By Pedregoso Rios
San Francisco Giants fans won't like this, but this is my favorite home run celebration in quite some time. It took the entire team to make it work.

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By Pedregoso Rios
Worthy.

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By Pedregoso Rios
My detestation of the White Sox runs deep and infinite, but even I have to relent and give Mark Buehrle his due for yesterday’s bit of perfection. And, damn, did you see that Dewayne Wise shutout-saving, no-hitter-saving, perfection-saving juggle/catch in the bottom of the 9th inning? Holy scholy, that was pure sweetness. Even I get the chills when I hear the radio call replay of that catch ... and my detestation of those announcers is almost as deep and infinite as it is for the White Sox.

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By Pedregoso Rios
Our boi-E, Kevin Klinkhamer, forwarded this link for me to use. He said something about me being able to come up with something witty to introduce it, what with me being a long-suffering Cleveland Indians fan. But the depression I feel about my Tribe this season prevents me from generating anything approximating witty when it comes to the Indians. So, you enjoy the video while I try to avoid thinking of all the times I myself have flipped the bird while watching the Indians this year.

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By Pedregoso Rios
...is a dope.

Update I: Yeah, Manny’s still a dope. Fertility drug? Really?

Update II: We love our new owners’ enthusiasms for the league. This from Apocalypse Dudes owner Nate Meyers: “With Manny Ramirez violating the league’s substance abuse policy and receiving a 50-game suspension, I couldn’t help but think of how it affected the SLPL. For example, there are by my quick count about 23 teams with Ramirez in their line-ups. I would assume they would all make a roster move, which means $230 to the pot and possibly more when he comes back. Which is very exciting because who doesn’t love more money? I also thought of an idea due to this 50-game steroid suspension. There may a way to use it in the league. I would liken the odds of a superstar caliber player being suspended 50 games to the chances of a hall-of-famer dying. Maybe the suspended player cannot be removed from the roster (however, the can of worms there is what happens when a player gets a two game suspension for bumping into an ump)? Perhaps there is a negative point bonus or something to that effect? Or finally, maybe there is pick five performance enhancers pool?” We’re going to have to put these ideas in the hopper for the ’10 season. Thanks, Nate.

Update III: Ten of the 23 owners with Manny on their rosters wasted no time dumping him, adding $100 to The Pot and eventual champs’ payouts.

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By Pedregoso Rios
Tragedy is tragedy. (Lost fans should understand this allusion based on Wednesday’s episode.) He had a bright future and died way too young. It surely is a sad day.

Sadder still is that *six* Santa Lechuga owners have already chimed in to lament that he wasn’t a Cardinals pitcher. One even went so far as to suggest that we open the Creepy Cardinals Death Watch Pool to include on pitcher from each MLB team and not just Cardinals pitchers. Guys, let this sad news breath a little. The dude just died. Don’t forget the formula: Tragedy + Time = Comedy.

Saddest of all personally is what it says about me that all six of those owners contacted *me,* like I’m Mr. Tragedy over here. Hey, I’m not the arbiter of death just ‘cause I sponsor the Creepy Cardinals Death Watch Pool...I just help take the edge off the tragedy with a little black humor after the immediate horror of the tragedy passes.

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