Against the Bills. What exactly did the British do to deserve that?

In 2 weeks it’ll be Buffalo and Jacksonville. That sounds a lot worse.

Terrible coaching plus little talent are expected to get you what exactly?

Interestingly, it did seem like through the webbing of his glove I could see his catcher Martin mouthing “You’re talking crazy” when Buehrle said through the webbing of his glove “I’m not going to make it out of the inning”.

One doesn’t always control these things.

Not bad, but faded a lot down the stretch.

Thought it was odd to let Buehrle pitch in the 1st, yet have Bautista and Donaldson still taking meaningless at-bats in the 7th down by 11 runs.

This is excellent. I’m (Wilford) Brim(ming)ley over with laughter.

Just today? As if Jax football isn’t a gallery of bad losses?

+1278 hits in “professional” baseball in Japan

Japan is not “top level baseball.”

Not a huge Ichiro fan (recalling his days in Seattle when I lived in Japan, “another Ichiro single” leading off the news as if it were the biggest thing to happen in the world that day), but his WAR makes him borderline. To me borderline means out, but not all HoF voters will see it that way. He’ll get some…

Indeed. He’d have 4000 singles instead of 3000.

Sounds like Seahawks fans.

No way to know that. Sometimes the guy that’s open is less scary than the guy who outwardly controls himself.

Most professional athletes are. They need to be.

Please keep him. I went to a game a few weeks ago, and thought it was sad how many Lawrie and Rasmus jerseys there were. Sustained mediocrity confers no benefit, and is far worse than bottoming out.

Rangers are their most dangerous potential opponent, maybe even more than KC.

As an admitted fairweather fan (following since late 80s, do not watch when they aren’t good), I can’t say this is unfair. I went to a game in Sept, and I’m willing to bet I’d have been greeted with blank stares at the mention of the collapse of ‘87, or the run against the Orioles in ‘89, Dave Winfield’s double in…

Clark Kentstein?