Skits
Hitler Finds Out Aramis Ramirez is Hurt
Our good friend Hitler is back, and he’s not too happy to hear that Aramis Ramirez is hurt.
Sweet Lou’s Gmail Account
Even though it seems like there hasn’t been much excitement in Spring Training, Lou Piniella’s Gmail Inbox tells another story. Lucky for you, HJE has full access to Lou’s account (and, yes, I KNOW it’s becoming an internet meme). Click for Larger Size
It’s Cold Out There Today, Campers
Happy Groundhog Day, needlenoses. Thank you a thousand times over to Morpheus for the Photoshop. INT.–BED AND BREAKFAST ROOM–MORNING LOU PINIELLA lies asleep in bed when his clock radio goes off. Sonny and Cher’s “I Got You Babe” blares through the radio as Lou is startled out of his slumber. Lou gets out of bed [...]
Turns Out it IS Possible to Make Sunday Night Baseball Worse
Just when you thought ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball couldn’t get any worse, it does. ESPN has announced that Jon Miller and Joe Morgan will be joined by FORMER GENERAL MANAGER OF THE NEW YORK METS, Steve Phillips (thanks to Zach for the link). It has long baffled me that ESPN plays up Phillips’ former job. [...]
Winter Meetings Preview
What can I say? I love internet memes.
A Yankee Fan Predicts the Cubs-Dodgers NLDS
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 [...]
Okay, Since NOT Taking Batting Practice Didn’t Work…
Since HJE has insider access that even the cameras don’t have, allow me to present this scene which unfolded prior to last night’s game in Arizona.
Lou Piniella Hates Carlos Marmol
CARLOS MARMOL enters the office of manager LOU PINIELLA. Lou sits behind his desk writing out a lineup card.
Deconstructing Cubs Central Pregame
PICTURE REDACTED, BECAUSE OF THIS GUY —> It happens all the time during that glorious time of year that is the Major League Baseball season. I get out of work around 6:00 or 6:15, I start my drive home, and I get stuck in traffic. 6:30 rolls around, and I’m still wending my way home, [...]

