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Cretins And Heroes: Fun With Small Sample Sizes


Kosuke Fukudome is the Indians’ hottest hitter right now, putting up a 1.070 OPS over the last week. Asdrubal Cabrera put up a .461 OPS over that time. Obviously, Fukudome possesses outstanding moral fiber while Cabrera is a depraved cretin whose moral failings do not allow him to succeed in a stretch run. Interestingly, when searching Google Images for cretinism, one finds a picture of Curt Schilling’s family. While that is the sort of messed up little thing that makes life funny, my faithful readers will have to settle for this image (I have to think of the children):

Jack Hannahan has posted a .929 OPS over the last week, putting him in the same category as lifesaver Brad Pitt. Saving a woman on the set of a zombie movie is bad ass. Jason Donald has put up a .624 OPS over the last week, meaning he has the moral fiber of a newt. Ezequiel Carrera has put up an OPS over 1.000 the last week, but anyone who has a “q” in his first name is simply not hero material.

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Daily Picks 8/27


Yesterday: -50; Season +938

Today’s Picks: Cleveland/Royals under 9.0
Yankees/O’s over 9.5
Mariners/White Sox over 7.0

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Friday Night Drunks Week 2


Bobby was late for drinking because Bobby is on MPT — Mexican People Time. He says he was working — fixing sprinklers. Like I said, MPT.

Carlos Gonzalez just hit a 448 foot HR. Maybe 10,000 people were at the stadium to here it.

Bobby just told me that Vin Scully hasn’t been getting paid this year because of the McCourt divorce. I did not know that. Why hasn’t the local media buried McCourt for this?

It is dark, and Bobby is still wearing sunglasses. Prescription, he says. I told him it is better to be blind that look like a goober.

Peach vodka shots tonight. I am starting to wonder if I am turning gay. Bobby is laughing at me, but he bought the damn bottle and is trying to pretend he didn’t.

Cameron Maybin just made an amazing catch in Arizona. At least the Padres have that going for them.

Now we are watching the Battle of the Governors’ Cup — a preseason game between the Chiefs and the Rams. It is hard to believe the Rams left Los Angeles seventeen years ago. I wonder how sad St. Louis will be if the Rams come back. Los Angeles would be devestated to get that shitty team.

Andre Either just made an epic baserunning mistake at home that would even make Omar Vizquel cringe. The Rockies pick up Either by balking in a run.

Making fun of Jim Tracy isn’t as fun as making fun of Eric Wedge. I tease Wedge out of love; I rag Tracy because he is a dick. Tracy was just thrown out of the game.

If the Dodgers blow the game open in an empty stadium, and no one is there, doesn’t it count? This game is so boring that Bobby is re-arranging the beer cooler.

MLB highlights now. A.J. Burnett looks constipated. Perhaps the Yankees should invest in an enema.

Joe Girardi is bitching about games being postponed. Hey, Joe, ever been in a natural disaster? Your bullpen implosions don’t count — they are of your own making. Meanwhile, Buck Showalter just called him out for being a pussy. I don’t like Showalter, but he might just get into heaven for that — or at least a hummer arranged by the baseball gods. Buck is in dire need of one of those.

Bobby and I have a new plan — high speed rail from Redlands to Scottsdale. Bobby actually wants the train to go to Vegas, but Bobby has a gambling problem.

Bobby says that Kemp is a lock for MVP if he he gets in the 40/40 club. No shit, Bobby? Four hundred bucks will get you laid in Vegas also. Unless you have the money, no getting laid. Same with not having the 40 HRs and the MVP.

Ryan Braun is the love child of either Jeff Goldblum/Joey Cora and Susan Sarandon — big ass bug eyes. Bobby wants me to Google Cora and Goldblum to see who has the buggiest eyes. No way.

Shots.

Jim Thome doesn’t have to apologize for anything. He should have said, “I am back, Losers. Lick the sweat off my balls to redeem yourself.”

My friend Fast Eddie once informed me that Victor Martinez was a big steroid user. Victor looks downright tiny now. Maybe Fast Eddie was not the dipshit we thought.

MLB Network now looping — watching ESPN now. Pryor’s ugly face is on — since when did Terrell become as hard to spell on Jamal?

Bobby just informed me I can do Daily Picks on the Little League World Series. That is a line I won’t cross. Bobby once parlayed a LLWS game to a WBNA game. He also says Match.com is full of shit.

NASCAR fights are lamer than baseball brawls. Hillbillies should learm to speak before talking trash.

ESPN is stupid. One last shot before bedtime.

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Daily Pics 8/26


Big day yesterday as everything, including the dog parlay came in. +638 for the day, +988 for the season. A smart man would walk away now; I am not a smart man.

Today’s Picks:

CLeveland (Jimenez) -150 over KC. At some point, Ubaldo has to pull his head of his ass. Big Jim Thome is just the man to do it.
Atlanta (Hudson) -150 over the Mets
Brewers/Cubs over 8.5 for 100
Yankees/O’s over 10 for 100

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Tipping At The Ballpark


Jim Thome is returning to Cleveland, prematurely ending the city’s celebration of LeBron James being named the fourth worst celebrity tipper. Recently, there was a discussion about tipping at the old ballpark in the Baseball Think Factory lounge. I have had similar discussions with other people, and since my faithful readers often look to me for proper ballpark etiquette, it is probably time I lay down some ground rules on tipping.

First of all, I do not believe in tipping; I believe in overtipping. People in the service industry work their tails off; I worked many shitty jobs in that industry when I was younger, so I have first hand experience. However, every damn food counter seems to have a tip jar these days. Hey Pimple Face, you don’t get a tip for asking if I would like to Supersize my meal, especially in the drive thru.

Secondly, anytime someone pours you a drink of alcohol, you tip them, no matter the price. If the price is too steep to tip, then don’t buy the drink. However, I don’t adjust the tip for price at the park — the beer guy gets two or three bucks no matter if is $6.50 or $13.00. While I believe in overtipping, pouring me a draft doesn’t qualify for a massive tip. Since I don’t believe in tipping at standard food concessions, I don’t buy beer there.

I don’t buy food at standard concessions for that matter, mainly because the food sucks. The people at the barbecue pit get tipped — wrapping bacon around my dog is a divine act and should be rewarded. Vendors who walk down the aisles get tipped — the cotton candy guy loves me. He knows not to block my view, which is more than I can say about the soda and pizza guys. If I did buy from those ass panthers, they wouldn’t get tipped for blocking my way.

I don’t tip ushers; they try to curtail my fun all too often. I don’t tip charity stands either, which has become a Southern California trend. They are working for charity, not themselves.

Basically, it is the beer guy, the barbecue, and the cotton candy guy (when my kids are with me). Everyone else better just leave me alone.

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New Scoop On The Block


I have lost an epic battle with my middle daughter. Despite my best cajoling, she is an Angels’ fan. The only thing more disappointing would be if she were an Indians’ fan, doomed to a lifetime of misery. Recently, she just wrote a piece about the Angels for a sportscast for school. While her choice of teams is heartbreaking, check out the sentence structure from my little fourth grader in her report — it is the structure of champions.


This time last week, the Angels’ playoff chances appeared dead in the water. They had just lost three games in a row to their division rivals, the Texas Rangers and were seven games out of first place. Texas looked unstoppable, and the Angels looked horrifying. They were losing a fourth game to the Rangers in the bottom of the ninth inning 1-0. Suddenly, rookie Mark Trumbo hit a two run home run to win the game, and the Angels have been hot ever since.

Following that dramatic victory, the Angels then swept three games from the Baltimore Orioles in convincing fashion, outscoring the Orioles 24 to 12 over the series. Then the Angels took two games from the hot Chicago White Sox. Meanwhile, the Texas Rangers began stumbling, losing five out of seven games. Suddenly the Angels are only 2.0 games out first.

In other great Angels’ news, superstar pitcher Jered Weaver signed a long term contract that will keep with the Angels for a very long time. Weaver has a very good chance at winning the American League Cy Young Award, which is given to the best pitcher in the league. There still is about a month of baseball to play, but the Angels are hot, hot, hot. Over to you, Katherina.

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Daily Picks 8/25 (The Dog Par Raises Its Head)


Yesterday -25. Season total +350.

Today’s Picks: Cards/Pirates over 8.0 for 200.

Vogelsong is going off at -230 against the Astros. The Giants batted Orlando Cabrera leadoff last night. I’ll bet the Astros 50 to win 110, then hook it (parlay) for another 50 to Miller and the Red Sox at +150.

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Wedge’s March To The Lake


Mariners’ Eric Wedge successfully completed his scorched earth campaign on the Cleveland Indians playoff chances on Wednesday as Seattle trashed the Indians, pushing the Tribe under .500. “My aim, then, was to whip the Tribe, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us,” said a glorious Wedge. “Fear is the beginning of wisdom. I am William Tecumseh Sherman, and today I taught the city of Cleveland that war is hell. The toxic waste I set afire this week will burn for decades. The mayor won’t be bowling for a long time.”

“I took a shitload of grief in this town about my infatuation with Casey Blake’s beard,” continued Wedge. “The homophobes went as far to say I lusted after Casey. My fascination with Blake’s beard had to do with is General Sherman like. Brokeback Mountain, my ass. When I looked at Casey, I only saw Kennesaw Mountain.”

Cleveland Indians manager Manny Acta was surprisingly upbeat after the thrashing. “Not that the dying is done, we can get on with the business of living.”

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Missing In Action


Travis Hafner, Grady Sizemore, Shin-Soo Choo, and Asdrubal Cabrera were not in the Indians’ lineup today. According to Baseball Prospectus’ new Compensation feature (which is awesome), Hafner and Sizemore’s salaries makeup 42% of the Indians’ 2011 payroll. Put Choo and Cabrera into the mix, and 54% of the Indians’ payroll wasn’t in the game today.

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Daily Picks 8/24


Yesterday: Alex White pitched well enough for the Rockies to come in big for me in a pucker, pushing me into the black. +940 for the day.

Season Total: +375

Today’s Picks:

Seattle (Hernandez) -125 over Cleveland
Tampa (Davis) +110 over Detroit
Twins (Slowey) -125 over O’s
Twins/O’s over 9

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