TheMeanWalrus

i can imagine as frustrating as that start was, 0-6, 2-10, whatever they were happens over the course of most seasons at some point. its just highlighted by April expectations

its not over yet, im pretty sure they play 9 innings

Pennant Race???? Thats funny

Looks a lot nicer with Youkilis in the middle, assuming he is healthy, eh Ellie Mae?

there we go

don't expect to see much of connor jackson

Jesus - WTF happened to Lester in the 1st? 40+ pitches???

a few yrs ago this kid was the second coming of Christ in the Arizona desert now he's being traded for a bag of baseballs, a ham sandwich, a pack of Mustang Menthols and a lighter to be named later

How'd ya guess Ellie Mae??? Gutless f***ing bitch (Roger, VA, not you!) I haven't had a nice rant against Ole Blood & Guts in a while. My Mean-ness is waning in my old age as I count down the final 110 or so days til the 40th anniversary of the day I burst onto the scene back in the winter of 1971. I need to rip someone a new ******* before then. WHERE THE HELL IS RED HAT???? Hehehehehe

bwahahaha phil hughes the savior

There are no wins at the professional level with "little efforts"

How's the Kool Aid taste?? Expanding the playoffs accomplishes one thing. . . More money in MLB and its advertisers pockets. And if you believe any rhetoric to the contrary about why baseball is considering this, competitive balance being the phrase most commonly tossed around, you're being naive. As long as a Wild Card of ANY KIND is in the mix . . . there is an implied dis-incentive to winning the division. The incentive is, always, to "make the playoffs". The two are not mutually exclusive.

what happened in 2004 doesn't change the fact that every time you add something to the post season, it sacrifices something in the regular season that being said . . . as you pointed out, thank God MLB made the sacrifice before 2004

. . . .and the Wild Card killed the pennant race. And, God forbid they expand the playoffs anymore, they'll all but kill the regular season too. In a lot of ways, the regular season is already dead. Or at least dieing. Take this series with the Yankees. Its meaningless. Outside the normal NY/Bos hoop-la, does it matter if we take three or lose three? The answers "no" Sox will be in the playoffs Yanks will be in the playoffs And these last 30 games are to see who wins the division and who wins the wild card and really, who gives a f***? Rewind the time meter to the days before the wildcard. When the regular season really mattered. 30 games left and a half game separating the Sox and Yankees and the atmosphere at Fenway this week would be as tense as a stroll through Baghdad Square. It would literally be a war. And last night . . . zzzzzzzzzz I fell asleep during the game. Cuz it really doesnt matter Nice if they win? Of course But is anyone gonna lose any sleep if the Yankees sweep em? I hope not Cuz the last remnants of great pennant races, effectively died with the wildcard. And back in the days before 4 teams from each league made the playoffs, there was meaningful baseball being played all over the league after the 4th of July. Now..... We all wait for October I hope they destroy NY these next two games But really, what difference does it make? :dunno:

Sox are letting anyone into the rest of the night game for free - no ticket required

Pats look good. Oh wait The Lions are in blue . . .

They just took the tarp off and they're letting ticket holders for game two in for the end of game one.

i think my archive of walrus pictures set the standard for avatar excellence hehehe

is that Yaz the cat in your picture?

interesting article, sorta all that war s*** is all well and good but you dont need some made up arbitrary way of assigning value to a player to know that the Twins f***ed up nice post sometimes the best trades are the ones you dont make

Geeeeezus . . . .289 OBP for Crawford, thats flat out dreadful

it's ok rosebud, i'm sitting here relaxing with the Hot Dogs, they had some of my Five Guys burger so theyre very happy

it just started raining here in milford