I’ve been waiting all season to use that title.

Amazingly, my first round picks were 0-4. I’d say that I follow baseball pretty closely, but the fact that I couldn’t get one series correct is also what makes it such a great game. The Tiggers can’t beat the Royals at home, and go 19-31 in their last 50 regular season games, but can take 3-4 from the MFYs. The Mets lose arguably their #1 and #2 starters before the NLDS, and manage to sweep the Dodgers, who ended the season on a 6 game winning streak. I can’t wait for the commercial where somebody tries to take the bottle of booze away from Tommy Lasorda so he’ll watch the NLCS.

A few thoughts for the MFYs:

• There’s always next year
• I really hope Joe Torre ends up being the scapegoat. He’s far and away one of the best managers in baseball. If Pinella was managing this years’ team, the Sox would have been in the hunt until the final weekend.
• A-Fraud’s series: 1-14 (a single), 0 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 4 K
• You have to wonder if Judas is really the clubhouse glue that everybody says, or just a moron. With the MFY trailing late in the fourth game at Detroit he was in the dugout smiling. So, he’s either that stupid, or, an embedded Red Sox. Sadly, I think it’s the former.
• Just some quick math. The Marlins $15M payroll bought them 162 games. The MFY $200M payroll bought them 166 games. That’s $46M a playoff game.
• “We’re going to win [the World Series] this year.” — George Steinbrenner, 2/22/06

As for the Tiggers, they deserve a lot of credit. Sure, they played well, but that champagne celebration was awesome. All the fans staying to cheer on the team as they came back out. Kenny Rogers pouring champagne on a cop’s head. Plus, I loved that they carried Jim Leyland off the field. I hope they kick the crap out of the A’s.