OK, so. It’s June. The Yankees are 1 game behind the Red Sox. And ESPN is asking whether you think the Yankees must beat the Red Sox tonight.

How can this possibly be a “must win”? Are the Yankees going to be eliminated from playoff contention? All of a sudden, they’re going to lose confidence and become a .500 team? It’s not like there are more than 90 games left in the season.

The most frightening part is that 44% say it’s a “must win”. I really hope they’re joking.

Hope you enjoyed June 11th’s Tour of Stupid.

Last time we talked about baseball, the Marlins were 11-1, looking really good. And then over the next 32 games, they went 8-24, while the Mets cleaned up their game. We have a better sense of how good the teams are.

So it looks like The Mets are be..bet…b..b.

Let me try that again.

The Mets are bet-t-t. The Mets are bet..ter than the Marlins.

Fortunately, I can take comfort in the fact I’m not a Washington Natinals fan:

1. Mention how Tiger Woods made some tough shot on a random hole (an eagle is even better).

2. Announce how many shots Tiger is off the pace.

3. Quietly slip in the leader’s name.

4. If there’s enough time, indicate how many shots Phil Mickelson is behind.

So Caucasian…

Maybe if Kevin Borseth were coaching the NBA instead of Michigan women’s basketball, he would have gotten the attention he deserved.

This could get me into trouble, but you guys deserve the truth.

I’ve been a professional hockey player in the NHL for a long time. Due to discrimination, I’ve been forced to wear a human disguise because the league thinks people aren’t ready to accept an eggish player yet.

The photo below is the engraving made on the Stanley Cup after I helped the Maple Leafs win a title in 1945:

By the way, if you noticed “ass man” by F.J. Selke’s entry, that was not his nickname, it was how “assistant manager” was abbreviated.

Source: The Stanley Cup Could Use an Editor

Hate bringing up 7-year-old stories as if they were new, but LEP tends to miss the boat on a lot of things.

Many American sports teams, colleges, and high schools use Native American mascots such as Braves, Seminoles, Aztecs, Chiefs, and (most controversially) Redskins. While most people don’t give a second thought to it, it’s a sore point for some.

A high school college intramural basketball team decided to protest a local high school team’s “Fightin’ Reds” mascot with the “Fightin’ Whities”, complete with the slogan “Every thang’s going to be all white.”

While the team did get some pub, it probably didn’t have quite the desired effect. Some criticized the Fightin’ Whities for stooping to the same level as those they were attacking.

Meanwhile, the white community wasn’t very offended. In fact, many simply thought the idea was hilariously wonderful and wanted their own Fightin’ Whities jersey.

Including this white guy. I think I’m buying a T-shirt.

keep talking rocket lovers we will see where your at after game 6

Seriously, what sort of taunt do you have lined up, “HAHA we beat a team with two All-Stars out for the season” ? (Well, except it would have worse grammar and spelling.)

If a Major League team finds itself 9 1/2 games out of first place on Apr 20, that usually means it’s not a good baseball team.

It looks the Washington Nationals are starting to figure out a good bullpen is not optional. (And the Marlins would like to thank the Nats for padding their win total.)

And yes, almost every non-Yankee fan enjoyed hearing about that 22-4 debacle.

This week I’m in Miami, and forgot the Monday Fighter! files at home. Monday Fighter! will be back next week.

Congratulations to Derek Slater of Reassembler for winning this year’s LEP March Madness bracket! Landing in the 56th percentile of all brackets nationally, he proved once again that mediocrity is usually good enough. He wins…the glory of this post.

In the meantime, we are working hard to blame the overall poor showing on bad luck and that we have higher priorities than analyzing college basketball (as opposed to sheer incompetence).