These are all from me.

[The entirety of the email was a YouTube link to Madonna’s “Holiday.”]

Relevant:

What usually happens in posts like this is comments are typically ripping on the team/fans of the team in question. Deadspin Writer makes the case for rooting for a team, people in comments say “Nah, fuck them”.

The post was sarcastic. Obviously I know that those things don’t always make or break someone getting into the hall, but people are talking about Ortiz being the greatest hitter who ever lived right now and a first ballot hall of famer. I think he was an above average hitter who performed in clutch situations, but I…

I loved everything about these articles when they first started showing up, I started to get a little nervous that they might actually make it into the playoffs, and then the Giants shut the door on them and it all paid off.

You’d be salty too if you were covered in all the spunk Samer let loose when they missed the playoffs

Damn. If only this saltiness could be melted down and put into a syringe I’d inject it between my toes or wherever I still have good veins.

It’s easy when you only play half the game. Also, people in front of him on the HR list: Manny Ramirez, Rafael Palmeiro, Sammy Sosa, and of course Barry Bonds. None of these guys are getting into the hall because they were on the same list Ortiz was on in 2003. Why does he get a pass and these guys don’t?

Ah. Let me be clear then. I don’t want to have any of those conversations with Red Sox fans.

Just in case I wasn’t clear, I don’t actually want to have those conversations.

Yes, this. How can any non-Bostonian root for the Red Sox over the Indians? Boston has the most obnoxious fan base in all of sports (yes, worse than New York). Cleveland has been such a fun team, and let’s be honest, it would be a great story for Cleveland to have two championships in one year.

This Ortiz celebration has been seriously over the top. They are already retiring his number? Any argument to put him in the HOF falls apart:

Reason #1: Trout is better.

this is a solid breakdown

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