Michael Pacholek

He's probably so dumb, he doesn't know his history. So, Angel Hernandez.

I was rooting for the Tigers. That's how old-school I am.

But I'll take the Mariners over the Blue Jays.

And I'll take the Cubs or the Brewers over The Los Angeles Baseball Team.

Deserve's got everything to do with it.

Ballgame over: Seattle Mariners 4, Detroit Tigers 3. The M's are in the American League Division Series for the 1st time in 24 years.

Since 2001. Since they're playing those pesky Toronto Blue Jays, I hope they do better than they did that time.

Nope.

Is this Big Dumper's moment?

Former Yankee Tommy Kahnle takes the mound for Detroit in the bottom of the 15th. This is where Seattle wins it.

Fish races in Seattle?

Fish races?!"

They'd have done better with Starbucks cups.

We go to the 15th inning. Rob Manfred hates this. I love this.

Bottom of the 14th, deciding game. No can say whoever wins this game didn't earn it.

Then again, this plate umpire has a two-foot-wide strike zone. I'm glad he didn't call any of the Yankees' games.

But I don't have to worry about that until March 28, 2026, do I?

"Oh shut up, silly woman," said the reptile with a grin.
"You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in!"
-- Oscar Brown, writer; Al Wilson, singer

We're going to the 14th in Seattle.

If the Yankees had this kind of defense, they'd be awaiting the winner of this game.

He didn't want to pitch to Raleigh.

Cliché Alert: Walks can kill you, especially the leadoff variety.

Well, this sets Big Dumper up to be the 13th inning clinching walkoff hero.

This plate umpire is a liar! A pitch outside and at the ankles is NOT a strike, yet he screwed the last 2 Tiger batters on pitches like that!

Dear Rob Manfred: This is better than your stupid "ghost runner" rule. Sincerely, all true baseball fans. #ALDS #Tigers #Mariners

I wrote this a year ago, after the hurricane that wrecked Tropicana Field:

Here's an idea: Make John Fisher's Sacramento/Vegas team change its name, and make the Tampa Bay Rays the new Oakland Athletics. The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum is a better stadium, anyway. (No, that's not a joke.)

And THAT is how you handle a comebacker to the mound in a win-or-go-home game!

Benny, man the fuck up. I get death threats against me and my family regularly. It's part of reaching a large audience. If you can't take it find another job.

Best TV Shows Set in Major League Baseball Cities The cast of Sesame Street in the 1980s These cities are listed in alphabetical order. NOTE: I looked over the list in 2025, but did not th...

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ER lost the biggest star it would ever have (Clooney), and got better.

5? No. Friends never recovered from "Maybe we should take a break" in mid-3.

MASH. BJ > Trapper, Potter > Blake, Winchester > Burns.

Game 6 in '93 was a clincher. But the others were Game 6s.

I'm partial to Ralph Terry, John Williamson and Bruce Driver.

But not Don Mattingly, and I still haven't decided whether to forgive Scott Gomez for defecting to the Rangers.

I should say that I like Mina. But arrogance should be earned, and Seattle fans haven't earned any.

Maybe the Sounders, and the Storm. But in the big 4 leagues, their current teams are 1-2 all-time.

That's called "defunding the police."

Probably enjoying room service at Mar-a-Lago. And not just food, if you know what I mean.

I am shocked, shocked and appalled, by how many people who forgot that Kirk Gibson had already been a World Series hero for 4 years before he trudged up to bat against Dennis Eckersley.

It's gonna be another day like the one when Ohtani signed with the Angels.

Yesterday a statue was unveiled for Trijn Rembrands but also for all other girls & women who fought the Spanish with equal bravery as the men during the siege of Alkmaar during the Eighty Years' War in 1573 and women who fight today.
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