Jacoby_Ellsbury

I'm sure that perennial ass-cancer candidate with the black poindexter glasses thinks it's all skill. It's shame all his delusions are wasted on a team with no fans. Imagine if a real fanbase existed to cheerlead for this leaking colostomy bag, I'd be vomiting blood right now.

Thank you Selig for making all this possible. MOAR WILDKARDZ Jackass.

If that run winds up being meaningful, I'll kidnap that umpire and drop him in an alley in Los Angeles, and let four Puerto Ricans rape him in the ass, and then decapitate him and throw his severed head into an open sewer after selling him bad ecstasy at triple the price. f***ing shitstain.

Too bad he wasn't at Capitol Hill yesterday.

Jesus. Okay, tobacco-addicted grandpa.

Sounds like fun. Too bad my cable is out and these clods at customer service couldn't be bothered.

I hope Shane lines one directly onto Evan Longoria's cock head, causing exploded red penis guts to stain all over the inside of his pants as well as third base.

I think you have a future writing erotica.

Whoever comes out of this is going to have played 2 games in a stretch where we've played none. I'm worried about the winner still having a good sense of rhythm while we go out there looking stiff and awkward from the layoff. I think I'd prefer to end up facing the Rangers, even if we blow in Arlington. I don't want any part of Cleveland with the kind of tear they're on, and I never feel like dealing with the Rays. We visit the wild card winner for two and then come back to Fenway for three, right?

His point is still valid though. Imagine last year if the Yankees had 12 more against the Mets while the Orioles had 12 more against the Nats. Or the Rangers got to kick the Astros around 12 more times while Oakland gets stuck the Giants. Things probably would've turned out a bit differently. I'm just spitballing ways to make interleague more engaging instead of it just being an annoying sideshow. There's no way to do it while keeping optimal competitive balance, but the current system isn't great in that regard either.

Interleague shouldn't even exist if flawless competitive balance is top priority, but Bud Selig certainly doesn't believe in that. The intent of it (I think) was to create new rivalries and to a lesser extent introduce a bit of novelty, but it didn't do a very good job at the first one. You have to admit my system works better to that end. I guess you could help the cause a teeny bit by stacking these games earlier in the season so that the Yankees aren't getting freebies during the stretch run.

Year-round interleague is so bad. Instead of Houston switching leagues to make Texas' life easier (because, you know, they were really struggling on the heels of those two WS appearances), interleague should been bumped up from 18 games to 30, with 18 of those 30 games coming against a team's designated natural rival, effectively creating another division opponent. That way, an actual rivalry has some room to develop and it doesn't feel like a midsummer exhibition series. And the Rangers still get those 18 games against the Astros without the league switch. There are still issues with that, like the fact that at least half of the matchups created would be inconsequential. Mets/Yankees, A's/Giants, Cubs/White Sox, Angels/Dodgers, O's/Nats, Guardians/Reds, Rangers/Astros, Rays/Marlins, and Royals/Cardinals are the only ones that have any geographic relevance, while we'd have 18 fruitless games against the Phillies or Braves or whoever our NR is, not much intrigue there. And of course there's the strength of schedule problems it creates (although still not as egregious as the NFL, and they make it work), and the fact that there's two extra NL teams to account for in all this (maybe make the D'Backs and Rockies play each other an extra 18 times, that'd be funny). But it's cleaner than what's going on now, no?

I think Greasy Baltimore sounds like one. I'm probably underestimating the internet here, but is there a name for covering a girl's ass in olive oil and repeatedly smacking it with a paddle while you piss in her throat? If not, I think we just found it!

s*** all over their greasy Baltimore faces.

Alright, I claim 'Navajo' as my new catchphrase.

I think I'm gonna start posting 'fail' again. You should too! Talksox throwback mojo.

8/25?

I'd rather re-sign Salty and wait for catcher help from within. Honestly big boppers are overrated. Lineup depth is more important than having a couple of juggernauts. We're leading the majors in run scored this year without anyone over 30 HR (yet, Ortiz has 29). The 98 Yankees won 114 games and scored almost 1000 runs without a single guy over 30 HR. If we give up 3-4 decent prospects for Stanton, fine, because Ellsbury needs replacing anyway, but after that I'd rather take the money we'd have to spend on Abreu (unproven) and McCann (expensive and about to hit 30) and binge on bullpen arms, maybe find a better fifth starter, re-sign a few of our own guys, then go find more Jonny Gomes' and Mike Carps as necessary.

f*** it then, let's add 3 more wildcards to each league, if we want to keep as many people tuned in as possible.

Five extra teams? What?

No more exciting than they'd be with one wildcard. I doubt anyone outside of KC or Baltimore cares that those teams are still technically in the hunt. The NL sure as f*** isn't exciting. The Reds and Pirates should be fighting for one playoff spot, instead they're just jockeying for home field in that one playoff game where anything can happen.

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm192/vivailmanzo/SewerHorse.jpg Never fear.

Pirates or Dodgers for me. Pirates just because of novelty and the fact that I'm a sucker for black and gold. Dodgers because a Red Sox-Dodgers WS would be all kinds of f***ed up. As for the others, Cardinals are old hat, although I do like the fact that the loss of Pujols hasn't had any noticeable negative effects on them. They don't give a s***. Cincinnati is maybe the most forgettable team in baseball. They're finally good again and still nobody cares. Similar deal with the Braves, nothing jumps out about them, they're just kinda there. I'd much the Cubs and Nats be relevant instead of those two teams.

just saying

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