You just knew that baseball was itching for a reason to give Mark Cuban the kiss-off. And, frankly, there were few teams baseball was less likely to want Cuban to put his filthy mitts on than the Chicago Cubs. So intense is the backroom animosity said to be for Cuban, that it is difficult not to wonder (but only because we have totally unfounded rumors burnt into our DNA) if this entire SEC business wasn't accelerated just a little bit to give baseball a chance to slap Cuban somewhere other than on the ass. If nothing else, that particular explanation satisfies our romantic need to see baseball in the traditional light of an American pastime. That is, ruled with an iron fist by cigar smoking men who sit in a leather clad office, slightly behind the ceiling light, faces covered in blue-white tendrils of smoke and shadow, rarely speaking- then only in imperative sentences with a few words. "Leave the bag." "Handle it." "Keep it quiet." "Send Bartman his check." "It's time to deal with this... Cuban person."
Charges dent Cuban's Cubs bid [Chicago Tribune]
Posted by guest , Nov 18, 2008 3:13PM
"pass time" ?
Posted by guest , Nov 18, 2008 3:22PM
@1, You see, Base Ball is the pass time of the Republic of American States
Posted by guest , Nov 18, 2008 3:25PM
"Sent Bartman his check" wow. I heart EP. Will you write my cover letters for me?
Posted by trojan , Nov 18, 2008 3:27PM
ep there's no crying in baseball
Posted by guest , Nov 18, 2008 3:30PM
Read "Ball Four" by Bouton. Learn about "beaver shooting". Yes. That's what they called it.
Posted by guest , Nov 18, 2008 3:37PM
Could this be another chapter in the curse of the cubbies?
maybe cuban would have turned them around?
Posted by milhouse , Nov 18, 2008 9:06PM
wow; great post ep. I was sure this was Bess, but i now realize there was not enough innuendo. But great job, and keep stepping up! I wish you edited for Above the Law. Why can't they have posts like this?
Posted by guest , Nov 18, 2008 9:42PM
Good. Baseball doesn't need the further douch-baggization that would surely ensue with Mark Douche Cuban involved.
The douche~horror,
The douche~horror.
Posted by guest , Nov 18, 2008 10:05PM
EP, could you please recommend a good book on eastern front WWI?
Thanks.