Who is it that won 4 of the last 6 World Series???? Ohhhhh, yeah.... the New Yawk Yankees, baby!!!

The Red Sox haven't "wiped the floor with the Yankees" since Roger Clemens was winning Cy Young Awards while toiling at Fenway back in the late 80s and early 90s!! Oh wait... that's cruel. Roger's now winning 20 and more Cy Youngs with the Yankees. I'm sorry.

Hey, how about this one! They haven't wiped the floor with anyone since they pulled one of the biggest CHOKES in the history of all professional sports in the 1986 World Series. (I watched in-person as they completed their humiliation in Game 7). Sorry.... that's even more cruel. I just can't stop... there are soooo many embarrassments, gaffs, blunders and disgraces going waaaay back into the last century - it's not really fair. Oh, that’s right…. you asked for it!

Can't wait to see Jason blowing them over the short porch in right, as the Yanks pull away in the "meaningful" games after the Sox have squandered yet another meaningless early season lead in June. The inevitable collapse and the subsequent misery of loyal Blow Sox fans will be made that much sweeter for us Yankee fans after the puffed up hyperbole from fans of a franchise that hasn't won anything meaningful in the past 83 years once again blows up in your red faces.

Notice I said "supposed to...." lol

But the Twinks won the season opener -- a season that was supposed to be without a team in Minnesota, thanks to "contraction." But that didn't happen...yet...

Of course, the joke in ND is...

"Why doesn't North Dakota have a professional baseball team?"
"Because if it did, Minnesota would want one, too."

1. Red Sox
2. Yankees
3. Braves
4. Mariners
5. Dodgers

But if the Yanks old-age home starting pitching holds up in the second half, the scary thing is that they can get better.

It's been a great first half, sadly punctuated by the death of one the all-time greats.

"And the Jays still suck."

That of course assumes that the season ends around the end of October as usual, and not sometime in August. In that case, I'll just come back and post that then.

Oops! 4 rings. Left the 5th one on the field in Arizona.

Shutout twice in a row at home (including Pedro)! Stick a fork in dem Sox.... again.

Hot to trot in April. Riding high in May. Happy in June. Concern shows in July. Disgusted in August. ****ed off in September. Watching Football in October.

Any questions???

I just wish that both the players & the owners understand that no matter who wins at the table, we still have to foot the bill to see them in action.

TM <--One less fan in the world

Since September 11, 2001, Americans have come together as never before in our generation. We have banded together to overcome tremendous adversity. We have weathered direct attacks on our own soil, wars overseas, corporate scandal, layoffs, unemployment, stock price plunges, droughts, fires, and a

myriad of economic and physical disasters both great and small. But now, we

must come together once again to overcome our greatest challenge yet.

Hundreds of Major League Baseball players in our very own nation are living

at, just below, or in most cases far above the seven-figure salary level. And as if that weren't bad enough they could be deprived of their life-giving pay for several months, possibly longer, as a result of the upcoming strike situation. But you can help!

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Although $700 may not seem like a lot of money to you, to a baseball player it could mean the difference between spending the strike golfing in Florida

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Your commitment of less than $700 a day will enable a player to buy that home entertainment center, trade in the year-old Lexus for a new Ferrari, or enjoy a weekend in Rio.

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HOW WILL HE KNOW I'M HELPING?

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YES, I WANT TO HELP!

I would like to sponsor a striking MLB player. My preference is checked

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[ ] Infielder

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[ ] Alex Rodriguez (Higher cost: $60,000 per day)

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I hope they strike..and I hope people finally understand that baseball players & owners don't care about fans AT ALL.

Remember... By going to or watching games, buying team gear, etc., you are saying it's OK to be screwed by baseball.

Time for the FANS to strike