While the Yankees are having a parade, many other MLB teams are making deals.

JJ Hardy is apparently a Twin, acquired for Carlos Gomez.

Mark Teahen is apparently now a White Sox, acquired for Chris Getz and Josh Fields.

The Phillies picked up Cliff Lee’s option; the Diamondbacks picked up Brandon Webb’s option.

And that’s only this morning! Damn. Gotta love the offseason. Or not.

boombashpow:


thedailywhat:

xkcd.
"Good grief, I thought for sure he was either going to be sentenced to Siberia or at the very least be traded to Kansas City for a box of curveballs. Poor Boston. First the Yanks win the WS, and now this. If the BoSox had Hermida on their radar for a long time as they say then they need to buy a new radar. Upgrade to Doppler."

commenter LennyDykstra on the MLB.com article about the Hermida trade.

I cracked up. IDK. Poor Hermy XD.

Hit shuffle on your iPod or mp3 player and write down the first 25 songs. No cheating or skipping songs that are shameful.

allmyloving / k-troll / mejoe / lfrodriguez / yasminspired:oliveontheroad / jordanshakedown / lexielex / intuitiveaptitude / thelovelybones

  1. The Baseball Project - Gratitude (For Curt Flood)
  2. The Format - She Doesn’t Get It
  3. Silversun Pickups - Checkered Floor
  4. Michael Buble - Fever
  5. Coldplay - A Message
  6. Green Day - 1000 Hours
  7. Eagles - New Kid in Town
  8. LFO - Every Other Time
  9. I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness - The Ghost
  10. Snow Patrol - It’s Beginning to Get to Me
  11. Cobra Starship - The City is At War
  12. My Chemical Romance - Cubicles
  13. Vampire Weekend - The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance
  14. Emery - So Cold I Could See My Breath
  15. Sum 41 - Slipping Away
  16. The Calling - Wherever You Will Go
  17. Black Gold - What You Did
  18. Jason Mraz - Absolutely Zero
  19. Cartel - Luckie St.
  20. The White Stripes - Little Cream Soda
  21. Everclear - When it All Goes Wrong Again
  22. Fall Out Boy - What a Catch, Donnie
  23. The Fray - Trust Me
  24. Joy Division - Disorder
  25. Savage Garden - Gunning Down Romance

Um. Um. I don’t even know. Does this mean that they won’t go after Jason Bay? Or is Hermy a fourth OF/the new Rocco Baldelli? BUT HE’S A LEFTY SO THAT MAKES NO SENSE.

I’m so confused. I knew Hermy was going to be traded, but … to my other favorite team? o.O

camanda:

There’s also this.

camanda:

There’s also this.

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

camanda:

somesongsconsidered:

“The Yankee Flipper” – The Baseball Project
(Words/music: Scott McCaughey, available on The Baseball Project, Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails, Yep Roc 2008)

I’m the first to admit that I take baseball for granted.  I don’t watch as many games as some of my friends, yet I’m always sad when there isn’t a game to watch.  I guess at this point in my life it’s one of those things that makes me happy just knowing that it’s there.  If I don’t always watch a game (and this year, watching Mets games wasn’t always a relaxing decision), I still like seeing Baseball Tonight or catching scores on the radio.  Even if I’m not actively watching games every night, I feel better knowing that somewhere a baseball game is going on.

So when I heard that Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, and Peter Buck (among others) collaborated on an album of baseball themed songs, I immediately wanted to hear it.  These songs lace together the type of power pop Wynn and McCaughey usually create with stories pulled from baseball lore.  In particular, “The Yankee Flipper” immediately stuck out because I remember watching Jack McDowell pitch for the White Sox and Yankees in the 1990s.  It turns out that the night before McDowell’s infamous incident where he flipped off Yankee fans, he was out drinking with McCaughey, R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, and Dennis Diken from the Smithereens.  McCaughey claims that the story is true, and given McDowell’s own musical pursuits it’s entirely believable.  It’s also one of the few instances on The Baseball Project, an album culled from recalled moments of fandom, where the fans in question had an influence on the game itself.  Sure, it was ultimately McDowell’s lousy performance (and short fuse) that led to his back page infamy, but it’s also an instance where some diehard fans felt partly responsible.  I’m sure that the rock boys felt bad that their friend experienced the backlash (just imagine what that would have been like in the YouTube era!), yet McCaughey feels responsible without ever feeling remorse.  After all, it makes him a part of one of our era’s more colorful footnotes.

So tonight, as the Yankees appear on the verge of putting baseball to bed for the winter, consider this a salute (not necessarily the same salute as Black Jack, unless you’re a Philly / Boston fan) to baseball and a reminder that spring training can’t come soon enough.

More on The Baseball Project: Allmusic | Amazon MP3 | Emusic | Last.fm

For my slightly irritated friends this morning.

aren't the good guys supposed to win?

doublecufflove:

Congratulations, Yankees…you’ve just done what you’ve been trying to do for 9 years. Successfully bought a World Series.

i think i’m going to be sick  >_<

My thoughts exactly. And to everyone boasting about “#27”: you haven’t even been around for the majority of them. SHUT THE FUCK UP.

k-troll:

notthatkindagay:

I don’t think I can handle the death of another Golden Girl right now.

 Get well soon, you filthy slut!

NO. :(
randomsox:


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jessicat:

That looks better.

randomsox:

stalk:

jessicat:

That looks better.

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