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[Brumm @Nick_Brummel]

I was there

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."

"They just come with the table, man."

They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.

This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.

I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.

"Did we…?"

"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."

Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."

Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.

I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.

Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

[Los Angeles Dodgers @Dodgers]

The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired OF Alek Thomas from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for OF Jose Requena. In order to make room on the 40-man roster, the Dodgers designated OF Michael Siani for assignment.

[jerm @dodgerjerm]

Life ever since

[bag @mookiebag]

Leftover mac & cheese warming up on zero day rest after throwing 96 pitches last night

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

Yoshinobu Yamamoto won Games 2, 6 and 7 of the World Series. He threw a complete game in Game 2, six innings and 96 pitches on Friday and came back Saturday to throw 2.2 scoreless innings on 34 pitches and induce the World Series-winning double play. A legendary performance.

[Did Miguel Rojas hit a Homer Today? @MiggyBonds]

Yes.

[Max Dolente @Philly_Mays]

Everyone on the planet who has ever said baseball is boring needs to watch this game.

[Brumm @Nick_Brummel]

Put this sculpture in the Louvre, they have some space! #WorldSeries

[Phill @MeekPhill_]

This wouldn’t have happened if there was a salary cap

[Lindsay Adams 👽 @LAtweets22]

So many of you have no idea how lucky we are that both of these photos are in the same uniform. 🐐💙

[Los Angeles Dodgers @Dodgers]

Clayton Kershaw, forever a legend.

[Blake Harris @BlakeHHarris]

Clayton Kershaw being mic'd up in the All-Star Game is the best thing you'll watch all month

Needed more of it

[Kristi Yamaguccimane @TheWapplehouse]

Y’all mind if a white boy speaks a little steel drum?

[Brumm @Nick_Brummel]

Made the drive to Paris more entertaining @PFTCommenter @ConnerHKnapp @ArianFoster @MacrodosingPod

[Brumm @Nick_Brummel]

@ConnerHKnapp @ArianFoster @PFTCommenter

Stopped at 200 when we got to our hotel, but that’s all from memory

[Coach Sánti @Adrian3Santiago]

Kickstart my heart baby… Raiders are back in the National Tournament!! And we did it #TheRaiderWay

[Brumm @Nick_Brummel]

@ConnerHKnapp @PFTCommenter @ArianFoster @madconroy9 I’ll be on an 8 hour flight to France on the 20th, and will try to write down as many current/former MLB players as possible from memory. Can you set the over/under? If I hit the over, can I get a @MacrodosingPod shirt?

[Capt. Andrew Luck @CaptAndrewLuck]

Dearest mother —
I write with riveting news. I have once again — after what felt like an eternity — utilized my sidearm and tactical abilities. I know I swore to stow my sidearm after I retired — but, I am training new soldiers for battle. And it was only proper to unholster my blunderbuss to inspire and guide. My tenacity abounds.
— Andrew

[Big Cat @BarstoolBigCat]

I don't think I can respect anyone more than this

[B/R Walk-Off @BRWalkoff]

Dodger Stadium has been named the official venue for baseball in the 2028 Olympics