Pat

“Retired” contributor for SB Nation Pittsburgh and Cardiac Hill. Co-creator of my now defunct site The Incline. Basically, a quitter.

[Pat @The_Incline]

Best I’ve seen the USMNT play…ever?

[Pat @The_Incline]

Public good be damned. Trump would turn this entire country into a $100k initiation fee country club if he could.

[Garrett Morrison @garrett_TFE]

These two renderings of a potential "reimagined" East Potomac Park appear in a fundraising document distributed by the new "National Garden of American Heroes Foundation."

It's unclear to what degree these (very AI-looking) images represent Tom Fazio's actual plans for the golf course, but I think they reveal some important things about the Trump administration's intentions at East Potomac:

1) The new "championship" golf course would take up most of the island. This would mean losing the perimeter road and bike path, the open space at the southern tip of the island, and perhaps even the famous cherry blossom trees, which feature prominently in an annual festival. These non-golf resources at East Potomac Park are used heavily by D.C. residents.

2) Building a bigger course would also mean reducing the number of available golf holes at the facility, likely from 36 to 18, as well as eliminating a historic, recently restored mini-golf course. Inevitably, this would make golf in D.C. less accessible, especially to beginning golfers.

3) Green fees for East Potomac's Blue Course currently top out at $48. There's no way the number would stay there post-reno.

4) The whole nouveau-riche, water-feature-centric aesthetic shown in the renderings is very much in line with Fazio's past work, but not at all representative of East Potomac's historical character and purpose.

5) The administration and the President himself have been open about their hopes to bring a major championship or Ryder Cup to the renovated East Potomac. I think it would be tremendously difficult to stage a tournament of that scale on this island, even after the reno. It does not appear to me that there's enough room.

[Pat @The_Incline]

I’ve missed this feeling of playoff hockey and I also hate it.

[Pat @The_Incline]

All the pressure on Philly now.

[Adam Gretz @AGretz]

I have literally never seen that.

[Pat @The_Incline]

I’ve never seen this before.

[Pittsburgh Pirates @Pirates]

Even Cruz homers are bigger in Texas ‼️

[Pat @The_Incline]

Game and series decided by some bullshit refs @NHL

[Pat @The_Incline]

lol a 65 @McIlroyRory

[Pat @The_Incline]

@dawestheband Whatever, Taylor.

[Pat @The_Incline]

@k_rupp3 How does he go up there swinging at the first pitch of the AB?!?!?

[Pat @The_Incline]

@ChrisDokish He's 27, hits .200, and can't field...you're not getting much in return.

[Pat @The_Incline]

Just finished this film. Masterpiece.

[Cinema Tweets @CinemaTweets1]

Regardless of whether Train Dreams takes home any #Oscars today, this will forever remain a high point of 2025 for me. I really connected with this movie & this story. I’m glad it got a Best Picture nomination. We need more raw films like this- one of ‘25’s best without question.

[Pat @The_Incline]

Literally the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard.

[Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47]

.@SecRubio: "The president made the very wise decision—we knew that there was going to be an Israeli action, we knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that if we didn’t preemptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties."

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

They spent billions on regime change in Venezuela and left the Maduro's head of torture in charge.

They are now spending billions on regime change in Iran, knowing the most likely outcome will be harder line leadership.

We do not have serious people running our country.

[Pat @The_Incline]

Totally normal behavior. All previous FBI directors have done this. Nothing to see here move along.

[William Turton @WilliamTurton]

A source sent me this video of FBI Director Kash Patel partying with the US Men's Olympic Hockey team.

[Pat @The_Incline]

"My wife wrote a letter..."

[NUCLR GOLF @NUCLRGOLF]

🚨🗣️🚫 NOT NECESSARY — Suspended PGA Tour star Wesley Bryan reveals that after Brooks Koepka was permitted to return, his wife sent a detailed and thoughtful letter to the Tour, but the response they received was that “no conversation is necessary.”

Bryan remains suspended for participating in a LIV / YouTube influencer event.

➡️ Is it time to free Wesley?

(🎥: @DanOnGolfShow / @Skratch)

[Pat @The_Incline]

The NFL should ban domes.

[Pat @The_Incline]

@JRown32 The Browns are gonna hire him to be the HC.

[Pat @The_Incline]

7 agents on him and disarmed. Then executed.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Third angle of today’s shooting of a 37-year-old male by agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, clearly shows one of the agents running away from the scuffle before the shooting carrying the victim's handgun, a Sig P320.

[Pat @The_Incline]

So there’s still time to fix this…just saying.

[Pittsburgh Steelers @steelers]

We have verbally agreed for Mike McCarthy to become our next head coach.