Comments on The Tao of Stieb: Briefs: Various and sundry thoughts from a long we...

I would appreciate it if you would kindly send bac...

2009-10-14T14:50:59.791-04:00

I would appreciate it if you would kindly send back my undergarments.

Don't go MPD on us Tao!

2009-10-14T12:19:18.857-04:00

Don't go MPD on us Tao!

Looks like Loewen had a pretty decent day at the p...

2009-10-13T22:31:12.042-04:00

Looks like Loewen had a pretty decent day at the plate in his AFL game today. Struck out once but walked three times, scored twice and was caught stealing once. He was raking towards the end of the season this year in the minors... definitely rooting for this guy.

Scutaro's worth a fair penny more than $2.5m per y...

2009-10-13T20:26:07.494-04:00

Scutaro's worth a fair penny more than $2.5m per year. Someone has to play short next year. Name a better option than Scutaro at $5-6m?

I agree that 2 years is the max.

I feel like being a prick today, and this is the p...

2009-10-13T19:55:56.019-04:00

I feel like being a prick today, and this is the perfect place to be one, especially in response to this thread post.

I will now rank, and evaluate the long list of Jays bloggers, from worst to best:

1) Hum and Chuck: Joanna thinks she's smart. But she doesn't know shit about baseball. Neither does her Dad.

2) All Your Base Are Belong to Rios: Great name. Too bad the illiterate fuck can't write anything.

3) Blue Jay Hunter: A like-able little man, although his analysis is weak. Very weak.

4) Sports in the City: A parrot, like no other, who parrots the other, smarter bloggers, who are also parrots themselves. A wannabe "rudey", or "rude bwoy", if you will.

5) Bluebird Banter: A collection of stooges who think they know it all, but really know shit all.

6) Drunk Jays fans: Worn out, high-horse sitting motherfuckers, who breed more hate than a Sudanese militia during Ramadan.

7) Ghostrunner on First: Thinks he's super witty and smart, but his wit and dark humour are of the corny variety. And oh ya, FUCK ROCCO BALDELLI.

8) The Southpaw: Sound analysis and great minor league information, although he can't spell, or construct a proper sentence to save his fucking life.

9) Batter's Box: The oldest, and best Blue Jays blog, if you want to fall asleep or lapse into a coma like the old cunts who contribute to it already have.

10) Tao of Stieb: A real treat for anyone looking for a good mix of analysis and wit, although his multiple-personality disorder was getting old in 2008.

I know, there are many other Jays blogs, but they are less significant than a Ken Takahashi signing, and they can all fuck right off, because I don't read their shitty "articles" anyway.

I will however, give a big shout out to MLBastian and Mike Wilner, who actually have some clout, as opposed to you clowns who parrot them for attention. Oh ya, Go Jays Go is also legit, as its contributor knows how to shut the fuck up.

Thank you, and fuck off Parkes.

AA said directly in an interview on the Fan (befor...

2009-10-13T18:02:29.540-04:00

AA said directly in an interview on the Fan (before he got the job) that he was going to try to sign Scoot before he got to the filing day.

I'd be pretty surprised if he overpaid though. I think (i my guess is that AA thinks as well) that an offer of arbitration will be enough to deter anyone giving Scoot the big deal and he'll end up back here on our terms.

Because of his Type A status, I'm not sure that Sc...

2009-10-13T16:45:38.289-04:00

Because of his Type A status, I'm not sure that Scoots is going to get a better offer than what the Jays might float out there.

I'm kinda nervous about the possibility of Scutaro regressing and injuries being a factor with him next year...but I'd sign him for a two year deal at $2.5 million per.

I'm not thinking that much above that is a good idea.

Anyone pick up on Simmons' assertion that AA wants...

2009-10-13T16:25:04.587-04:00

Anyone pick up on Simmons' assertion that AA wants to re-sign Scutaro? It's probably just another Toronto sports writer talking out of his ass again, but if true you gotta figure it indicates at least the possibility of building aggressively in the off-season hoping to make a 2010 run. Because if it is a full rebuild then surely you let Scutaro go to get the picks?

JET!!

2009-10-13T14:30:17.482-04:00

JET!!

Didn't the Expos drafting Clint Everts get an extr...

2009-10-13T13:44:31.415-04:00

Didn't the Expos drafting Clint Everts get an extra mocking in Moneyball? I take it also that Justin Wayne's not quite going to become the new Mussina anytime soon.
Think the Sox are going to trade Papelbon in the offseason?

Billy Bragg should write a song about Wayne Gretzk...

2009-10-13T13:43:03.609-04:00

Billy Bragg should write a song about Wayne Gretzky's tears.

that should read 'ram an ice pick in your ear to t...

2009-10-13T12:37:28.666-04:00

that should read 'ram an ice pick in your ear to the depth of 10 centimeters.'

So Simmons is gushing over someone who has yet to ...

2009-10-13T12:36:11.026-04:00

So Simmons is gushing over someone who has yet to do anything that effects the players on the field? Why, because it is too soon to obfuscate?

I don't understand why some of the retards in the press need to write so much about the inner sanctum of some gm's lair. Because it is anti-Ricciardi doesn't mean shit. I mean you can actually be anti-Ricciardi and be much worse, but if you put that across to Simmons he would probably not understand.

I guess to be a sports writer for some of the finer cat litter liners you have to brush up on your ad hominem arguments. Either that or ram an ice pick in your to the depth of 10 centimeters.

Watching Papelbon fuck up on so large a scale made...

2009-10-13T12:12:15.872-04:00

Watching Papelbon fuck up on so large a scale made everything seem right in the world, even if only for a few brief hours.

1/2 hour interview with brunt on as it happens fro...

2009-10-13T11:44:31.016-04:00

1/2 hour interview with brunt on as it happens from friday on Gretzky book:

http://www.cbc.ca/asithappens/