Comments on The Tao of Stieb: The order of our playoff affections

I can get behind this list.

2009-10-08T19:14:21.111-04:00

I can get behind this list.

I want Rockies-Twins just because Fox would be so ...

2009-10-08T15:51:16.409-04:00

I want Rockies-Twins just because Fox would be so pissed. Just please not the Yankees or the Red Sox to win it all, they get enough coverage as it is.

Piss in my mouth Tao and stop ignoring me. It hurt...

2009-10-08T15:05:51.588-04:00

Piss in my mouth Tao and stop ignoring me. It hurts.

1) Cards 2) Dodgers 3) Twins 4) Angels 5) Rockies ...

2009-10-08T14:56:18.002-04:00

1) Cards
2) Dodgers
3) Twins
4) Angels
5) Rockies
6) Phillies
7) Yanks
8) Massholes

I'd be pretty happy if either the Cards or Dodgers won it all.

Ah, you know, all them fucking kids with their pan...

2009-10-08T14:55:21.802-04:00

Ah, you know, all them fucking kids with their pants hanging off their asses and the tattoos and the all that.

They like to piss and moan about stuff, and listen to people who give them more to piss about.

Which kids? I love some mother fuckin positivity.

2009-10-08T14:45:52.647-04:00

Which kids? I love some mother fuckin positivity.

When the PTS boys talk about the Jays, they are al...

2009-10-08T14:42:45.431-04:00

When the PTS boys talk about the Jays, they are always unremittingly negative. Because that's what the kids like.

Freeway series or bust. If we come out of the off...

2009-10-08T14:30:39.388-04:00

Freeway series or bust.

If we come out of the offseason minus Halladay and plus Cuddyer and I will start cheering for the Yankees.

Boourns.

OK, I won't actually, that's disgusting. But I'll be the exact opposite of gruntled. Polar opposite.

The PTS guys were talking Jays the other night and...

2009-10-08T14:03:10.491-04:00

The PTS guys were talking Jays the other night and they were being so negative (realistic?) that I was literally gazing sadly at the floor by the end of it.

Dodgers and Yankees. I want to see Torre win it in...

2009-10-08T13:25:07.229-04:00

Dodgers and Yankees. I want to see Torre win it in "new" Yankee Stadium.

And how about that welcome back to earth for the Minnesota Twins? They're likable, sure, but fuck any team from the AL Central.

Go Angels. Hope they kick some Red Sox ass.

And according to Blair, on a scale of 1-10 that Doc is a Jay on opening day, he's taking "One."

I know that Cuddyer is proabably a bad deal. Espec...

2009-10-08T13:06:30.761-04:00

I know that Cuddyer is proabably a bad deal. Especially at $10 million per year.

And his career OPS+ is 111, exactly the same as Lyle Overbay's. So there's that.

The order of my Jays blogger affections: 1) Ack -...

2009-10-08T12:54:12.917-04:00

The order of my Jays blogger affections:

1) Ack -Sexy
2) Tao - Hot
3) Stoeten - Chubby but huggable
4) Parkes - Closeted
5) Joanna - Hate that bitch!

JET!!

2009-10-08T12:49:17.818-04:00

JET!!

People keep likesing themselves some mediocre stuf...

2009-10-08T12:40:18.101-04:00

People keep likesing themselves some mediocre stuff. I don't want Michael Cuddyer. I just don't. But that just means we'll end up with him because the Jays usually end up doing the opposite of what I think they should do. You can thank me later.

I know. It's just that I like big burly slugging h...

2009-10-08T12:17:06.631-04:00

I know. It's just that I like big burly slugging hitters in the same way that some people like gritty scrappy heart and soul guys.

Cuddyer could play first or left or right. None of them well, but hopefully well enough to carry his bat.

I know that the Jays already have Lind and Snider who are weakish defenders...

Still. I likes me some Cuddyer.

Tao do you really want Cuddyer or do you just thin...

2009-10-08T12:04:34.152-04:00

Tao do you really want Cuddyer or do you just think he'll be a Blue Jay? He'd be a huge buy high and he can't play D.

Talking yourself into him already, eh Tao?....

2009-10-08T11:49:04.456-04:00

Talking yourself into him already, eh Tao?....

Yeah, I'm no fan of slap hitters, although the sai...

2009-10-08T11:46:49.810-04:00

Yeah, I'm no fan of slap hitters, although the sainted and beknighted Chone is really the only regular Angel who's a slappy. (And not even him, because he is a bit more of a line drive hitter than you'd think.)

I have no love for the Angel at all. The Jays were...

2009-10-08T11:38:06.698-04:00

I have no love for the Angel at all. The Jays were a better team from 06-08 and pretty close even this year, yet we don't have one playoff appearance to show for it to their 3. Fuck all that slap-hitting .300 nonsense too.

I guess that should mean I hate the Twins too but I love me some Joe Mauer. Plus, they are vaguely Canadian, like the Dodgers.

I'd put the Angels 5th and bump the Twins/Cards/Rockies up.

I don't think I was insufferable enough. I really...

2009-10-08T11:31:35.521-04:00

I don't think I was insufferable enough. I really didn't take advantage of that championship window the way I should have.

Maybe I was just too fresh-faced and naive. Not now - I'm jaded as all fuck.

"Jesus Christ, win the big one and you become an i...

2009-10-08T11:24:37.157-04:00

"Jesus Christ, win the big one and you become an insufferable asshole?"

I dunno, the 92' version of me was pretty insuferable

I'm down with your list, but I'm flipping the Card...

2009-10-08T11:02:48.029-04:00

I'm down with your list, but I'm flipping the Cards and Angels. I'd like to see the winner of the LA/St. Louis series win the whole fuckin' thing.

Fuck the Yankees, Sox, and Phillies. I used to be OK with the Phils, until some choice encounters with some "Phans" during the series in T.O. Jesus Christ, win the big one and you become an insufferable asshole?

(Don't get me wrong, I'd love to test the hypothesis personally.)

I'm sure the powers that be are hoping for a BOS/N...

2009-10-08T10:42:26.271-04:00

I'm sure the powers that be are hoping for a BOS/NYY ALCS and a NYY/LAD world series. The Torre/NYY storyline is a goldmine for Fox.

On the other hand, an all west-coast final would not please the powers that be.

That's my order other than a flipping of the Minne...

2009-10-08T10:33:09.425-04:00

That's my order other than a flipping of the Minnesotans and the Los Angelanians of Anaheimians. The Dodgers are my NL team (because I would go crazy if I only had the Jays to root for all year) and I would dearly love to see the Twins kick the living piss out of the Skankees. But half a billion dollars in a recession can take you places. Evil, nefarious places.

A Freeway Series would be fun to watch. If it's Phillies-Yankees I'll puke. I won't even watch. Fuck MLB and the bald fact that more money = more success.

It just occurred to me that the Angels and Dodgers aren't fare behind in terms of spending but I don't care!

I'm never in a good mood when the MLB playoffs start... they should change it to NMLB... No Money = Left Behind.

Not funny... I know.