Tryin’
I’ve been considerably more lax in posting on this site than I had hoped, and I’m sorry. There was this little football draft
this weekend, but that’s just a lame excuse. And not only that, but mlb.tv has proven that they really, truly hate my ass by being down for the past three days. Seriously, if these guys weren’t a monopoly, they would’ve been out of business 85 years ago. Incompetence is an understatement. Even interns would do a better job than these asswipes. OK, I feel a little better, now only if I get my $120 back.
So, now that I have apologized and begged for forgiveness, I wanted to take a quick tour of the leagues.
Hey, here’s a nice bar bet for ya: which team has the best winning percentage in the so-badass-fox-goes-crazy-with-love American League? The Yankees???! Why, no! Oh, of course, it’s the Red Sawks. Ummmm, no….. Tigers? Not so much.
That’s right, peeps, the Athletics have the best record in the AL. No, they won’t keep it up, but they aren’t quite as nauseating as people thought. I really wish I would’ve done a full league preview because the As are my pick for the AL West. Between the Mariners and the Rangers, you’ve got a couple of really crappy teams to beat up on if you are the As. Fortunately for the As, they got to start with a weak AL Central.
So……is the AL still the best thing in the universe Evar!?
In the NL, the Diamondbacks have the best record. I think they’ll have the best record in baseball at the end of the season, as well. It’s just a perfect storm of a team: Brandon Webb, Danny Haren, and a young, destructive offense.
But the Florida Marlins are leading the NL East? Yes, it’s true. Oddly, they have been equal opportunity badasses, picking on whomever gets in their way. Mets? Suck. Braves? Nationals? Pshaw.
A big reason has been Scott “Psycho” Olsen, who suddenly understands that battling the opposition is far better than picking fights with your own teammates.
And if you are a Mets fan, precisely how suicidal are you? Are you Lizzie Borden, where you want to kill and die in the chair? Are you Kurt Cobain? Or, *drat*, are you Jeffery Dahmer-esque? Yeah, the Mets are 13-11, good for 2nd in the NL LEast, but the team isn’t instilling the fear I thought it would. Carlos Delgado had a couple of bombs today, but there was talk that he would be released. I can’t tell you how stupid that would be, but we are talking about the Mets here.
I’ve been writing about the Astros quite a bit, but I wanted to take a moment to talk about the rest of the baseballers in the league. What you say?
Posted under 2008 Season, AL Supremacy, Bloggerating
April 28th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Oh, the sweet sweet tears of a Mets fan. I could drink them by the gallon. Remember how everyone’s knock against the Astros lineup was, “yeah, but look at how old they’re getting”? Apart from Wright and Reyes (how old is HE?), their heavy hitters are all getting up there, and Pedro looks like he’s Satchel Paige, and not in a good way. Like he resembles Satch’s corpse.
I met a D-backs fan last week, so apparently they do exist. It’d be a damn shame for such a good, well-balanced team to go unnoticed in Phoenix.
April 28th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
The D-backs are The Truth. That’s a scary good young team, but it will all hinge on if they can keep their composure and maturity. Haren is a brilliant addition to an already sick rotation.
I get no shortage of joy out of harassing my Mets friends. Though having the Cubs doing so well is breaking my soul. I despise the Cubs.
April 29th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
This Cassel guy isn’t half bad for what we expected. If he holds up like this, the Astros should go with the unprecedented move having he hand Wandy share the rotation spot - Wandy at home, Cassel on the road.
Tongue-in-cheek of course, but Wandy on the road is a Pinata.
How the hell do I type that little squiggly thing over the ‘n’ in Pinata?
April 30th, 2008 at 6:58 am
Any idea why Cassel got pulled after only 70 pitches? I couldn’t watch the game but he seemed to be doing well. Injury?
April 30th, 2008 at 10:55 am
DHC, I have no idea. I’ve never been able to figure that out.
DT: Cassel is still really only a reliever. It’s probably best that they pulled him at 70. To get through another full inning would’ve put him around 85, which is probably too much to ask for. And, frankly, we need to keep him healthy the way he’s pitching.