FanHouse Ebay Auctions

In case you weren't already aware, you only have 20 shopping days left until Christmas, so if you haven't gotten your shopping/Wal-Mart killing spree started yet, you should probably get started on that already. Of course, some people are really hard to shop for which is where gift cards come in handy, but there are some people in your life where gift cards are just too impersonal.

I remember when I was a kid it was easy. I would just buy my mom some crappy piece of jewelry they sold at Santa's Workshop day at school, and I would get my dad some underwear. Well these days it's a bit tougher, and it's too bad my old man isn't a Yankees or a Red Sox fan because if he was I'd be able to keep the underwear tradition alive.

Got a Yankees fan on your Christmas list? Or maybe a Red Sox groupie you want to aggravate? Well, why just buy them an A-Rod shirt when you can get Alex Rodriguez's authentic game-used underwear????

Now there's a gift that keeps on giving!

Phil Castinetti of SportsWorld in Saugus has gotten his mitts on some All-Star undies - A-Rod's, Kevin Youkilis' and Josh Beckett's - and he's selling them on eBay starting today.

And in case you were wondering -- and I know you were -- they are in fact game used. As for how Phil got his hands on them, he's not saying and frankly I'm not sure I want to know. The bidding starts at $9.99, and though Castinetti said he'd put them up for auction today, as of this very moment there are no listings. I guess he wants to build suspense.

As would be expected, Chicago Cubs fans haven't been the happiest people the last couple of days. You can't really blame them, as for the second straight year they had to watch their team have an excellent regular season only to be swept out of the first round of the playoffs. They've now lost nine straight postseason games, and they've now gone 100 years without a World Series title.

Of course, they wouldn't be so unhappy had the Cubs actually managed to put up a fight against the Dodgers instead of just rolling over. In fact, the Cubs played so horribly in the series that it's caused at least one fan to give up his loyalty to the team. He still needs a team to root for, though, and if you think your team could use another fan you can always buy his allegiance on eBay.

I hate to say it, but I think the time has come. What time, do you ask? Time to place another hex on the lowly Chicago Cubs. Granted, I've only suffered through 30 useless seasons of our "loveable" north-siders, but I've taken all I can take.

So, I have a proposition. In the interest of sparing my emotions from one more gut-wrenching season, I am auctioning off my loyalty to the Chicago Cubs. Now, since I realize that seems somewhat fatalistic, I will also make the provision that I will accept bids from ANYONE, even Cubs fans. That means that my loyalty will go to the highest bidder, even if that means I have to get my guts scooped out every year for the rest of my life (as a result of a winning Cubs bid).