Dan Merker
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Dan Merker
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Humble genius. World traveler. K-State Wildcat. Arsenal supporter. Baseball nerd - Go Royals! Music & nostalgia romantic. Be kind. Go Birds.
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You may be right Vladdy may be more powerful than the multi-decade suckitude of the Leafs…
They rented like 6 HoF dudes those couple years when they won World Series who only played there for like 2 months.
Pretty good! I got 8 of the starting 9. I was gonna say Juan Guzman but thought he was later (I can just seeeee his #66 in that split font!). I forgot Dave Stewart; Cone was gone. It’s natural to conflate the 92/93 teams a bit.

I consider it a win considering it was 1) 32 years ago; 2) not my team
Mostly I’m just grumpy that the SVP SportsCenter and Bad Beats are delayed. 😡
I say this as an avowed night owl, and I don’t even live in the Eastern time zone: if the NFL insists on having these stupid Monday night doubleheaders, both teams playing in the 10:00 PM ET kickoff should be based in the Pacific time zone.
Off the top of my head, for funsies — let’s see how I do:
Pat Borders
John Olerud? (I think he was later)
Joe Carter
Roberto Alomar
Tony Fernandez
Devon White
Rickey Henderson
Paul Molitor
Pat Hentgen? (later too iirc)
Tom Henke
Kelly Gruber
David Cone
Jack Morris
Have you considered this may be your penance for always rooting against Canada to break their Cup drought?
It would be funny if Canada wins *two* World Series before winning another Stanley Cup.
I always knew I’d see Carlos Febles in a World Series
He swung at 3 balls after being up 2-0 🫥
WHAT THE FUCK IS THERE AN IN-GAME AD IN THE TOP OF THE NINTH FOR YOU FUCKWITS!!!
Wow he really doesn’t trust Canzone at all huh?
Tough needle to thread. Nice work! 😉
My extra-stupid (hopeful) prediction: someone reaches first on a strikeout wild pitch and Dumper goes yard to win it. Or something equally ridiculous. Because I want the maximum stupid brought. We deserve it.
I looked for a Pedroia “laser show” gif and regrettably couldn’t find one 🙁
I so lament lack of imagination and nothing but franchises and reboots by Hollywood due to the money nerds and not the creatives making decisions. And the public for validating those decisions by predictably consuming the spoon-fed slop
1) the original was great and they can’t possibly do it justice
2) the quasi-apocalyptic scenario hits a little too close to home these days
3) Glen Powell is the least interesting person alive and not anywhere near the badass Arnold was to be believable in that role
What the fuck why are they remaking The Running Man
These people are all Maple Leafs fans. They know there’s still a unique twist of maximum pain coming still…
The Mariners have something else in them. Maybe it’s enough, maybe not. But they’re not finishing with 3 runs.
there’s the stupid. And more to come, hopefully…
This game isn’t stupid enough yet. We need an error followed by another 2-run dinger by Gimenez in the bottom of the 9th or something and have another 14-inning comedy fest…
I’m all for maximum stupid when it’s not the Royals