him, but through injuries to his biceps, elbow, knee, another undisclosed setback, and a brief appearance in the 2...

IDIOT OF THE YEAR 2021: Countdown begins with Stephen A. Smith, Adam Silver, Johnny Damon, and more luminariesHappy holidays, you filthy animals, and welcome to Deadspin’s annual IDIOT OF THE YEAR extravaganza. Within these hallowed slides are 50 of the year’s least bearable dorks, whose transgressions range from “just kinda silly,” to “dangerously stupid,” to “Trevor Bauer.”...

The Top 5 Idiots of MayWelcome to Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE MONTH, in which we make fun of famous (and non-famous!) people who have done stupid things. And May did not disappoint....

Cincy has a true leader in Burrow, too bad the Bengals aren’t treating him like one

Joe Burrow makes me want to run through a brick wall head first, and I’m not even a Bengals fan....

Knucklehead Zach Plesac hurts himself by ‘aggressively ripping shirt off’

Unfortunately, injuries are a part of sports. We all know this. We see most of them on TV....

AL Central Preview: Which is it, Luis Robert?

The White Sox are probably the second-most fascinating team heading into the 2021 season. They haven’t quite cannonballed into the pool and ruined the buffet the way the San Diego Padres have — a team they will always be linked to thanks to Fernando Tatis Jr. and the rampant screen-punching amongst ...

Idiot of the Year #10: Zach Plesac, the stupidest canary in baseball’s coal mine

Welcome to Deadspin’s farewell-to-2020 IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! If you have made it this far, then congratulations, brave traveler....

Baseball Bozos Plesac and Clevinger are Straight Trash

Today, I’m trashing Indians’ pitchers Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac for trying to blame the media for the rift they created in the clubhouse....