A Bunch of Bad Players Have Invaded the Muskbag
This week’s Muskbag somehow manages to revisit Rich Hill. No one revisits Rich Hill. Rich Hill isn’t even going to have visitors at his house for Thanksgiving. But the Muskbag has all the Rich Hill coverage you could possibly want.
ESPN Predicts Red Sox Will Bounce Back to Win Game Eight
The never-say-die attitude of America’s Favorite TeamTM has caused sports network giant ESPN to pick the Boston Red Sox to win Game Eight of the American League Championship Series. Game Eight will be played tonight in Boston. If the Red Sox beat the upstart Tampa Bay Rays, they will clinch a Game Nine. [...]
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 [...]
Yankee Stadium is a Dump. There. I Said It.
Don’t freak out, Yankees fans. For one thing, I am not taking anything away from all of the self-proclaimed great Red Sox games that have taken place in Yankee Stadium. I’m sure the House that Ruth Built was a marvel when it was first built. I’m sure it’s an incredibly intimidating place [...]
The Muskbag Features a Question About ERA! No, It’s Not What You Think.
Well, I’m back from my New York/Boston trip, and I’m planning on posting about them when I get around to it. I got back just in time to sink my teeth into this week’s Muskbag. It tastes like what I imagine Daryle Ward’s locker smells like.
Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “But It’s Only Wednesday” Edition
Kermit is going out of town tonight and staying out of town until Monday, so the whole HJE gang is allowed take a breather if they want to. I can’t speak for Mike D., but I’m going to take advantage of it. But I wouldn’t dare leave you idiots without anything to read [...]
Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “We’re Good, and That’s the Tooth” Edition
So, Carlos Zambrano went out and beat the Reds even after chewing his gum so hard that he cracked a molar? I’m not sure if that’s badass or completely ridiculous. Either way, the magic number is at 30 with 35 games left to play. So, even if the Brewers win out, all [...]
Here? In Chicago? Why, I Didn’t Even Know They Still Had a Team!
LOU PINIELLA enters a room where a party is taking place. The party-goers look rich and snobby. Lou appears as though he has just been thrown out of a bar, which he has. Lou has crashed the party for one purpose and one purpose only. To win back the love of [...]
Get Bent, Rick Telander: A Letter to the Hall of Fame Voters
Being the generous and angry people that we are here at HJE, we took it upon ourselves to compose a letter on behalf of Andre Dawson, which he is more than welcome to print on his letterhead and mail to all the voters who didn’t deem him Hall of Fame-worthy:
Long-Suffering Red Sox Fans Lament “Curse of the Terrible Hangover”
BOSTON–Less than twelve hours after watching their team sweep the Colorado Rockies to clinch its second World Series title in the past four years, Boston fans were finding new things to complain about.
“I had to get up for work at seven in the morning,” said 22-year-old Sox fan Will Nichols, who claims to have been [...]
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