Yankees Unearth Sox Shirt From New Stadium, Act Like Jackasses

BOULDER, Colorado -- One of the things I have really been looking forward to this baseball season is to see how crazy the New York Yankees management can be. Ever since they hired Joe Girardi, I have had visions of Billy Martin; and Hank Steinbrenner is already acting like his jerk of a father did during the lean years of the late 70's and early 80's. In short, I am expecting this team to go into another tailspin that will hopefully last a generation.

I think this move by the Yankees bodes well for my prediction.

"The first thought was, you know, it's never a good thing to be buried in cement when you're in New York," [Yankees president Randy] Levine said. "But then we decided, why reward somebody who had really bad motives and was trying to do a really bad thing?"

How is this something "really bad" with "really bad motives"? Isn't it just kind of funny and in the spirit of competition? I don't fault the Yankees for tearing it up, but they could have turned this into more of a light-hearted publicity stunt. These people do not seem to have a good-spirited bone in their body, as evidenced by this:

[Team CEO Lonn] Trost said the Yankees had discussed possible criminal charges against Castignoli [the construction worker who planted the jersey] with the district attorney's office.

What is wrong with you? This team really is run by batshit crazy individuals, and I would be very worried about the team if I were a Yankees fan.

Red Sox Win! Red Sox Win!

BOULDER, Colorado -- Tonight, the Red Sox won the World Series, and nothing can bring me down. I got wasted with other Sox fans, but I did not get in a fight or set a car on fire.

But seriously, what is up with Dusty Baker's hat? We already know that you're an idiot, but why do everything you can to look like an idiot?


To quote my friend Willy, "Who woulda thought back in '03 that we would win it all twice in 4 years?! Fuckin awesome! Enjoy it!"

I will, Willy. I will.

Photo courtesy espn.com.

The Colorado Rockies Are Not Serious

BOULDER, Colorado -- I have been posting so much today because I am stuck at home, fruitlessly attempting to buy tickets online for the upcoming World Series games in Denver. The Rockies' server completely crashed yesterday, so they had only sold roughly 500 tickets to the three games before they restarted sales today at noon. Now, I am just watching the page automatically reload over and over again in the hopes that I can get through to buy even just one Rockpile ticket (for $65, up from the regular season price of $4).

Despite what people may say, I am in no way torn about this World Series. I hope the Red Sox crush the Rockies in four games.

Alright, coming up next - a post actually about bandy.

Update: Tickets for games 3 and 4 are sold out. I'm making a half-hearted effort to get tickets for game 5, but the prospects do not look good.

Update: Game 5 tickets are sold out. It looks like I'll be watching the World Series from the comfort of some sports bar.

If You See This Man...

BOULDER, Colorado -- ...please do whatever you can to stop him from pitching again for the Red Sox.

I know this site isn't about baseball, but Eric Gagne is unspeakably bad. He did it again against the Angels Friday, allowing a walk, three hits and three runs, all earned.

In the span of just over a week, he has recorded two blown saves and blown another big lead in Baltimore that eventually cost the Sox the game, while allowing seven earned runs in three innings over his last four games. That's criminal. The bullpen is so stacked, why do they keep sending this guy out there? And now the Sox' lead in the division is a mere four games.

Hopefully, Friday's game was the last straw for Tito Francona.

So, please, whatever it takes, stop him from taking the mound again if you want to beat the Yankees.