Comments on Feigned Outrage: I'm Enjoying the Yankees/Red Sox Rivalry

Uecker: "The Indians win! The Indians win! ...

2009-06-19T11:02:47.170-04:00

Uecker: "The Indians win! The Indians win! Oh my God -- the Indians win!"

Wow - I stand corrected. In reflection it was Ped...

2009-06-15T22:23:08.016-04:00

Wow - I stand corrected. In reflection it was Pedro Cerano who hit a game tying home run in the 7th after telling Jobu off. They scored no runs in the 8th and Rick Vaughn saved not the game but a possible scoring threat in the top of the 9th which set the table for Jake Taylor's infamous walk off hit and run. I'm sorry P I will never question you again.

Oh, and by the way – while Jonathan "Suckface...

2009-06-13T15:30:05.069-04:00

Oh, and by the way – while Jonathan "Suckface" Papelbon is feeding the 2007 World Series last-out baseball to his dog, Cleveland sports teams are out doing their best to keep Third World children in clothes.

So take that!

ONTRI: you're living proof of how far the Red ...

2009-06-13T15:27:20.645-04:00

ONTRI: you're living proof of how far the Red Sox have come in five years. Back in 2004, Sox fans gave their testimony by talking on and on about how no one suffers quite like them, and how their suffering was the deepest and worst kind of suffering, and blah blah blah. And look at you now — utterly incapable of empathy and baiting the Cleveland fan. If we were to swap the B on your hat for an NY, no one would be the least bit suspicious.

Two other points, while you're talking trash:

(1) I before E, pal.
(2) You don't know what you're talking about. The Indians won in the bottom of the ninth in Major League, so Vaughn WASN'T on the mound. And whatever you meant by "won anything," you're still wrong. In Major League the last game was a one-game playoff with the Yankees at the end of the regular season. The actual Tribe went to the playoffs from 1995 to 1999 and again in 2001 and 2007. We learn in Major League 2 (1994) that the Indians lost in the ALCS in the previous season. By the end of the sequel, they're in the World Series (but we don't know how they did). The Tribe did better than that in '95 and '97.

I'm enjoying the Yankees-Mets rivalry. Make no...

2009-06-13T14:13:50.238-04:00

I'm enjoying the Yankees-Mets rivalry. Make no mistake, when it comes to these two teams, I'm rooting for the Mets every time, but that doesn't mean I can't take great pleasure out of the Mets choke last night. The Mets couldn't possibly have slept after such a pathetic end to the game and the Yankees, while clearly happy to win, know that when the game was on the line, all their best player could manage was a weak pop-up to second. Just wonderful!

And even that was 20 years ago . . . I'm for sticking around and giving 'em all a nice big shitburger to eat!

Which of course begs the question - how many Cavs ...

2009-06-12T15:54:45.775-04:00

Which of course begs the question - how many Cavs championship jerseys are on a boat right now and how many 2007 Tribe AL champs jerseys are being used to wave off mosquitos in Africa. Poor Cheif Wahoo! Sorry P but the last time I saw Cleveland win anything Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn was on the mound

There's nothing quite like traveling through t...

2009-06-12T11:43:34.804-04:00

There's nothing quite like traveling through third world countries to gauge the changing dynamics in American sports. Whatever they made too much of gets shipped elsewhere. eg, don't be surprised if that Palestinian child burning an American flag in the NY Times photo is wearing a "19-0!" t-shirt.

Last year when traveling through the highlands of Ecuador, I couldn't help but notice that nearly every third person was wearing a Yankee cap. Beautiful!