The forces of darkness (the AL) are beating the defenders of true baseball (the NL)

And Machado made me furious so I quit watching and came back to MA to raise everyone's spirits with one of the best mashups ever made

Damn I sure hope the Cardinals don't pursue Machado this offseason

Great bat - Complete POS as a person

That little stunt could have easily ruptured the 1st baseman's Achilles tendon. AGAIN


What a douche

Fun article

Ladies and Gentlemen put yer hands to gether for PROPAGHANDI!

My son was visiting yesterday, we were doing some chores

I had my old boombox going with an MP3 player on shuffle...

After 3 songs my son turns to me and asks - Dad, what the fuck is wrong with you?

Ahh the love a dutiful son is a joy sent from heaven... BTW, it was these 3 songs in this order.

My friend Alan Howe is running for POTUS

And I think he has solid strategies and true thinking regarding our issues

I am very proud that Alan has a clear vision of the issues we face:
https://howe2020.org/4-threats/

He knows that his is a gadfly campaign and he is running just to be a way to keep impeachment, global warming and the rise of racism in focus.

These are the reasons he's running.

So, as he says himself - "Hey, support me until your candidate declares."

My friend Alan Howe is running for POTUS

He's doing this to keep impeachment in the conversation.

He is a good man - smart and well grounded.

He knows he's running a gadfly campaign but wants to be the guy asking about impeachment global warning and the rise of racism.

His every appearance furthers that goal.

https://www.facebook.com/1695527007/posts/10205425407750046/

"Support me until your candidate declares"

Voted early for the first time today

I will be out off state on the 6th so I headed to the County Clerks office this morning to vote.

Steady traffic but it only took about 10 minutes - pretty smooth operation really.

I got there and there were about 10 folks ahead of me when I arrived and when I was leaving there were about 10 folks waiting...

Picked up several I voted stickers because I like to put 4 or 5 on my shirt and walk around telling Republicans it's because I'm an Illinois Democrat and I get to vote as often as I like.

So, get out and vote and piss off some Trumpster Party Trash, it feels good man.

I am a big fan of -

SAX AND VIOLINS

The level of play in the playoffs has been outstanding

Except for one position.

The catchers' play has ranged from mediocre to awful.

Passed balls, bad framing, poor throws on steals, poor effort on bunted balls - Name a catcher pet peeve and it has been on display this October.

Part of the problem is that the best catchers either didn't make it (Molina Posey Maldanado) or got bounced early (Contreras).

That doesn't explain how usually serviceable catchers such as Yasmani Grandal for the Dodgers and Christian Vasquez for Boston have had sub Par playoff runs.

I sometimes get grief for being an unabashed Yadier Molina fanboy, but watching game after game of piss poor catcher play is making my head hurt.

In the 20 years I've lived in the St Louis area, I had the pleasure to watch 12 Gold Glove seasons by Mike Matheny (4) and Yadi Molina (8).

That's not even the whole story because I still think Mike was robbed in 2002 (for Brad Ausmus) and Yadi was better defensively than Brad Ausmus (AGAIN!) in 2006 and better than Buster Posey in 2016.

Bad backstops bother me in a fundamental way.