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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Hell…and Calixa Lavallee Stange while we’re at it.
Jason Bay has been one of baseball’s best players for five years now, but he has done so for a team that is perpetually in last place, in a city with a beautiful stadium but no actual fans. For a guy who once had Eddie Vedder encouraging fans to vote him into the All-Star Game, the odds that you ever gave Jason Bay much thought before he was traded here are minimal. And now, here he is, a linchpin of a team I still think is the favorite to win the World Series this year.
How will he do under the klieg lights of October? Canada’s record is spotty. The biggest Summer Olympics moment they’ve ever had involved Ben Johnson. Hardly anyone watches the NHL anymore. Right now the country’s legislature is in full turmoil. They didn’t make it out of the first round of the World Baseball Classic, despite Bay and Stubby Clapp. Heck, Sarah Palin has even stole their accent.
Jason Bay seems like the exact opposite of the type of guy who will hit a Grand Slam to win the World Series. It’s probably why he will.
Repoz
Posted: September 17, 2008 at 12:21 PM | 17 comment(s)
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1. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) Posted: September 17, 2008 at 12:34 PM (#2944683)As for ball players um Fergie Jenkins is in the Hall of Fame.
Though this column and the mugs of Dennis and Callahan were reminders of how much I despised WEEI when I lived in that neck of the woods.
He's a Cards fan.
Twinkletoes kicked some ass in the 36 series
Against Ryan Dempster or Rich Harden...
Beside, Repoz, you really outdid yourself. I never thought I would read a mention about Calixa Lavallée on this site. Ever.
That's gotta count for something, right?...
I think it's totally unfair for Caliza Lavallée to get all this glory while Basile Routhier has not even been mentioned. So I, eeeeeeee, mention him!
Best Canadian moment was when Bobby Clarke two handed that Russian dude's ankle. I think that's the most unprovoked act of aggression Canada has ever displayed in their entire history
Yes, hardly anyone except for pretty much everyone in Canada.
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