Screw the AL!

Sure they have better teams, and more talent, and slaughter the senior circuit in interleague play, but that doesn't make them any more fun to watch! You know who agrees with me? The umpires! Poor Joe West actually had to stand there and pay attention to all three games and he wasn't happy about it. "It's pathetic and embarrassing. They take too long to play."

I've long suggested that baseball's image crisis is partly related to the media's insistence on designating Red Sox versus Yankees as the best match-up in the game just because they generally have the best players. I call bullshit! Even the more likable characters in the plot such as the Red Sox David Ortiz will wander out of the box to take a leak, have a chat with the crowd, and sip some steroids-laced tea between pitches. For fuck's sake man, I know you're going to strike out, you know you're going to strike out, everyone knows you're going to strike out (except Terry Francona of course), at least stay in the box and be quick about it!