Who Are The Astros Going Blame Now? The Jet Stream?

I take no pleasure in being right so often...but it's a helluva lot better than being wrong.

Congrats to the White Sox and the City of Chicago on their first title in 88 years. They were clearly the best team in baseball this year and deserved to win.

The one thing that I'm concerned about is something Imperial Council member Strong Island Rob brought up in an email today....

so the the pale hose sweep. after years of futility i wonder if we now can look forward to new episodes of queer eye starring konerko, pierzynski, etc., gillette commercials starring scott podsednik and lame movies from former SNL cast members who are pale hose fans. fingers crossed...

God I hope not. The 1986 Giants and Mets were the worst when it came to all the books and endorsements and appearances. The 2004 Red Sox were a close second. Now we'll have to endure a team that's suffered longer than anyone except the Cubs. Carl Everett on Queer Eye after saying being gay is wrong? I wouldn't mind watching that....

Carson: Carl, honey...We'll turn you into a Denzel lookalike!!!
Carl: Cool...Just don't touch me f&$%#t!

Now that's Must-See TV.

We keep hearing about how Chicago is Cubs town. I don't buy it. It's one thing when both teams stink. But what happens when one team breaks through? You already have some alleged Cubs fans who were "rooting" for the White Sox. How will the residents of Wrigleyville react to this? Will it become like a Yankees-Mets type hatred and someone will take on the persona of Cubstradamus to express North Side angst? Or will they jump off the Tribune bandwagon and venture to OzzieVille. I've always been suspicious of Cubs fans. Not the diehards like my buddy Brian who was too upset to talk about the Sox in World Series and was just thankful that he didn't have to see a White Sox-Cardinals Fall Classic. I'm talking about those folks who say they're Cubs fans but are rooting for White Sox "because it's Chicago, brah." Sickening.

And how many times are we going to hear that the Cubs are next to break their curse for the next year? I want to throw up...

We kept hearing from the Astros about how awesome their fans are. Please. If they were so great, Uribe doesn't come with that ball in the stands in the ninth inning. Someone smacks it away. That's way too important an out and fans who were on top of it would have never let him near that ball. Your team is fighting for their lives and you let their shortstop do a Jeter in the bottom of ninth inning? That never happens in Boston, New York or any Northeast city. Sure as hell doesn't happen at Wrigley or US Cellular. Ask Alou and Bartman.

More on Garner. I just realized that he could started Oswalt and Petitte in games 1 and 2 on normal rest and given Clemens' hammy a couple of days extra rest by starting him in game 3. This what I'm talking about when I say that a good manager puts his team in the best position to win. Your ace is 43 years old. Why not give him a little extra rest instead of sending him out there when you have more options? He can whine all he wants about the roof and his teams' awful hitting. He's as responsible for his team getting swept as anyone. I thought they would at least take a game or two from the Sox. It drives me nuts that all these recycled managers keep getting jobs but some guys can't a get sniff. Cito Gaston wins two titles but he can't get another gig. Whose wife did he nail that he can't get another managerial gig?

I hope that this shuts up all these National League fan/Baseball purists who think that the Senior Circuit is still the better league. The American League is the better league and has been for several years now. Even wihtout the DH, the lineups are better and pitching is more battle-tested because of it. I said before the playoffs started that any of the top five AL squads (including the Indians) would have beaten anyone in the NL. This proves it. Heck, had that fat bastard David Wells not bailed out on the Yankees in game 5 in 2003 and Mariano closed out the D-Backs in 2001, you would be talking about eight straight World Series instead of six of eight. The difference was slight a couple of years ago. It's huge now.

I was very very annoyed watching the Latino Legends ceremony. Not trying to take anything away from what these players have meant to the game. But they haven't done it for Blacks or Italians. Why do Latins get there own ceremony. And why is A-Rod on the team? He was born in NYC and grew up in Miami! Nomar wasn't eligible. Why was A-Rod? This team is a joke. Great players, all of them. But all this PC garbage is too much.