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Monday, March 03, 2008

Rockies shame Country, lose to Mexico

The bottom of the MLB.com scoreboard during spring training is always fun. Teams playing (and walloping) colleges, national Amateur teams… and.. WTF?
Colorado lost to Mexico?

I mean, at least WBC team USA had the excuse that the Mexican team had Major League players. But the best player that this Mexican team had was Geronimo Gil.

There are few times when you should be ashamed to lose a meaningless Spring Training game. When last year’s World Series team, a team that has both Todd Helton and Matt Holliday in the line-up, manages only 1 run against a non-Major League team, you should be ashamed.

Gamingboy Posted: March 03, 2008 at 04:05 AM | 5 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
Tags: game recaps, international, rockies

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1. Enrico Pallazzo Posted: March 03, 2008 at 04:19 AM (#2704458)

I laughed hysterically at this headline. And to be fair, the Rockies were facing a guy named Geronimo. Intimidating to say the least.

2. Jolly Old St. Neck Wound, Moral Idiot

Posted: March 03, 2008 at 04:45 AM (#2704470)

I laughed hysterically at this headline.

I just assumed that Tom Tancredo was taking a break from his day job.

3. Snowboy Posted: March 03, 2008 at 05:37 AM (#2704486)

I don't know if it's a desire to attract attention...or maybe some guys are just getting more comfortable in their writing jobs...but I've noticed the tone getting racier at MLB.com.

Some of them are really taking the whole disclaimer "This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs" and running with it.

For example, in the Angels section:
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Presidential candidates could use a campaign manager as upbeat and optimistic as Angels manager Mike Scioscia, who apparently thinks Ervin Santana can be three times as good as he was in 2007.
(I don't know if MLB links work:)
Scioscia trumpets Santana's potential

4. Jolly Old St. Neck Wound, Moral Idiot

Posted: March 03, 2008 at 05:55 AM (#2704497)

Of course when you click on the link you quickly learn that the headline on the article itself has nothing to do with the one at the top of this page. That was just Gamingboy doing a little Repozing in a nice deadpan style.

5. Halofan Posted: March 03, 2008 at 09:34 AM (#2704532)

The second nation they have lost to...

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