Young's Overbay-esque 2008 (poor performance blamed on hand injury) has brought his value below zero. He just received a huge raise, despite being a sub-standard shortstop accompanied by offensive production in sharp decline. So please, Blue Jays fans, don't insist that JP could trade him for Jason Frasor and is incompetent for not doing so. Nobody is going near this guy for anything more than a song, and for good reason.
Somewhat Exciting Site News!
Hard to believe that it was one full year ago that today we chained the first monkey to the first stolen laptop with dreams of one day compiling the perfect listicle and/or adding sweet nuance to our particular brand of slander. Many things have changed along the way, and hopefully things will keep changing for the better (fingers crossed for fewer than 3 tenses per post in 2009. We can be doing thems!)
In honor of this meaningless milestone; I've opted for two different synopses of our year. The first you see above, as told by Walter and the Dude. Below I've selected one post from each month which has stuck out in my memory.
Thanks for reading etc for the past year, here's hoping for at least a couple more!
- January! The Raul Mondesi Story. The foundations of scumbaggery were laid long ago.
- February! The Ridiculous Rocco Serendipity Story. When the TTC, Rocco, and fate collide.
- March! In which I express my disdain for hustling dirt dogs. I don't miss Reed, though he would have better than Mencherson.
- April! I got in on the ground floor WRT Somali pirates. They used GOOGLE MAPS to locate the hijacked oil tanker, yet it remains jacked.
- May! Jeff Spicoli named Blue Jays GM. A Ghostrunner scoop.
- June! An open letter to the Toronto Blue Jays baseball club. Watch for follow-up to this later this month.
- July! The dog days of liberated fandom. Please don't trade Roy Halladay.
- August! Questions from Girls. The first of a series...
- September! Going soft on the Yankees. It didn't last.
- October! Kicking over the Angels house of cards. They'd finish dead last in the AL East.
- November! I repeat: please don't trade Roy Halladay. Ever.
- December! The Yankee hate is back in full force. They actually just hate themselves.
Uh...excuse me...it's "Gold Glove Winner" MIchael Young nowadays. Isn't that worth anything? What's that? Gold Gloves aren't worth the non-fair-trade chocoloate they're stuffed with? Oh. Oh well then.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like Michael Young is a high-priced hooker with a venerial disease; too expensive, and nobody wants to go near him.
ReplyDeleteBTW congrats on your 1 year anniversary. There is a DQ Ice Cream Cake in the mail dedicated to Rocco.
I'd be writing up a bloviation on this right now if the damned site would let me log in. I have a rather tortured view on the whole thing.
ReplyDeleteAH! there it is now! Off I go...
At least his huge contract will keep him from pawning his hollow Gold Glove.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe it's been a year since you came into my life.
ReplyDeleteJoyeux Anniversaire. Here's to 11 more.
ReplyDeleteApparently Young sucked it up and recinded his trade request.
ReplyDeleteAnd congratulations on the year. A Day in the Existence was my favourite read on a blog all year. Well, that and the steroid challenge \debate over at DJF!
Thanks Malcom! We'll keep doing our best!
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