World Series Over

The Yankees win.

Exciting World Series

Congrats to Joe Girardi. Always nice to see a former Cub having something significant to do with a World Series. Since we never see the Cubs in the World Series, it’s the best we can do.

Yankees/Phillies is exciting. I can’t remember a match-up in recent memory where both teams seemed so strong. 2001, maybe? I wouldn’t mind seeing a World Series as great as that one was.

Another Replay Post

This is just pathetic. Mankind has come too far technologically to be dealing with what major league baseball is feeding us.

I’m writing this during the 7th inning of Game 5, Yanks/Angels. With one out and a runner on second, John Lackey struck out Jorge Posada on a 3-2 fastball. But, the stupid fucking ump called it a ball. It was obviously a strike and you could see as much on TV. It wasn’t even borderline. Dumbfucks Joe Dumbfuck and Tim McCarver thought that perhaps the ump thought it was low. However, their pitch tracker thing showed that it was easily high enough to be a strike and wasn’t even borderline in terms of whether it was over the plate or not.

Lackey rightfully got pissed at the call. He then quickly walked Jeter on 4 pitches. Bases loaded. However, Lackey followed that up by getting Johnny Damon to fly out. But then, with bases loaded, Scioscia did the wrong thing and pulled him. Lackey’s a winner and was going to get the fuck out of that inning come hell or high water. He was pissed. Despite how many people in our “pathologically positive” human race think being pissed off is such a terrible thing, sometimes it’s the best fucking thing to be. Outrage can lead to a lot of progress and a lot of success. Being pissed can also at times bring a serious sense of purpose and focus. It can also intimidate an opponent in competition who isn’t currently seeing red.

Anyway, the Angels were leading 4-0 at the time. I had a hunch the Angels were fucked after the ump fucked up the strike call against Posada. When Scioscia pulled Lackey, I knew it for sure.

It’s now 6-4 Yankees in the 8th and I’m turning the game off. It’s beneath me to watch this shit.

Fucking tennis can get every single in and out call correctly, with technology. Tennis! Fucking Tennis! Are you going to tell me that these stupid fucking good ol’ boy faggots in baseball can’t do the same?

If I’m not watching a contest that proves which team is best in a fair environment, I’m not watching. This is fucking despicable.

Update: Obviously the Halos went on to win and I missed it. But, I don’t really care. It doesn’t change my larger point. Football has gotten WAY better with replay. Tennis is WAY better from it. Basketball uses it effectively. It’s time for baseball to grow the fuck up. Everyone sees the mistakes and it’s really embarrassing. And how and why do these mistakes so often seem to favor the Yankees? When was the last time a major blown call in the playoffs really hurt a Yankees team?

Is It Me Or Does Cal Ripken Look Like Anakin Skywalker Post-Electric Shock?

The actor was Sebastian Shaw, and he and Cal don’t really look alike. However, when Shaw was made up as Anakin, there is a likeness. I wish there was a TBS studio image which makes it more apparent, but I can’t find one. In the picture below, Cal isn’t showing as many wrinkles as you can see on TV in hi-def.

Anyway, anyone else noticing this?:

Baseball is for Bitches

Unfortunately, I can't use either side of the force.

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In other news, I consider Olympia Snowe one of the most courageous Americans ever to pass through Washington.

Can We Have Replay Already?

Jesus Fucking Christ.

It’s made football better without question.

Joe Mauer had a ground rule double Friday night that was fair by a foot. It wasn’t even close to being foul. But, the dumb fucking ump called it foul. Ridiculous. How many fucking breaks can the fucking Yankees get? I’m not blaming the Yankees for their good fortune, but it seems like they always have some shit going their way in the postseason. Though, it’s important to note that the Tigers got jobbed in their one game playoff with the Twinkies on a hit-by-pitch call that wasn’t made. So, one good argue that the Twins are now on even karmic ground.

I watched a Red Sox / Angles game the other night where CB Bucknor, one stupid motherfucker, fucked up two basic calls at first base. Both involved Howie Kendrick. On one, Youkilis tagged Kendrick before Kendrick got to first base. On the other, Youkilis got his foot on the bag well before Kendrick. On both plays, Bucknor called Kendrick safe.

CB DumbFucknor's idea of a 'safe' call. Allowing this moron to judge safe/out calls in mlb is akin to allowing Fagdog at ACB to judge ethics.

Milton Bradley & Gay Marriage

This whole Milton Bradley thing is so fucking annoying. It reminds me of gay marriage. I hate both sides of the gay marriage debate:

1) For the gays, why the fuck do you want to get married? Why the fuck does anyone want to get married? Keep the law out of your fucking love life. What the hell does a legal contract have to do with two people’s devotion to one another? You really need the tax break? And then, how many people don’t understand how fleeting romantic relationships can be? Put another way, how long can two people enjoy fucking each other? Seriously.

I want gays to have partners’ rights, but when are we as a society going to re-examine the ridiculousness of marriage? It’s well beyond outdated. Instead of a ‘gay marriage’ issue, we should be having a ‘marriage’ issue. How to account for women’s increased economic independence, fathers’ rights to equal parenting, two childless people’s right to divorce without too much legality, etc.

Why?

What A Boring Season

I knew something was wrong when the Cubs were heavy favorites going into this season. Even worse, the statfucks were acting like the it was over before it started. They said that even if the Cubs had injuries or some players didn’t perform up to their ‘past performance indicators’, that still the Cubs should win the division.

The really sad part is how they ridiculed the Cardinals. I really can’t imagine a Cubs fan ever doing that. That’s like a Detroit Lions fan mocking a New England Patriots fan. It really makes no sense, especially in an era when Albert Pujols plays for them and Chris Carpenter is in the rotation.

Were the Cubs a deep, great team? Obviously not. Were they a horrible team? No. They were terribly average. With the talent assembled, I wish they were either awful or great because it’s simply more interesting that way. If they had little talent, this season could have been an overachievement. But, they had the horses and were just so hopelessly ‘bleh’, like WV23 in Dockers.

(Sigh) ... maybe Geo's got it right.

Despite What Statheads Think, the 2009 Cubs DID Miss Mark DeRosa For His Versatility | My Thoughts On Next Year

I have to credit my father. Before the season started, he was very concerned that we didn’t have anyone to back up Aramis at third base. He was right.

When the season started with Fontenot as our second baseman, he jumped out of the gate with a 1.033 OPS through 6 games. Small sample size, but nevertheless successful. From there, he was asked to play a bunch of third base as well as second base because Aramis was in and out of the lineup. And still, Fontenot finished April with a respectable .787 OPS. For a guy who really isn’t a third baseman, that’s an outstanding backup job.

Through May 8, Fontenot was still carrying a .773 OPS. And that’s when Aramis went down. Aramis was out of the lineup from May 9th to July 5th. Fontenot fell apart. Personally, I think it was too much to ask of him to be a regular at third base. Here was a guy just trying to prove himself as a big league second baseman, let alone third. By the end of May, Fontenot was down to a .698 OPS. By the end of June, it was .658.

I wonder what could have been if I only had to play second base this year?

In July, Lou took him out of the third base role. Fontenot was never quite the same. Am I saying that Fontenot would have torn the cover off the ball had he remained at second the whole time? No. But, do I think he would have been more successful at the plate than he was? Yes. I feel bad for Fontenot and that fans, statheads, and management were all too tough on him.

Desperation At GayCB

So, one of my most loyal readers, stupid bitch Maddog (aka MB21), decides to attack me today. He saw that I wanted to look into certain stats and jumped at a perceived opportunity to ridicule me.

The problem is, he took a single quote entirely out of context, and far from reality.

For my readers capable of reading comprehension, let me make clear what I’m looking for at the moment:

I want the complete offensive totals of every single hitter in baseball from 2000-2009 in a format that can be exported into MS Excel. Every hitter and all their stats totaled together on one spreadsheet. I don’t want each individual’s single seasons separately, I want it all totaled.

Now, the Excel part wasn’t in the last thread’s comments. Maddog couldn’t know this, but it didn’t stop him from jumping to conclusions. It’s irrelevant anyway, given that Source and I were clearly communicating about something specific. You can even find mention of an e-mail.

Dude, I just can't deal with the pain of there being some racist Cubs fans. Cry Cry... and I'm even a racist. Oh, the shame!

How does dumbfuck Maddog respond?

Another Big Gay Post From Big Fag Mike

I want to make one thing clear to my readers. I love the reality shows on Bravo TV. I love Top Chef. I find ‘Flipping Out’ with Jeff Lewis very entertaining. And at times, I really like the Housewives shows. On that final account, I like New York, Jersey, and Atlanta. There’s something too ‘waspy’ about the Orange County girls.

But, I want to get more specific than this. I have a new favorite reality star who stands out above all others. The one and only Dwight Eubanks. Now that’s a real queen. That’s one fierce, funny, and entertaining motherfucker.

Oh please, these statfags are the most tired and boring fools I've ever seen.