auntie em, auntie em...there were pitchers...and catchers...and lots of guys with no common sense..

*yaaaaaawn*

who's the...what the...woah, hey, what's going on?

what happened? last i remember, the royals strung together a great run followed by a ridiculous lack of action down the stretch that doomed them to also-rans...florida strangely won the series with a team of oddly effective speed guys and young pitching, and baseball once again showed that a miraculous flash-in-the-pan, lightning-in-the-bottle team is all that's needed to overcome any type of horribly stupid payroll model set up to enable the biggest teams to easily take advantage of that. i mean, i remember the royals afterwards signing a couple guys to help for the next season...high-risk guys with short contracts. god i hoped it'd work...

anyway, i've been out for a while (must have been all the boulevard dry stouts i chugged trying to both celebrate / forget the royals circa 2003).

i mean, even if i forget the last good season in many...you can't take away my 1985 "The Thrill of it All" World Championship video. until it breaks, at least..

anyway, lemme check the baseball archives here, i'm a little dazed after my long time out...make sure i didn't miss anything.

i'm sure it's business as usu..

wait, how long have i been out??
boston won the world series?
after being down 3-0?
randy johnson's now a yankee?
pedro martinez is now a met?
carlos beltran's greedy ass went to the biggest market he could find?
NY, BOS, BAL, NYM, SEA, FLA, CHI, etc. are the big players in free agency?
the tigers landed another questionable free agent after realizing they can spend money, too?
the twins are pretty much the same team as always -- easily beatable yet a "model franchise"?
the a's are screwed with only 1 of the "big 3" left, due to the inevitable "lightning in a bottle ain't that easy to catch" thing?
the royals are in a "youth movement"?
and no one cares?
and they've TURNED DOWN a new stadium?
meanwhile, the other teams are laughing?
oh wait, cause they're gonna beat them again?
baseball is still completely retarded and has no interest in fixing itself?

ok! so it's business as usual..
god damn.

i think i better switch to porter now.
there are small signs it might be a long season..

welcome back,
joe blow