(Get) A Sporting Life

Long will fans, writers and historians of the game discuss the epic long awaited battle between the Padres and the Rays. I myself am all a twitter,

Alright. I just attempted to use MLB.com to look at a box score. I just wanted to check something quickly, the way any fan of the game might. What I discovered was that because of the amount of advertisements they have loaded the site up with, it has become totally unusable. It certainly is no longer suited for the fan looking for information quickly. Now that I know this I will just use Yahoo.com when I need to get a box score. Great job MLB.com. I wonder what other ways you can come up with to drive way traffic.

All I can say is the ALCS is unwatchable, if you like baseball. If you like watching the umpires (continuing) to give games to the Yankees, well enjoy.... but don't kid yourself that you are watching baseball. You are watching a corporate payday.

Watch out Collinsville...uh, I mean St. Louis *wink*... here comes Albert : National League MVP Albert Pujols is trying to bring Major League Soccer to St. Louis. St. Louis Soccer United announced Tuesday that the Cardinals first baseman has joined the proposed ownership group, which is committed to bringing an MLS expansion franchise to the area in 2011. The announcement came one day after Pujols was named the MVP for second time in four years. “I am very proud and excited to join the effort to bring Major League Soccer to the St. Louis area,” Pujols said. “This means a lot to me and my family, as we all love soccer and we believe in MLS. “This is something that will be great for our community, especially our youth. I strongly encourage St. Louis business leaders and sports fans to join me in this effort. St. Louis is an unbelievable sports town and we’ll be a great city for Major League Soccer.” Ha! Take that Miami and Portland! What you got, eh? Nothing I tell you...NOTHING. Because...

I never want to hear another fucking word from Red Sux fans bitching about Scooter being in the Hall of Fame when he doesn't deserve it. Talk about not deserving something: Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has won the American League Most Valuable Player award. Pedroia got 16 of the 28 first-place votes and easily beat out Minnesota slugger Justin Morneau. Pedroia became the first AL second baseman to win the award since Nellie Fox in 1959. Five players drew first-place votes. Record-setting closer Francisco Rodriguez got one of them and finished sixth overall. Bullshit. Complete and utter bullshit. Look at these two lines and tell me who more deserves the MVP: Avg: .326 .321 OBP: .376 .436 SLG: .493 .563 OPS+: 122 163 HRs: 17 22 RBI: 83 77 Hmm... tough call, eh? Neither look like world beaters, really. But what if you knew the guy in the second column amasses those totals in only 126 games as opposed to 157 games for the guy in column one? Shit. Column two guy had a mu...

My God, does MLB have egg on their faces. This World Series has been nothing short of a fiasco. This isn't a matter of one big blown call every once in awhile. There have been major mistakes in every game. Of course it doesn't help matters when the umpire in an elimination game clearly has a different strike zone for Hamels then he has for Kazmir. UPDATE: Jeezus. The home plate ump is doing everything in his power to taint any Phillies victory.

So I checked what the Game Of The Week on FOX was here in SW Florida, naturally expecting to find a key playoff-determining game - probably the Twins/Royals since the former train here (and for that matter the Royals used to ). Silly me. I forgot the Yanks and BoSox were playing a meaningless game, which means they have to be on my TV. Fuck.  I guess it turned out that the game was postponed and I have no idea what they ended up broadcasting because by that time I had unenthusiastically cued up the Arsenal/Hull City match that I had recorded. What a game. A 2-1 Hull upset at The Emirates no less where the Gunners haven't lost in forever and haven't conceded a goal this season. Geovanni's strike for the equalizer was nothing short of magnificent and will make the EPL's highlight reel for the season, as will Myhill's save in extra time to preserve the win. So MLB (aka Bud Selig) can once again kiss my hairy ass. And fuck me if my Illini didn't just hold on defense...