AMA wins his bet.

by zknower on Sep 22, 2008 10:46 AM EDT

I apologize for pushing all the Yankee stuff down the page. Kinda.

I mean, I appreciate that the Yankees have had untouchable success when you look at the history of baseball and that a lot of that success occured in one particular park. But to me Yankee Stadium was always a piss-smelling sweat-soaked dump with overloud music and way too many B.S. distractions from the game—dot races, train races, incessant organ playing. Watching a game in Yankee Stadium, to me, was like having my teeth pulled. And the stadium unquestionably housed some of the most arrogant and ignorant fans in baseball.

But I digress.

With the Orioles' loss yesterday, coupled with the Red Sox win over Toronto, Awesome Mike Awesome has clinched the bet he made with me earlier this year.

As such, he will be allowed to heckle all he wants here in the offseason. And I have gone ahead and sponsored "jambroni" Red Sox reliever Rolando Arrojo for one year at baseball-reference.com. (The page there takes a day or two to reflect updates....and I can change it at anytime, so suggestions as to what I say are welcome. Per my bet with Mike, there must be some kind of "pro Red Sox message" accompanying the sponsorship.)

That is all. If you haven't done it yet, skip below this to read Stacey and SC's Yankee Stadium homages.

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This is some sad shit.

by Jonny Pops on Sep 22, 2008 12:16 PM EDT 0 recs

+1

ROFL

Zartan says, "Sign Dan Johnson."

by birdman on Sep 22, 2008 12:34 PM EDT up 0 recs

Tough bet

You were the underdog from the beginning, zk.

On an unrelated note, I’m going to go on the record saying the O’s will not win one more game this year. Swept by the Rays, swept by the Jays.

[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8

by Stacey on Sep 22, 2008 12:52 PM EDT 0 recs

ugh, you're probably right

That would make my pre-season victory total right on the mark.

Zartan says, "Sign Dan Johnson."

by birdman on Sep 22, 2008 1:00 PM EDT up 0 recs

If we somehow

Snuck into fourth, I wouldn’t know what to do with myself. Atlanta has had two timely victories as of late and if anyone was unaware, we’re currently dug in at fifth overall.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Sep 22, 2008 1:51 PM EDT up 0 recs

It's called 'playing for the draft'

And we’re experts at it.

Curt never met a buttered roll he didn't like.

by CoachOfEarl on Sep 23, 2008 9:59 AM EDT up 0 recs

I'm practically rooting for a Rays sweep

at this point.

If this season is gonna be remembered for anything, it’s gonna be that the Yanks and Boston didn’t win the division.

5th pick overall isn’t too shabby. It’s still a top-5 pick.

The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST

by the fix is in on Sep 22, 2008 2:08 PM EDT 0 recs

Meant Matt Wieters last year

and we got Brian Matusz with a 4th this year. Now, I’d like to pick in the high 20s some year soon (like 29th or 30th) but might as well get a good pick out of this year at this rate.

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on Sep 22, 2008 4:03 PM EDT up 0 recs

I would like to congratulate myself

for the staggering achievement of predicting the Sox would finish way ahead of the Orioles. Truly outstanding. However I would have preferred to delay this monumental victory for another day, and have the O’s beat the Yankees, thus ensuring that the final game in Yankee Stadium would end not only with a loss, but with a loss that puts the Red Sox in the postseason. Alas, but as they say, tomorrow is another day.

And to zknower, a respectable opponent, Rolando Arrojo and sucky players everywhere appreciate your support. Go O’s!

by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 22, 2008 2:16 PM EDT 0 recs

Double or nothing - 2009.

Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.

by typozzz on Sep 22, 2008 2:49 PM EDT 0 recs

For Clay Buchholz's page.

I’d be slightly more scared if a Jays fan wanted to make that bet, but either way, we should all look forward to a division next year with 4 (maybe 5) legitimate Wild Card contenders. The “maybe” is the MFY, in my opinion. I just can’t see them winning more than 85 games next year, and I believe that the minimum for the Wild Card is gonna be 92+ wins.

Remember when we were kids and we mixed sodas together and called them "suicides"? It was OK though, because Dr. Pepper was always there.

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Sep 22, 2008 4:59 PM EDT up 0 recs

Now that the Os are done

I’m betting someone could goad you into a dumb ass bet about the Redskins

by drj on Sep 22, 2008 9:35 PM EDT 0 recs

How about you say something like

“Fenway Park — the only place to see a game”

Sounds pro-PHN. Implies “Stay the hell out of Camden”

Has there ever been a cooler Oriole than Eddie Murray? I mean, just straight up cool. Like a bad, suave dude. You know what I'm sayin'. COOL. SC 7/24/08

by 33 on Sep 23, 2008 7:40 AM EDT 0 recs