Despite last nights win, Willie gets cut:

"-- ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- After weeks of speculation that his job was in jeopardy, Willie Randolph finally got fired by the New York Mets while most fans were sleeping.
 Randolph was let go in the middle of the night Tuesday, 2 1/2 months into a disappointing season that has followed the team's colossal collapse last September."

Read the entire story

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/06/17/bc.bbn.mets.randolphfir.ap/index.html

I was talking with a friend of mine who recently moved to So Cal from Indiana.  He is a Yankee fan (yeah I know.)

I was telling him that I was going to make him an Angel fan in due time.  In the course of discussion, he said that he didn't like Sciocia because he was a 'hot-head'.  He stated,  "We must watching two different versions of Sports Center" -- because he's seen press conferences and such...

What the hell is he talking about?

I'm sure we've all seen this... but just in case we didn't.

http://www.bustedtees.com/shirt/jesushatestheyankees/male

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I just read this entry in the archive of Rev's old blog...

March 3rd 2005:
"I just faxed my order form to the Angels so that I get all of the crapola they give away at games all at once in a box at the end of the season. I wasn't sure i wanted to do it, but my lovely girlfriend reminded me of her neice's wedding in May that we are going to go to - and Monday May 23 is Darin Erstad Bobblehead doll night. Hmmm. $65 for a box of junk... ah hell, I will look at it as a box of toys."

Can you still do this?

Butch, get the guys working on this one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzpojSVQ2rs

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Dodger Fan is a proud, yet ignorant fan... and they deserve to be so without criticism.  Who are we (43W-26L) to cry like little girls about Dodger fans thuggishness?  In their own house for christ's sake.  Let's give them the respect they deserve.

Dodger fan can confidently huck that mustard gooed pretzel at your grandmas wig... afterall, we won our title wwwaaayyy back in 2002.  The Blue made the playoffs last year, and their last title was... uhhh what?  Errr, their last title was in 1988.  Did they even broadcast the '88 World Series in Mexico?  Seriously, how could you expect them to know.

Dodger fan has every right to chuck a couple soft-serves at my wife's dome, or to yell obcenities at my young (and terribly innocent) daughter.  Hell... Dodger Fan has every right, as American citizens, to the freedom of speech our great country affords.  Wait... Dodger fan is not a legal American citizen?  I digress.

They have Jeff Cunt... errr, Clark Kent, errr, Jeff Kent.  We have Vlad Guerrero... big fuckin' whoop.  Jeff Kent is a class guy... and that Vladdy... well, he doesn't even speak English.  Wait... neither does Dodger Fan?  I digress.

However, this is what really puzzles me...

Man, I try.  Can I not sit in the bleachers, wearing my Angel blanket / poncho that I proudly bought in Tijuana, without getting some love from Dodger fan?  Wait... Dodger fan's blanket / poncho (I call it a bloncho) was made in China?  I digress, I guess.

We sit there, getting doused in beer, getting clocked by half-eaten Dodger Dogs, while being called (in my case) "Cracker-ass motherfucker."  I can't help but think how proud Jackie Robinson would be at how far we've come in race relations.  Don't put first-class, ironic humor past Dodger Fan... they are clever little bastards.

Sitting in the nosebleeds with your girl, and Dodger fan yells, "I'm going to fuck your girlfriend."  It's only because they love the game of baseball and it's their way of showing it.  Just yell back, "Yeah, she gives good Orel [Hershiser]" -OR- "Not with that 2 inch Pee Pee [Reese] you won't"... they won't know what the fuck you're talking about.

Folks, Angel Red is sooooo 2002... You gotta' give it to the Dodger Booooo.

UPDATE:

Am I the Michael Richards of Halos Heaven?

I don't think so.

I STRONGLY DISAGREE that in CONTEXT, my comments were racist or driven by racism. I think a more critical reader would see the irony in my post and the intention of the racial references.

Regardless, to show you what a real man I am... I want to apologize to anybody here that felt my remarks were racially insensitive. Other than the classless Dodger Fan (of any race), I did not intend to hurt anyone with my post.