Just when you thought the Yankees’ elimination from the 2008 postseason would be the end of Yankees talk for the year, some idiot writes this idiocy. It’s time to face reality. Win. Lose. Tear their stadium down brick by dingy brick. There is no escaping the Yankees. I, for one, welcome our Yankee overlords and will embrace them by presenting the Cubs-Dodgers NLDS predictions from the eyes of a message board Yankees fan.

HIRE JIM ESSIAN: Thanks for coming in today, YanksFanSopranoLuvrJeets2.

YANKSFANSOPRANOLUVRJEETS2: Well, well, well. Look at the wittle, bitty babies in the postseason for the first time ever!

HJE: Huh?

YF: Ain’t it ka-yute that the Dodgers and the Cubs are finally in the postseason?

HJE: The Cubs were in the postseason last year. The Dodgers were in it in 2006. The Cubs have seventeen playoff appearances in their history. The Dodgers have twenty-six.

YF: Aww, the precious wittle babies have been to the pwayoffs a bunch of times! Isn’t that pwecious. Suck on forty-seven playoff appearances!

HJE: I’m not even sure how it would be physically possible to suck on that.

YF: It’s like my junk!

HJE: Neat. Anyhow, we’re here to make predictions on the Cubs-Dodgers NLDS, which begins tonight at 5:30 Central Time.

YF: Central Time? What the fuck is Central Time?

HJE: It’s the time zone that Chicago is in. It’s an hour behind Eastern Time.

YF: Are you trying to tell me that it’s not 12:30 by you right now?

HJE: No. It’s only 11:30 here.

YF: So, Yankee games come on at 6:00 out there?

HJE: Actually, we usually only get Yankee games that are on ESPN. So, like 75% of them.

YF: What?

HJE: Seriously. Anyhow, the Cubs are taking on the Dodgers tonight. Ryan Dempster is throwing against Derrek Lowe.

YF: Derek Lowe? Derek Lowe? Derek fucking Lowe? That fucking Red Sock?

HJE: Well, he’s with the Dodgers now. For, like four seasons now.

YF: Fuck that guy. You guys will light him up.

HJE: I agree, but mostly because he’s great in Chavez Ravine (9-5, 2.30 ERA, opponents’ OPS .541) but sort of crappy away from home (5-6, 4.42 ERA, opponents’ OPS .747).

YF: He’s also a former Red Sock.

HJE: Very good. I’d like to see the Cubs’ “Big Three” of Aramis Ramirez, Derrek Lee, and Alfonso Soriano get off to a good start.

YF: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Alfonso Soriano is still in baseball?

HJE: Yes.

YF: Is he still a jagoff?

HJE: I don’t- What? No, not really.

YF: That guy abandoned the Yankees.

HJE: The Yankees actually traded him for Alex Rodriguez, but that was like five seasons-

YF: Don’t even get me started on that useless piece of crap.

HJE: I would prefer not to. What do you think the keys to this series are?

YF: Joey Four Rings!

HJE: You’re referring, of course, to Joe Torre.

YF: Yeah, he’ll lead the Dodgers to a three-game sweep!

HJE: Really? Because the Dodgers were pretty mediocre until Manny Ramirez came over.

YF: Who?

HJE: Manny Ramirez.

YF: Manny Ramirez is a fucking Dodger?

HJE: Yes.

YF: Cubs in three.

HJE: You’re just going to change your-

YF: Cubs in three.