Hire Jim Essian

Whenever a team lets a player go for no compensation, although they say all the right things and wish him well, they are secretly hoping that the player sucks throughout the course of his career. You hope he becomes Mark Prior or Matt Clement or Rueben Quevedo. You certainly don't want him to become the greatest pitcher of ... Read More

First of all, if you want a link to the brilliant comic or loads more hilarious ones, TOO BAD. Nah, just kidding. It's here. SMBC does loads of good work, and there's new content every day. I don't know how he does it, but he does. And you get to reap the benefits. For those of ... Read More

I was tempted to assault all of your senses by Livetweeting my first playthrough. But then I decided I'm not that cruel, and I would liveblog it instead. So, without further delay, here are my initial impressions of SCEA's latest entry in its successful baseball series. *NOTE: I'm going to try to add video at some point, but (1) ... Read More

Because it has sort of become an annual tradition, and because it annoys Mike D. more than Ron Santo reading a national ad for bicycle safety, I'm going to go ahead and give you a pseudo-review of the latest in video game baseballery. Only this year I have finally had the brains to completely abandon the awful, awful 2K ... Read More