The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

FMJRA 2.0: Preparing for the Winter Meetings

— compiled by Wombat-socho As I mentioned Friday, the 1972 season in Pete’s league is over (Yankees won) and we’re gearing up for the 1973 season. As mentioned here, there are four expansion teams available and the deadline to let Pete know you want one of them is November 2 – next Saturday. Pete’s looking […]

FMJRA 2.0: The God-Emperor Works A Shift At McD’s

— compiled by Wombat-socho This is without question one of the funniest episodes in this miserable election season: Donald Trump working the fry station and the drive-through at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. What Counts as ‘Misinformation’? (Hint: It Depends on Who Does the Counting) The Daley Gator […]

FMJRA 2.0: Annual Admiral Of The Ocean Sea Appreciation Post

— compiled by Wombat-socho It’s two! Two!! TWO!!! awesome posts in one! Since it is the actual Columbus Day (as opposed to the fake & gay Federal Columbus Day on Monday) today we’ll not only celebrate the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (and link to some excellent books on the topic, previously covered here) […]

FMJRA 2.0: The Pleasure Is To Play

— compiled by Wombat-socho SOTD Regardless of how poorly my Senators did this year, I miss playing, and I am already poring over the cards of players who will definitely be available next year as well as looking at players from the playoff teams who will probably be available in the draft after those teams […]

FMJRA 2.0: Wait Until Next Year

— compiled by Wombat-socho The season ended with the Pirates sweeping the Senators at Three Rivers, finally putting the season out of its misery. We finished last in the Beta Division of the American League at 67-95, six games behind the A’s but still ahead of the O’s and Royals, who finished at 62-100. This […]

FMJRA 2.0: One Last Series

— compiled by Wombat-socho We lost two out of three games against Boston and then split the two-game series against the O’s at home, which leaves us at 67-92, still in last place and five games behind the A’s. This week we’re facing the Pirates at home; we’re 1-2 against them so far this season, […]

FMJRA 2.0: The Beatings Will Continue Until The Season Concludes

— compiled by Wombat-socho I’m trying to figure out what a miracle meant. What an awful week. We were hoping to sweep the A’s and Dodgers, or at least take two out of three from them, but they both beat us like the family mule (especially embarrassing because the Dodgers have no hitting but still […]

FMJRA 2.0: Is It October Yet?

— compiled by Wombat-socho The Big BasedCon Book Sale – Over 1100 sold so far! The less said about this week’s series against St. Louis & Cleveland, the better. We were 1-5 on the week and are now 63-85, three games behind the A’s in the cellar of our division. Speaking of the A’s, we’ll […]

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