Baseballs!!!!!!!!

Baseball is America's pasttime. It's great. I just want to talk about my favorite players. Tim Lincecum has to top the list. He's young, he's got nasty stuff, and he's fun to watch. Speaking of guys who are fun to watch, how about Oliver Perez. Here's a guy that brings some real energy to the diamond every night he pitches. Jair Jurrjens, I'm big on him too. Ian Kinsler and the Texas Rangers, great stuff. We need a 50/50 guy. I nominate HanRam. Even though I've become a Yankees fan, I don't understand this trade I just found. Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte for 4 minor leaguers. I thought the bullpen was pretty solid to begin with and the offense was coming around. But whatever. With Matsui and Posada both out, I guess bringing in Nady makes sense. Moose has been solid. Solid. Pettite, man, last Sunday when I watched Pettite pitch, he was so locked in. Joba's been good too. Rasner's been decent and Sir Sidney (the alcoholic/my idol) has performed pretty well. What happens when Wang comes back? Do they get better? Apparently, Ian Kennedy threw an almost no-hitter if I believe what I saw on SNY for the Mets pre-game. Is he trade bait? What about Phil Hughes? Their rotation is A-OK solid. Nothing wrong anymore now that Moose has got his groove back. Lineup's coming around hitting. Giambi's porn 'stasche is still hilariously creepy. Yankees On-Deck has taught me that Cano is sick-nasty at golf and Melky can hold his own, while Betemit and Veras (I think) struggle. I'm really hoping for a Yankees-Rays ALCS while I'm in Orlando in late October since that would be a wicked awesome experience. Or if the Marlins somehow manage to make it, I'd go see them playoff style. Probably. But let's hope for the Rays since Tampa is closer to Orlando than Miami. While I'm at it, in my dream world, the 2008 World Series will be between the Rays and Brewers and I'll attend all 7 games. That would be the greatest thing ever. Game 1: Kazmir vs. Sheets; Game 2: Shields vs. Sabathia; Game 3: Garza vs. Suppan. I'd give game 4 to Parra and Jackson. This would be such an exciting World Series to see. Two young teams with speed, power, and all that razzle-dazzle. This would be a matchup for the ages. The culmination of two young teams coming into their own, with tons of top prospects in Prince Fielder, J.J. Hardy, Ryan Braun, Bill Hall, Rickie Weeks, Corey Hart, B.J. Upton, Evan Longoria, etc. These were the guys I would draft in MVP '05 to stockpile a young team. I wish EA still made baseball games. I actually used Evan Longoria in my NCAA Baseball '06 game, I think. Long Beach State Dirtbags. Enough rambling for now.