They then traded Clyde Frazier to the Buffalo Braves because he was clearly having a cow.

“The hole [inaudible] is fully wide open!”

You are right that conventional wisdom says that a good hitter should try to hit it over the shift (and wall) rather than take the easy single. But I bet if a hitter did this 3 or 4 times over a week or two teams would stop shifting against him and it would benefit him more in the long run.

Luckily, he’s in hell now.

is he pitching or directing a gangbang that’s having trouble getting going

That’s a bullshit way to break up a no-hitter. 

Lol Stroman has 16 career HBP. Chris Sale had 17 alone in his last season with the White Sox. Fuck outta here.

Consider me firmly in the “been burned by Travis Blackley” club

The NBA as well, but the 1960's version of it.

But why do they sing about West Virginia?

welcome to the right side of history, my friend. 

I’m slowly but surely getting on the “remove instant replay in all sports” bandwagon because it fucking sucks.  No, I don’t want to hear about how you lost your money gambling.  No, I don’t want to hear about “getting it right.”  No, I don’t want you to bring up examples about how it benefited the teams I support. …

Ah, so you’re saying walls work ...

It’s Honey Badger, not money badger.

Dafuq? That’s a big swing...it was almost 60/40 the other way when I voted.

I’m just glad Storm Duck lost, because Truman Peyote got jobbed harder than anyone else in the first round.

They’d have been much more memorable wearing these:

This is the first time a 26-year-old guy named Bryce didn’t feel right at home in the Wrigley bleachers.

I remember when the Blues changed their unis from a solid blue to a two-tone blue, columnist/garbage writer Phil Mushnick said that the change was to identify with a gangsta culture.  I don’t remember the Blues so much that Phil Mushnick is a fucking moron.

I just got a text from a college buddy who grew up in St Louis as a Blues fan. He hasn’t lived there in many years but he’s still a huge fan. It’s hard to exaggerate how freaking happy he is that they made it to the Final. Even though we’re on opposite sides in this series, we’ll chat about the games because we’re…