The Presidents bum rushed the Padre in the Mascot Battle between Church and State … so it’s time for another Mascot Bracket Showdown.
We’re headed back to the aviary (the Feather Division) for a second round showdown between two feathered NL Central mascots who like biting female fans (and who doesn’t?)
#1 - Pirate Parrot (Pittsburgh Pirates) vs #5 Fredbird (St. Louis Cardinals)
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OK, I am purposely using the Pirates logo circa 1979 (actually it was used from 1968-1986), because let’s face it, there hasn’t been a lot to celebrate in Pittsburgh baseball since the days of Will Stragell, Bill Madlock, Bert Blyleven, John Candelaria, and my personal favorite, the Cobra, Dave Parker. Not to mention the managerial prowess of the legendary Chuck Tanner. But those days are long gone.
Yes, they flirted with relevence in the early 90’s with Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonilla and Doug Drabek, but when I was a young lad, I had two teams the Chicago White Sox (above all others) and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Boy does it pain me to see them now. 15 straight seasons of sub .500 ball and this one is going to be #16.
By the way, speaking of Barry Bonds, do you remember when he used to look like this? Neither does he! Anyway, enough with the fond trip down memory lane, let’s look to the future or at least to 2008 for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Every season since 1997, Major League Baseball has had Interleague Play.
But since the AL and NL have a different number of teams, there’s always a bit of a necessary imbalance when it comes to scheduling. Add to that the doubling up of games between the geographic rivalries … and you get a Grade A Mess. There’s always potential for some contending team to be at a competitive disadvantage to another team in its division … because of the resulting imbalance in strength of schedules.
Players and managers and owners gripe about it …
What’s not fun is when they’re all contenders and your competition doesn’t have to play the same competition you do. If you play the top teams in the AL and everybody else doesn’t, it’s pretty unfair.
Chipper Jones, Atlanta Braves OF (2007)
The unbalanced schedule is not good for baseball … Some teams are getting a so-called lesser opponent, and other teams are playing powerhouses.
Art Howe, former Oakland A’s Manager (1999)
I believe in my heart that last year the reason why we didn’t win the division is we didn’t play very well in the Interleague games and the Diamondbacks did.
Dusty Baker, former SF Giants Manager (2003)
I used to be for it, but I’m not for it anymore. It’s too easy for discrepancies
George Steinbrenner, NY Yankees Owner (2003)
Let’s see who gets the shaft this season … based upon 2007 MLB Won-Loss records. We’ll start in the National League Central …
I think we’re going to hear a lot of bitching this season about the Cubs’ feeble 2008 Interleague schedule.
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The 2008 Presidential Primary elections are less than a month away. And everybody needs a guide to the candidates.
Before I get started, I want to say that Home Run Derby will not endorse a candidate for President of the United States. We are a shoddy little baseball website and will not pretend to be a political one.
With that in mind, we’re not above giving you the facts about some of the candidates … when it comes to their baseball allegiances.
We profiled the Democrats yesterday, so here come the Republicans.
Rudy Giuliani - New York Yankees
The former Mayor of New York City is a diehard Yankee fan through and through and was often labelled the Bronx Bombers’ “First Fan.”
Even his recent comments about cheering for the Red Sox in the 2007 World Series really don’t even scratch his pinstripes.
Giuliani owns a bunch of Yankees World Series Championship rings. There’s some debate as to whether he should have them at all.
He maintains he paid for them.
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Recently, Construda found a sick wiffle ball pitcher over on the YouTubes.
When this guy throws, the ball dances all over the place before hitting the strike zone almost every time. I’d say it was unhittable.
Here’s the clip.
Videos like this always make me (and others) wonder if a Major League player would stand a chance against a guy who can hurl this kind of pitch. Especially a decent hitter, say one who has a bit of pedigree in the bigs.
Heck, let just dream about a league batting champion stepping inside the box against a wiffle baller. That would be sweet. I wonder what would happen …
Wonder no more …
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White Sox Interactive has found the Youppi! vs Ribbie and Roobarb battle and has started voting early and often for R&R … so let’s give Youppi’s old team another chance to move on in the brackets …
It’s a feathery battle of two 2nd to last place team mascots!
#1 The Parrot (Pittsburgh Pirates) vs. #8 Screech (Washington Nationals)
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In the Furrie Division battle of “What the heck are those things,” Raymond is still leading Southpaw (65%-35%) but the lead has been dwindling lately. I got an email from Southpaw the other day (I really did) … he’s doing what he can to win.
Let’s cut away to the Critter Division for a matchup between two teams whose other mascots have already lost in the First Round. Can they defend the honor of either Wally the Green Monster or the Captain Jolly Roger the Pirate?
#4 Righty and Lefty (Red Sox) vs #5 The Racing Pierogies (Pirates)
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First, let’s recap the last matchup … The Phillie Phanatic absolutely CRUSHED Wally the Green Monster by a 3 to 1 margin.
So much for Red Sox Nation. First order of business for the new “President” of Red Sox Nation - have a better showing for your mascots. Or don’t you like Wally either?
With the Number One Seed (The Phanatic) holding court in the Furrie Bracket, let’s move on to the Primate Bracket for our first man to man matchup (mostly).
#2 The Swinging Friar (San Diego) vs. #7 Captain Jolly Roger (Pittsburgh)
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