Unexpected entertainment from Major League Baseball
The Blue Jays, who have exactly three players on their roster whose names I recognize, have fired their manager (who he?) and replaced him with…
Whatever Dennis Eckersley is up to these days, I’m sure Cito still considers him half a woman.
UPDATE: From the article:
One of nine men inducted to the Toronto Blue Jays Level of Excellence, he owns a career 681-635 record as manager in a franchise high 1,316 games.
The Toronto Blue Jays Level of Excellence. That is a very high level indeed. Much higher than OBE or even the Order of Canada. In fact, I heard that one time Sir Paul McCartney tried to reach the Toronto Blue Jays Level of Excellence but he was informed that he’d have to renounce his knightship and personally tell Queen Elizabeth II to fuck herself. True story.
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June 20th, 2008 at 11:01 am
The Eckersley comment has to be the most high-larious (and accurate) thing ever uttered by a Jays’ manager.
Cito rules.
I’ve no doubt that the Jays’ manager who got sacked, Mr. Gibbons, challenged the GM to a fistfight when he heard the news.
June 21st, 2008 at 5:37 pm
It should be entertaining. The Blue Jays, who can’t hit their way out of a wet paper bag, at least have had good pitching this year. Cito, as we know, hates pitchers as a general rule. 100 losses cannot be ruled out.
June 22nd, 2008 at 3:45 pm
It almost, but not quite, makes me want to watch a couple of games.
June 22nd, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Billy Martin hated pitchers, too, but the son of a gun found a way to win.
June 22nd, 2008 at 4:55 pm
If Billy Martin had lived long enough, we may have discovered a way to refine alternative energy from his endless reserves of blind rage.
June 24th, 2008 at 8:35 am
I see Joe Girardi is trying to out-Billy Billy. He’s doomed to fail. He doesn’t have the guts to kick dirt on the umpires, which, these days, would probably earn him a 30-day suspension. Back in the 80’s, it was free to Billy, once he’d been kicked out of the game.
Good times, good times.