Like most of the cool cats out there, I tuned into the season four premiere of "The Office" last night. Because, well, I find the show well-written, hilarious and secretly want to be Jim Halpert.
Creed, the creepy old man in the show, set up a fictitious blog in one episode, detailed at the 1:23 mark in the above clip. And now with fall breathing down our necks, he's blogging about baseball.
I like winners. That's why I only watch baseball for the last month of the season. Every other month is about losses teams rack up, but September is for winners. Same goes for handball, but nobody pays attention to handball anymore. Handball's become soccer for people that think soccer's too mainstream.Yeah, this is pretty awesome. ESPN, if you're looking for your next Henry Abbott -- I think I've found your guy.
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I hear the Cubs still haven't won the World Series. Let that be a lesson to everyone: That's what you get for making love to a goat in center field.
When will baseball teams learn? If you want your league to survive, you've got to have cheerleaders. I'm sorry to say this, but I don't know how long baseball's going to be around if they don't get their act together. Let the ladies cheer!
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How's this for a slogan for Major League Baseball: "Baseball: We're just like the other sports you like, but we play more games and the score's a lot lower." I'm going to make t-shirts. Who's buying one?
Via HHR.
