Hire Jim Essian

Okay, Ryan Dempster. I’m a big man. If I were to give you the beat-downs you so often deserve without ever stopping to give you a deserved thumbs-up, well, I’d probably be Chuck. But you know what? As PenFoe attested in this thread, you actually did something kind of cool during Spring Training. And you’ve also been pitching pretty darn well this spring. So, here you go, Ryan. I’m going to take back one mean thing I’ve said about you. Your choice. I can either take back the time I insinuated that Lou wants you dead. Or, I could take back the time I suggested you were strung-out after Lou bitched at you in Cincinnati. Or, I could take back the Ryan Dempster hatred thread I started. Pick any one of those, and I will disavow them. I do, however, reserve the right to take back this takeback if you revert to your normal shitty self.

No matter what, though, you’re still going to be #41 on the B126. That one’s mine.