I’ve always been confused by how Miguel Cabrera ended up going from the Marlins to the Tigers. I mean, sure, it was a good trade and all, but seriously, look at the guy.

He’s moderately gifted and looks smug. How could he NOT end up with the Yankees?

Turns out he just wasn’t ready. Now he’s a professional drunk who is a shitty dad and beats his wife to boot. Plus, accordingly to events in August, he likes to demean and threaten to beat overweight teenagers.

Yep, I’m sure he’ll be wearing pinstripes and playing with Jeter’s balls any day now.

You know, I wasn’t even a huge Ted Williams fan, but this is NOT how you treat the dead, even those dumb enough to have their skulls lopped off and plopped in a deep freeze.

Yes, as this article points out there is something slightly unseemly about pouring booze of a jersey of a fallen teammate who died in a drunk driving incident, but I’m damn sure that’s not what was on the minds of the Angels as they celebrated winning their division.

They wanted to share their success with Nick Adenhart, wishing he’d lived long enough to enjoy the moment with them.

The Angels are one of those few AL teams I have no problems with – maybe because they used to own the atrocity now known as the Quad City Swing or whatever there name now is. So, it is nice to see them have some success. Now, of course, it is probably on their shoulders to make sure the Yankees never see the World Series.

Good luck guys!

Granted, any team might have done this, but given that it was the stinking Cardinals who raised a kid’s big dream hopes and then took a steaming dump on them, leaving him with nothing, it makes it particularly odious.

I hope the kid becomes a franchise player – anywhere but St. Louis. And in Yankee Stadium of course.

More on the Monforto family. Good stuff coming their way for their 15 minutes of good-hearted fun and fame.

Plus, they got an autographed ball out of the deal. Nice to see decent folks getting a taste of the limelight for a spell.

Watching Ichiro Suzuki has been a real joy. He’s made at least 200 hits in each of his nine American Major League seasons, and that’s pretty damn impressive.

But what is also cool is the response this got him back home in Japan, particularly in high praise from THE all-time home run hitter, Sadaharu Oh.

Congrats Ichiro!

Candidate for Father of the Year.

I’d like to think I’d be as cool with my first caught foul ball being thrown back. Either way, nice reaction from the dad there.

Remember when pitchers were expected – and trained – to work hard so they wouldn’t crack under the pressure of a pennant race?

Yeah, I really don’t either.

Stephen Strasburg may be the second coming of pitching, but having known asshole agent Scott Boras onboard makes me like him a whole lot less as a human being.

Apparently, I’m not the only one.