Tynan's Anger

Arts & Culture Commentary from a Loving Digital Skeptic

The Top 10 Quotes from English-language Drama This Decade: 5-3

Each month, I will be unrolling a top 10 list regarding English-language drama this decade. This first month starts with the best lines from English-language plays this decade. I have admittedly taken a more mainstream angle on this list, because my aim is to gauge which lines will resonate the loudest for the longest period [...]

Why Jose Canseco Is The Sen. McCarthy Of Baseball

Let’s stop calling Jose Canseco a “whistleblower.” The term whistleblower implies someone courageously sacrificed one’s own well-being and risked his or her safety, way of life, and even death to expose a hidden, dark secret. Jeffrey Wigand was a whistleblower, as was “Deep Throat” W. Mark Felt. Canseco did not deny his steroid use, and [...]

Alex Rodriguez is the least clutch player in baseball

Believe it or not, that’s not hyperbole, according to Jeff Passan. A-Rod ranks dead last Major League Baseball in the Clutch sabermetric, and has historically been crap with that stat too (13 years is a large enough sample size by anyone’s account). Finally, something stat nerds and old cranks can agree on. What’s next, Murray [...]