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August 10th at 12:00AM

Countdown to Electiony: 86 Days

POSTED BY: CubbyChaser

One of the greatest legends of the Great American Pastime has to be the Boston Red Sox's longstanding curse (and by "curse," I mean "history of making idiotic business and coaching decisions, including being the last team in all of Major League Baseball to allow black players") that kept them a losing team for decades.

However, in 2004, they smashed through that curse and won the World Series for the first time in 86 years, beating the St. Louis Cardinals in four straight games.

That was the first time they'd been in the Series since 1986, when they fucked up a sure-win in the 10th inning of Game 6 after their first baseman let a ground ball (that any tee-baller could have easily fielded) go through his legs, and then the rest of the team decided to lie down and take it easy for the rest of the series. (Funny how those curses work.)

Anyway -- the curse demolished -- the Sox have gone on to win the Series again in 2007 and continue to be one of the strongest teams in the American League, as well as the only team that I dislike more than the Yankees. (Fuck them.)

Go back to Day 87.

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by stomp August 11th at 7:13AM
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February 13th at 3:00PM

Congress Seriously Gets Serious About a Serious Issue

POSTED BY: CubbyChaser

With their approval rating consistently in the toilet, Congress has finally woken up. They're not messing around anymore. They've grown spines and they're getting tough. About baseball. That's right, Roger Clemens and MLB trainer Brian McNamee are currently being grilled hardcore by our elected officials :

Apparently, all the Democrats on the committee are going all-out against Clemens while all the Republicans on the committee are only attacking McNamee.

As far as I'm concerned, Clemens and McNamee are reaping what they sowed. Steroid abuse is not a joke. If they wanted Congress to go easy on them, they should have just waterboarded a bunch of people.

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May 31st at 1:59PM

Kucinich at the Bat

POSTED BY: TheInDecider

Dennis Kucinich, along with Joe Biden and Mike Gravel, has agreed to participate in a presidential primary debate sponsored by Fox News and a thinktank associated with the Congressional Black Caucus.

"Fox broadcasts the World Series, too, but is it any less of a World Series because it's on Fox? Ask the fans in St. Louis, or Anaheim, or Boston," the Ohio Democrat said in a statement released by his campaign. "Lets face it, the race for the presidency is the World Series of politics, and here you have three candidates for President who are admitting that not only can they not hit right-handed pitching, they're even afraid to step up to the plate and take a swing. Well, I'm one candidate for President who can hit any pitch anyone throws at me. And I'll be taking the field in Detroit this September with the Congressional Black Caucus."

Kucinich went on to say, "If staying on point is like getting on base, then I have an OPS of 1.06, much like Barry Bonds, except my performance enhancer is my love for the legislative process. I'm a contact hitter who'll drag bunt or Baltimore chop my way to scoring position if I have to. It's Game Seven, 3 and 2 in the bottom of the ninth in America. Do you know what it's like to brush the dirt off of home plate in front of 50,000 screaming fans, eyeblack clogging your pores, athletic support riding your crotch as the pitcher sends a 94 mph brushback straight for your head? Well, do you?"