Snobs vs. Slobs

Apropos of nothing, one of the Padres announcers finally said what millions of non-Cardinal fans have wanted to say for so very long:

As one of the ozarks finest pours himself out of the grandstands…..pause…and by the way the Rams should still be in L.A…....Had it with this place already…..pause….get back in your el camino and drive back to the ozarks.

(hat tip: Awful Announcing, obviously)

Enjoy, Cub fans.

From today’s Sun-Times:

“But in case they don’t want me as a starter, I guess they’re going to have to talk because I [don’t] want to be anything but a starter next year.”

You stink. Shut up. You’re old. You’ll be lucky if someone other than the Sox wants you.

Now I see why they didn’t trade Jose Contreras. He has absolutely no value. He’s old, he can’t break a piece of paper with his fastball and he gets hammered every time he pitches.

And now, he’s got a tired arm. Awesome. What a crappy couple of days for Sox fans.

If you had told me the Cubs were going to be in first place on August 2 after the start to the season that they had, I would have laughed in your face, and probably also said something rude and condescending to you.

Good thing you didn’t tell me that, because I would be eating my words right now.

For the first time since 2003, the Cubs are in first place (well, technically they’re tied with the Brewers) later than April. That’s awesome.

In 2002, Jonah Keri (no longer with BP) wrote an excellent piece over at BP about the success cycle. The fourth paragraph explains the concept pretty well: (more…)