It's baseball season

“If Giants beat Cards today, it'll be the first time they swept a 4-game series in St. Louis since the year the Titanic sunk!!!”

“Baseball, that's it.... most boring 6 weeks in sports right now, from the end of the NHL and NBA up to the start of the NFL... WNBA doesn't count, have you tried to watch a game?”

“Like I need TinyPeckerMan to validate what I like ...”

“WNBA has some fans if they still broadcast the crap... thanks Geo.”

“So Corky hits a homerun in a scoreless game, and fans here are wondering why Bowa didn't demand that the umps check his bat.”

“Probably was asleep.”

“If he was, it was because he got tired of reading your boring, senseless attempts to prove your genius.”

“Go tribe!”

“Do people realize that they are watching a historic season? The Tigers have a chance to be the worst team in modern MLB history. I'm thinking of getting out to the park for the first time in years to watch history unfold.”

“Or maybe I should say "unravel."

"We're all behind our baseball team! Go get 'em Tigers!"”

“Fightin Phils had a 9-run 6th today, to take a 10-3 lead. Abreu hit a GS and a SF that inning for 4 RBI's. Who's afraid of Kerry Wood?”

“WoooooooooHoooooooooooooooo!”

“Who was that guy who played third base for us last season that we couldn't get along without? What was his name?”

“I dunno but we used his money to get Thome and Palanco (and Bell, who will eventually come through for us.)

BTW...its 10-6 now, bottom of the 7th.”

“Polanco was who we got in trade for him and the numbers are not far off. Plus Pacido enjoys playing here. He's a gamer!”

“Weren’t the Phillies just swept by the Mets?
The Mets ha,
The Mets ha ha,

the ... ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha”

“Its not hard to beat the Cubs now-a-days!

See what happens when they play the White Sox. My boys are riding a 6 game win streak.”

“Shadddup Wheelbarrow Boy!”

“Who me?”

“No, must hike!”

“Sorry, I am dumb!”

“You just stepped in the line of fire.”

“That was a good movie!”

“Guess the Crumbs paid for the Mutts sweeping the Fightin's.”

“I listened to some of that Phils - Cubs game on the radio yesterday. I think I heard Thome has 79 RBI now (had one yesterday?). I take back everything I said about him having a crummy year (I think I predicted 86 RBI, which is just one knee injury away, I suppose).”

“The Fightins just buried Scott Rolen's chances of being on the wild card team. What a f#$%*&@ shame! And he so wanted to be on a contender.”

“The Royals are still on top of their division. Who should get manager of the year? Tony Pena, of course.”

“Mesa has to go.”

“The Cards never had a chance for the wild card anyway, Geo. If you wanna go to the playoffs this year, and you're in the NL Central, you better concentrate on winning the division.

The Astros currently lead the NL Central, and their record is worse than the second place team in both the NL East and West.”

“He has become a project, but if Mike Williams is the alternative, I'd rather keep Jose around a bit longer. Williams is shakier than Wild Thing (who also was named Williams, now that I think about it).

I think at this point in the season, Bowa has developed a quicker hook, and well he should.”

“Good God bit, you're not only right, the Stros would be in fourth place in the NL East. And St. Loser is only a game behind them in spite of being swept over the weekend.”

“I've been trying to figure out why, in 15 years of watching Cub baseball, I've had a better idea of when it's time to pull the pitcher than any of their professional managers.”

“Welcome to the NL Central, Geo. Somewhere, there is a dictionary where the word "Mediocrity" is defined with nothing more than the NL standings for all three divisions.”

“Apparently the NL Central is the feeding ground for the other two divisions.”

“Here's another way to put it: The Cubs stand a fair-to-middling chance of taking the NL Central this year, especially since they just took 3 or 4 from the division leader.

That puts it in perspective.”

“OHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOO, not the Cubs!”

“Oh yeah!

Yes, I am a long-suffering Cub fan.

Yes, because of this, I'm faced with questions like, "If the Cubs can take 3 of 4 games from the Astros, the why can't they beat the Brewers, who really suck?"

Oh, and "Why did they invite Ozzie Osbourne to sing 'Take me out to the ballgame' when it's obvious he doesn't know the words to the sond?"

Don't worry too much Geo, even if they win, there's no chance they make it past the Divisional series.”

“Geo was worried???? ;)”

“He's really rooting for the Phillies this year, since they are doing pretty good (thanks for whipping St. Louis, BTW). The Cubs haven't yet demonstrated an ability to beat the Phils yet, but ya never know.

I'm not getting my hopes up too much, even though Cub management seems to be doing most everything right this year.

I do wish Dusty Baker would pull the starting pitchers a little earlier though.”

“Managers tend to leave pitchers in longer than they should because they worry about the pitcher losing confidence. The question that nobody seems able to answer is which hurts a pitcher's confidence more: getting pulled too early or getting lit up?

Bit, Cubs and Phillies fans are about the most long-suffering fans in baseball.”

“As for St. Loser, we have a special affinity for the Cruds here in Philly land. First it was J.D. Drew. Philadelphia wasn't good enough for him. And then "Beam me up" Scotty.

It's so nice to hear 42,000 people boo when Scott comes to bat! And now it's J.D. "Who?"

Rolen upped the ante when a reporter asked whether there was something he'd like to have from The Vet. "My sanity," was his response. I liked it better when he whined and moaned.

Meanwhile, Placido Polanco is a complete ballplayer, and one who does not whine, moan, or piSS on the fans.”

“I thought Placido Polanco was on Sesame Street.”

“No Limpy, Broad St. and Pattison Ave.”

“Dusty's loyalty was one of the things he was criticized for in SF.”

“Royals are now tied with the Sox and a half game up on the Twins, after getting roughed up by the Yank-me's. Hope they keep scratching and clawing, but I really wish the pitching would come through.”

“When both your staff aces implode on successive nights against one of the weakest teams in the league, you want to &#%@$ $%^@$ @($&$+!!!”

“The Phillies blow!”

“They did in their last series. Did they get swept?!?!?

White Sox are now in 1st place. 1/2 up on Minnesota.”

“Do they blow or suck? Or both?”

“The Phlounders got swept by the Brooders, but they're still a half-game up on the Maudlins. Don't ask me. I don't write this stuff!”