I've lived in this city my entire life. I've made fun of the ineptitude of the Pirates for as long as I've been aware of them. I've witnessed Pirates fans being mocked for believing "this is the year" for two decades. Things changed this year, man. The city really woke up to the beauty of baseball. People are talking…

I can relate. After the Orioles got bounced in game 5 last year, that was very much the attitude around here. A few hundred fans even went down to the yard to meet the team buses at 3am or whatever and congratulate the players and Buck. A friend of mine even got the O'Day soccer-style cheer going.

Now for every Pirate's favorite time of year:

ARRRRRRRRRRRR-bitration

Well, this has been fun talking to all of you who hate announcers who care about their teams and enjoy the game.

Hawk Harrelson incites a certain kind of stupid from people who attack him, yes.

Rose: Guess who I am. Quack! Quack!! Quack!!!

Awwww, that's adorable. Rose's son went as Joakim Noah!

Silly Samer. The ski lift is right there practicing in the fifth picture.

The Rays have the fifth-highest TV viewership in all of MLB. They have plenty of fans, just not very many fans who are able/willing to attend games at Tropicana Field.

"I'll get it!"

A Sox fan was kicked out for snatching a live Ray from the tank and throwing it. What the fuck.

I saw your last rant. It is clear you served, but I'm curious how many times you've fired your firearm in public outside of a combat zone?

Gosh, if he truly wanted to know the answer, why didn't he just don a turban and cape and touch his head to the door?

Texans' Worst Defender

That day, little Timmy became a man.

I wish she would come clean about how her crippling lack of sweat glands requires her to pant all the time to regulate her body temperature.

R. Kelly?

It is champ, we had 5 gold medals on the boat

Jesus, calm down. What's with Dallas and having your head explode?