October 2010

Not Cool, Arpaio

Ya know, Joe, when we started our little thing you told me you were good at keeping things on the DL. Well, that's the last time I believe some power-mad Arizona prick like you. Oh, you start cracking down on your border with Mexico and all of a sudden you're some untouchable mayor of everything who can reveal other people's secrets without consequence? Seriously, Joe, I expected better out of you. Damn it, Joe, I gave you those pink panties so you could feel close to me while I was on the trail stumping for my Tea Party allies. And because you asked me for them. And because, all things considered, they really weren't fit to wear anymore. Not so you could wave them around like some kind of victory flag.

The Orphans: Too Early and Too Late

There was a renaissance of punk in the early to mid nineties that expired by the turn of the century. ‘Alternative’ represented a culmination of underground sounds that ended up in the ears of youth who would soon start new bands, expanding on the sounds then current and whatever was being dug up for decade’s past. The critical mass of underground music, in this country, represented by SST, Dischord and Touch and Go, led many to dig deeper still into the past to discover the British punk bands, obscure and chart topping acts both. While the resultant acts, its musicianship and lyrics were more commonly trite than not (here and in Britain), a few bands managed to pull it off.

Hello Bandit: Dexter

More indecisiveness in this second episode.

Dexter hasn’t always had the easiest time restraining himself. Killing probably feels pretty good – experiencing the total domination of another person. A bad guy at that. But last week, Dexter killed some yokel in a bathroom with what looked like some weapon Batman might carry around. And this week, it looked like the show’s namesake was going to stick it to his neighbor. Granted, the guy tried to make out with  Dex’ dead wife, but he already got punched in the face.

Condescending to a mass murderer, though, isn’t ever a good idea.

AL vs NL vs NPB vs AAA

=== Dr D axed, Dept. ===

SABRMatt opined that the NL was "the game's elite minor league" and we tossed in a 9-foot-arc pitch: 

Real quick Matty, with AL being 100 on the index, where would you personally ballpark the NL, NPB, and AAA at the moment?

To which Matt replied,

Per the last decade of interleague play results, the NL is Pythagenmatting it at a .387 clip.  A .387!! clip.  For a whole league in ten years worth of interleague games.  That's a LOT of games to be THAT bad.

If you called up the five best PCL teams and had 'em run shotgun with the AL for 162 games each...would they play .387 ball?  It would be close.