You are right, and I obviously have no idea how Roman Numerals work.

Your negativity can't derail this hype train.

I come to Deadspin for comments like this one. +1

You are aware he was cleared of the charges, right? Not a fan of him, but that's a tough rep to carry if undeserved (as it appears to be).

Terrible question! I love both. But if I'm being executed tomorrow, send me Oklahoma Joe's ribs and pork. I'll use my own homemade sauce.

BOOOOOOOOOO

I think I might do some other stuff first.

no maybe your

Wait, you're telling me I could have voted for my favorites? Then where the hell was the poll for "warm woolen mittens"?

Baseball is the sport of my childhood. Since I grew up in the south there was no natural local team to pull for so I learned to love the game and the players individually, without worrying in particular who they played for. It was a long time before the many flaws of the people involved in the game became news stories…

My Deadspin HOF ballot is available for purchase.

At the end of Le Batard's suspension email, he was told that he had to forward it to at least 50 people, or he'd be killed by a Chupacabra with nunchucks.

Whoa! Erg! Gettin' worked up!

I know it's stupid and I know it's pointless and I know the complete disdain that it will engender from the person who receives it but I am so thoroughly disgusted that I sent a stupid email to the baseball hall of fame:

This is Deadspin's finest moment.

They put a very, very strongly worded statement on their Geocities page, too. It's right next to the dancing baby GIF they added last week.

The BBWAA regards Hall of Fame voting as the ultimate privilege

Is it any surprise that the BBW Association of America would hand down a heavy penalty?

I heard that he's also not allowed into BBWAA's official AOL chat room. They take shit like this very seriously.

Apologies for that last post as a couple point out. Frankly, never heard about that context. Point was that he is an idiot.