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Toskala's probably better than Khabibulin, anyway. And he'll probably get traded at the deadline if anyone needs a goalie.

The problem with this is that probably 4 of the top 5 teams in the AL play in the East. Really, I'd take the top 4 teams in the AL East over any team in baseball except for the Angels and Cubs (and maybe the Phillies). No one's going to call the season the White Sox or Twins had 'miserable', but they'll finish with worse records than the Yankees (are barely better than Toronto).

Yeah, I was about to say. Sign me up for that 'miserable' season anytime.

Yeah, my team really shit the bed this week.

I really wish XM was using the Brewers radio feed for this rather than the one from ESPN. Would be really nice to hear Bob Uecker call this one.

Sports stadiums (and baseball parks, in particular) are something of a hobby of mine. I've spent way too many hours online searching for pictures of them, reading people's opinions on them, and basically, just trying to find as much information on them as possible. And with the closing of both Yankee and Shea Stadiums over the past week, they've been in the news a lot. Now, I'm generally not the most nostalgic guy when it comes to most things, and I don't blame the Yankees and Mets owners for wanting new stadiums and the extra revenue that they bring (although, I don't think the Steinbrenners or Wilpons are going to starve anytime soon), and I know the 2 new ballparks will be nicer and shinier and more 'fan friendly' and all that good crap, but I'll still miss that the New York stadiums aren't around anymore. This doesn't just apply to those places, either. With the exception of a few, it seems that almost every major league ballpark, stadium, or arena will have been built in the last 10 to 15 years. I guess that, generally, this is a good thing. It brings more people out to the games and gets more people involved in the sports. But still, I'll miss all the crap that came with boring old stadiums. I can't argue that dual-purpose stadiums aren't very idea, especially for baseball, but I like the fact that some of them still exist. I know that fans of these teams might not agree with me, but I like the folded up seats in the outfield in the Metrodome. I like the acres of foul territory at the Oakland Coliseum and those staircases in the outfield. At Yankee Stadium, I like that gap between the bleachers and the left field stands. I like the old bleachers, the remnants from the old, pre-renovation Stadium, that are way the fuck out there. I like that nothing there is perfect. And, I think, that's my problem with new stadiums, mostly. Everything is too perfect. All the charm that these places try to create is contrived. The seats in right field in San Diego that jut out for no reason and basically the entire outfield in Houston. In most cases, these new stadiums are improvements on their previous homes (I won't try and argue that Three Rivers was a better place to see a game than PNC Park), and I look forward to seeing them when they open, but part of me misses the fact that I mostly missed out on era of stadiums.

There's one. Come on Mets fans!

A whole season's worth of complaining can come together here, as we should have some Mets fans upset with the Cubs.

http://www.thestar.com/Sports/Baseball/article/507488 I figured they would try and do something like this. It's probably below market value, and I'm worried that we'll end up with the 2006-07 version of Burnett, though.

The Indians might not pitch Cliff Lee in that series, too, because he has a stiff neck. I think some Jays fans think this is some kind of ploy to make sure that Lee still wins the ERA title (although, I don't know how bad he'd have to be for Halladay to pass him).

"It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I haven't had a very hard life." I feel bad for Andy.

See!

Halladay won his 20th, and he's about the only reason I can see Burnett staying. The way he rushed out of the dugout and bearhugged him, he loves the guy.

The Pirates had a game on Fox in '07 against the Giants, when everyone was showing as many Giants games as possible, trying to get Bonds milestone homers. I'm pretty sure the Jays have never been on Fox and all their TBS games this year were against Boston.

I'm not sure if there's a baseball player I hate more right now. Did he do a stupid fucking dance again?

The Jays got stuck with Las Vegas as their AAA team, and both sides sound awfully excited about it.

Sla "cabbageboy" yer

My favourites are the articles talking about the Yankees 'lost' season. Are we supposed to feel sorry for them, or something?

I don't know, Deadspin gave me this story:

Cox Bloc is another one that I like to check out, although it was better before it became almost completely Leaf-centric.

Yeah, Marcum's going to need Tommy John surgery. Great. The Jays have gone from having the best rotation in the league to maybe having Halladay and a bunch of question marks next year. I think they're going to go hard after Burnett now and try and give him a few extra years on to the end of his contract before he can opt out.

Then Maggie laughed - she's such a little trooper.

Shaun Marcum's MRI results were sent to Dr. Andrews, so this has apparently convinced the Jays to try and keep Burnett if (well, when) he opts out.