October Baseball

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My internal clock was on high today - October 1st - baseball playoffs! What better time of the year? Games on all day! Fastballs! Home Runs! No 360 pound linemen trying to catch their breath after smashing into the guy across from them. No loudmouth receivers yelling throw me the damn ball. Baseball! America's past time! Peanuts, cracker jack and steroids, oops forget that one.

And what do I get? Millwaukee versus the Phillies! Yipee! Millwaukee is best know for Dahmer - then Laverne and Shirley! They won the same amount of games this year as the Yankees and they're playing the Phillies - who won their division, but haven't won a playoff game since 1980.

Tomorrow I get the Tampa Rays who play in a barn where if you hit a catwalk in a certain area it's a foul ball - and if you hit it in another area - it' a home run. They built their team because they stole the Yankees money in the "it's not fair" rate share plan. They should get a nice crowd for the game - about seven thousand - then they can stand there with their hands out as the Yanks get hit with a luxury tax and can pay Tampa's team for next year.

Then tomorrow we get the Red Sucks and their cheating ways - we all know they never should have won the series in '04 - look it up Dave Roberts was out at second - Manny is on stupid juice - Ortiz was on steroids - they dug up the Babe - ah, hell who knows!

The White Sox? Garbage! Won less games than the Yanks this year - ditto Torre and Manny and the Dodgers!

The Cubs? The goat will get them.

The Angels? What is their freaking name now? The LA Angels? The Anaheim Angels? The California Angels? The California Los Angeles of Anaheim Angels? Screw them too.

We want the Yankeees!

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John said…
Do I sense the smell of sour grapes? Boy they smell bitter!
01 October, 2008
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