Umpire Uniforms

Can we start a petition or something advancing the cause of radically different uniforms between leagues?

Nomar Yankees

I think we would have to reevaluate our lives if this happened.

http://blogbeckett.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/jetercardcubs.jpg

Thank God

The cards needed some middle infield help.

This will be the best since Royce Clayton.

Update: Orally Gifted

I passed my oral exam this morning. I should have my master's degree in January.

Oral Comprehende

I have my oral comprehensive exam tomorrow morning at 9am MST (10am Central). This is the follow up to my written comprehensive exam. It is me and four professors in a room for up to three hours tomorrow. I hope I make it out alive. If I pass, I get a master's degree.

Mega Gigabytes son!!

In case you guys haven't seen this yet.

Baseball: How to fix the game from the persepctive of a Randy Philosopher King

This blog is the only place on the internet where sane minded people have come together to discuss how we can fix the game of baseball. I am sad to say that there aren't many people who share our viewpoints on the subject. It has come to my attention that the MLB is going to try to expand the playoffs thus further diminishing the value of the regular season. Baseball currently has at most 17 playoff games a team can play versus a 162 game season (12% of regular season), NFL has 4 against 16 (25%), and the NBA has 21 games against 82 (26%). The playoffs in the MLB just do not truly represent the real journey that is the regular season and expanding them will only take away from that journey. Here is what I currently want to do to fix the game (much of this has been discussed by myself and Jeremy before and a lot of credit goes to his trailblazing attitude towards the sport).


This plan can be rolled out in tiers. Here is tier 1 and includes the first order corrections.

1. Fire Bud Selig. He supports the expansion of the playoffs. He acted too slowly on the steroid issue. He makes more than 10 million dollars a year. 
2. Even up the leagues by moving one NL team to the AL. This is obvious. I would suggest moving the Milwaukee Brewers to the AL Central and The Kansas City Royals to the AL West because the Brewers are a historically AL team. 
3. No more "Blackouts". Do not alienate the fan base by not allowing them to watch their favorite teams when they want to. 

Tier 2. Second order corrections. These have been discussed previously.

1. No more "it counts" with the All-Star game. Make the home field advantage in the World Series go back to alternating between the AL and NL in alternating years. 
2. Get rid of all Interleague play. Interleague is unfair and it simultaneously draws away from the AL/NL separation that I think is actually something of an interesting dynamic. Why have the AL or the NL if they play each other all the time? The AL and NL should only meet in the All-Star game and during the World Series.

Tier 3. These require some balls.

1. Get rid of divisions. If there are no divisions, then there are no stupid divisional races to mess up the chase for the pennant. Instead of teams running away with the division in July, the pennant races will certainly go the distance. 
2. Get rid of the playoffs all together. There never used to be playoffs and the winners of the pennants would meet each other in the World Series. By eliminating the playoffs, the regular season regains its value.
3. Shorten the season. The season is too long. If we do get rid of divisions, we would need the leagues to be evenly divided. In a 15 team league, each team could play the other 14 teams 11 times each (three 3 game series and one 2 game series) for a total of 154 games. If 162 games were necessary, then the other 8 could be used for rotating series or something.

Tier 4. These are more "out there" ideas.

1. Do not allow trades between leagues during the season. Again, the only way the postseason will matter again is if we have a much clearer divide between the leagues. 
2. Have radically different umpire uniforms in each league. This will help to subtly differentiate between the leagues. 

Basically, my thoughts are that we need to fix the little things and then we can move onto the bigger issues. I do feel that there is no longer a difference between the AL and the NL and the postseasons suffers for it (along with being very underwhelming), but due to the rich history and rivalries in each league we can save the game by separating the two leagues so that way the World Series is truly a big deal when the AL and NL champions come together. For example, if the Yankees meet the Cubs in the World Series it would be a huge deal, but the excitement would be muted if they had played each other in interleague play that year or in recent years.


For your health/ love of the game

FFFFFUUUUUCCCCKKKKKKKKK!!!!!

Let me start off by saying that I AM SUCH A FUCKING IDIOT.

I decided to reinstall the Bugless Beast ROM on my phone Monday morning because i didn't delete everything from the phone and SD card last time. Anyway, so i was playing with my phone before the concert last night and noticed that the home "button" and the camera button weren't working. The camera still worked, but i had to click on the camera "app." I thought, "Oh well, i'll just reinstall it again tomorrow." So i went to the concert and took quite a few pictures because i will probably never see The Aquabats again. Skip to this morning, i reinstall Bugless Beast, deleting everything on my phone and SD card again. Fast forward to now, i go to upload my pictures to my computer, here, and Facebook. Pictures are gone. I am currently trying to recover the pictures off my SD card. Update coming soon.

UPDATE: Pictures are all gone. Although all the other pictures i've ever taken on my phone were recovered. Weird.

HP Envy

I purchased an HP envy 14. I got a great deal on it, but after just three days with it I am returning it because the lcd panel is not up to my standards. It just didn't look good.

For you health

Super Rad

Didn't get Amy Sedaris to sign the DVD. Class got out too late for me to get there and actually get in before it would've started. BUT, i am going to see The Aquabats and Reel Big Fish tonight. SCORE!

Dongles for the win

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/STD-Mobile-Phone-London-University-Home-Test-pee,news-8729.html

Everything can be done with smart phones. We need to embrace the dongle.

This is so fucking stupid

Why would anyone spend 160G's on this shit?

I pledge my hate to whoever buys it.

Think she'll sign it?

I wonder if she'll sign my copy of Strangers With Candy: The Complete Series...

Keeping with this blog's love of anything Antoine Dodson...

McRib is McBack

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bella/2010/11/the_mcrib_returns_or_the_great.php

I will enjoy one during its time here. They are gone on Dec. 5th so hurry up.

100 mpf from W