Home Run Derby

So last week, Home Run Derby found video made by some blue douchebag who dumped a bucket of water on a Mouthpiece Sports reporter (Ms. Molly Dapier)

Well Ms. Dapier has spoken …

“I was shocked at first, but once I realized it was just water, it wasn’t that big of a deal,” said our reporter Molly Dapier. “I was going to dry off eventually. I really didn’t think this whole thing would be that big of a deal and I’m just glad everyone could get a good laugh from it all!”

Well, as you might recall, the MPS video guy kept rolling as Dapier got doused and even after the event. 

Wouldn’t you like to see that angle?

Here’s the video taken by the Mouthpiece Sports camera.

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God, I hate the Yankees.  This latest reason is courtesy of Hank Steinbrenner:

I think it’s very simple, we’ve been devastated by injuries. No team I’ve ever seen in baseball has been decimated like this. It would kill any team. Imagine the Red Sox without [Josh] Beckett and [Jon] Lester. Pitching is 70 percent of the game. Wang won 19 games two straight years. Chamberlain became the most dominating pitcher in baseball. You can’t lose two guys like that.”[emphasis added]

OK, we know what Erin Andrews thinks of Joba(/snark), but is there anyone who truly believes he is the “most dominating pitcher in baseball” with his 89 innings pitched this season and 113 innings in his career?

Really, He’s better than Cliff Lee and Brandon Webb? or CC Sabathia or Roy Halladay? or Carlos Zambrano or Jake Peavy? He’s not even better than two Red Sox pitchers mentioned by Hank himself. Hell, he’s not better than John Danks and about 30 other pitchers.

Yes, Hank…Joba is good. Really good. In fact, he may be an all-star one day, but can we save the hyperbole? You made your point, the Yankees had a lot of injuries. Problem was, they were having a hard time competing before the injuries. God forbid that the Yankees are….wait for it…..a mediocre team. *Gasp* That can’t be!

And, what’s with the name Joba anyway? Nice little story on wikipedia there, Justin! Boy, if I changed my name to one of my nicknames growing up, I would be Chewbacca the Greek!

Better yet, Chewy the Greek. My wife would love that! Gotta go, I heading to the courthouse right now.

Home Run Derby has been accused a few times of being Gnat-swatters. 

I suppose we fall into that category, considering how much we love to bash the worst team in baseball … the Washington Nationals (currently MLB Worst in Wins, AVG, SLG, OBP, Runs, and Save %).

But even though we predicted that the Nats would be the worst team in baseball and told you about their misfortunes plenty of times this season  … we’ve never ripped on Nats fans (we may have questioned their judgement once or twice).  As a long suffering Cub fan, I just can’t do it – I know how it is to have a team that’s not quite up to competing in the Majors.  Besides, the Nats fans turned out in droves to support their Racing Presidents in Mascot Brackets.

And via the JotW tip line, one special Nat fan is now rewarded with Jersey of the Week honors. From Nationals Stadium …

BEER !!

You gotta love a guy who can tell a vendor what he wants without saying a word or turning around.  My guess would be that a Nats fan needs a lot of beer to get through a Nationals game.

BEER Jersey Rating:

• Cleverness: 7
• Originality: 5
• Understandability: 10

If the jersey number was $7.50 (price of beer at Nats Stadium) or 16 (as in ounces) instead of “80″ … it would have been a perfect score.

If you see a great baseball jersey that everyone else needs to see … let us know at the JotW tip line !!