Why Are They Wearing Blue?

Jesus Christ on a Pogo Stick! Red Sox? Wearing blue?

Tomorrow is Gonna Be Epic

Saint Patrick's Day + Yanks/Sox ST game + TC at home refusing to even make believe he's gonna do any work = The 2008 Season's first full blown baseball binge-drinking incident.

So today, I have to decide: "How much do I like my current TV?"

Lord, I Love Minor League Ball

Music announce plans for Eliot Spitzer night

Hey, Alex! You know any good clubs north of the border?

"Ya know, Spitzy old boy, I sure do!"

Now, the Giants I could take, but....

...the frickin' RANGERS???

"Hey, I gotta GREAT idea! Whydoncha close da' house wit da' Isles and da' Rangers!"

BANG!

Shut the FUCK UP! Close the house WITH FUCKING BASEBALL!!!!

TC: BTW, looking at the 25th/26th of Aug for a Queens/Bronx send off (SOX IN TOWN BITCH!)

Posted for El Jefe

Mugger: ROGER CLEMENCY

Why is Pettite Getting a Total Pass?

The way that the radio guys, NY Post and Daily News sportswriters--especially that gutless twirp Lupica, who doesn't allow comments on his near-daily attacks on Clemens--have pretty much all decided that the Rocket is already convicted, it's unsurprising that I had to go to the Village Voice find a clear headed examination about what really is going on in this circus sideshow:

When the Mitchell Report revealed that McNamee said he injected Pettitte with HGH in 2002, Pettitte was reviled as a cheat and a liar. In a short time, he was transformed into a sympathetic figure (despite withholding information on further HGH use) for one reason: He was the tool that could be used to get Roger Clemens.

Softballs for Pettitte; Beanballs for Clemens by Allen Barra

Barra lays out what seems to be the biggest reason everyone has decided that Rocket is guilty: Pettite's testimony. But Andy's testimony ain't necessarily the smoking gun everyone seems to believe it is:

That Pettitte would not appear as a witness at the February 13 public hearing wasn't known until just before midnight on Monday, February 11. The next morning, most headlines read like ESPN.com's "Pettitte's Affidavit Supports McNamee's Version of Events." This, it seemed, was damning—irrefutable proof that Clemens had lied in his own deposition to the committee (not to mention to Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes). It was speculated that the reason that Pettitte would not be appearing in person was that he didn't want to hurt and embarrass his close friend and former teammate—an explanation highly favorable to Mitchell and Waxman, as well as to Pettitte's reputation.

Another version of Pettitte's reasons to skip the hearing appeared in numerous stories that also appeared on February 12: As ESPN's T.J. Quinn reported, sources had told him that "Pettitte was not a good witness when he appeared before Congressional lawyers during sworn deposition . . . . Pettitte often contradicted himself, so the committee agreed to his request not to appear before the committee." If that's true, one must wonder if Waxman wasn't relieved that Pettitte wouldn't be grilled in person about the vague and often contradictory statements in his deposition. If so, Roger Clemens, whether innocent or guilty, was denied the fundamental right of facing his accuser.

Predictably enough, those local sportswriters who have long since declared Clemens guilty haven't gone back to Pettitte's deposition, though it is now on the public record. If they did, they might agree with Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus, who, in a thoughtful February 14 piece on the BP website, found that "Pettitte's testimony is hardly the slam-dunk takedown of Clemens that it was made out to be. Pettitte, in many places, actually corroborates Clemens's version. . . . What is interesting is that the differences between Pettitte's statement and Clemens's statement are so easily reconciled."

go read the whole thing.

Could it be?

YES! Spring IS here finally!
And not too soon, I might add!

Say, "Cheese!", Asshole!

Oh, my, what a web we weave! Isn't that right Texas Con Man?

If this is true you'd better come clean (LMAO!) and soon.

But then again, you're not worried about the Hall, are ya' now?

Screw the Clemens Inquisition

Today is the day The Winter of Our Discontent Ends

This Hearing is a Farce

I've been watching the Clemens Hearing Inquisition, and it has devolved from an absolute waste of time and taxpayer dollars to a televiosion game show: Who's the Liar?"

So far, MacNamee seems to be pulling ahead; one of the Inquisitors read through a list of quotes MacNamee'd given to various newspapers and other media outlets, stopping after each and asking, "was that the truth?"

MacNamee: "No sir."

After about the eighth question the guy says, "Y'know, I'm not even going to bother with the rest of this list," and said, "This is basically a case of who we are supposed to believe, and I have to say, I have no reason to believe you."

rambling liveblogging here.

Mrs. Mattingly is a Tweaky Freak?

No wonder Donnie Baseball didn't get the Yankee job.

Wait a Goddamn Minute, Knobby

Someone Explain This For Me

Someone Remind Me...

Have I lifted the fatwa from Farnsworth's shoulders?

Because all this Joba in the bullpen? stuff is really starting to tick me off, and pitchers & catchers hasn't even started.

FUCK THIS "INNINGS PITCHED/PROTECT THE KID" SHIT!

If you don't sign someone--anyone, you have no choice when it comes to the rotation.

Joba's in it.

Where have you gone....

Orenthal James....

Say it ain't so, Rocket!

Oh, but it is so. Supreme Douchebag Clemens has hired an All-Star roster of fucktards.

Other than Ann Richards I thought that EVERYONE from Texas was 'Red' but I guess that's not the case when you hire someone from BILL FUCKING CLINTON'S legal team...

HEY, JEFE?

While getting ready for Pitcher & Catchers, I was reading through the old posts at the DBGB.

I was stunned: we're idiots. Having fun, but still....

And what the hell happened to Ric?
Dive into the Well of Whacko

The House That Darth Boss George Bought

The Team from Queens will play in a joint named after a bank that might not exist by the time it opens.

DBG would never commit such heresy.

Really, Muttsies, you should have had some class and stuck with honoring Bill Shea, who was one of the most important guys in modern NY sports. If not for him, your club (and the NY Islanders) would never have been born.

Too Good to Not Swipe

FARK.com: (3325959) Top 30 lucky, I mean brilliantly, timed sports photos

Judging by the curvature of the wall, methinks this was Bleacher Creatures' territory, which would explain it:

On the Loose in the Coop!

Rich "Goose" Gossage became only the fifth relief pitcher elected to the Hall of Fame, earning baseball's highest honor Tuesday on his ninth try on the ballot.

Known for his overpowering fastball, fiery temperament and bushy mustache, the Goose received 466 of 543 votes (85.8 percent) from 10-year members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

ESPN - Gossage voted into baseball Hall; Rice just misses - MLB

The Definition of "Douchebag"

Ex-minor leaguer could sue MLB - Yahoo! Sports:

"Ex-St. Louis Cardinals farmhand Rich Hartmann told the New York Daily News he is considering filing the lawsuit, and has support from former teammates.

'Was I cheated of my dreams of a big-league career?' Hartmann said in Sunday's Daily News. 'I don't know. But I do know there were thousands of guys who were right on the doorstep between 1990 and 2005 and they were cheated because they didn't use steroids.'"

Hey, Hartmann? You couldn't break out of single A in the Cardinals' system back then... when the big team was pretty damn shitty.

You really think some other guy taking 'roids was your problem?