Junior

So there's this brilliant website called firejoemorgan.com, which basically makes fun of the stupid things that sports announcers/writers say/write. I was reading an old article today by Junior about an article by Murray Chass, a writer for the New York Times sports section. No offense to Murray Chass, a hall of fame writer who, coincidentally, belongs to my friend's synagogue in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, but these guys at firejoemorgan just rip into him in this article. Hilarious stuff. Chass's article is about how Mike Mussina is the reason the Yankees haven't won the World Series since 2000. There's no need to explain anything, I'll just transcribe the article. Bold type is Chass, regular type is Junior. Oh, and I'm sorry about merely transcribing funny stuff from other places; I just don't have anything funny of my own this week. Rorry.
On with the transcription!

Nothing against Mike Mussina, but he is the symbol of the Yankees’ failure to win the World Series the last six years. If George Steinbrenner is seeking a scapegoat, make it Mussina.

First off, the article begins "Nothing against Mike Mussina," but the very next sentence basically says, "Hey, f**k you, Mike Mussina."

Chien-Ming Wang, playing his first full season in the major leagues, was the Yankees’ only reliable starter this season, and he came through again in the playoff opener.

Define "reliable." In the Murray-Chass Oxford-Webster Collegiate dictionary, reliable is defined as Asian.

That left Wright as the pitcher to put his finger in the dike.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Finger in the dike.

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OH, I hope no one noticed, but there was a truly grievous error in yesterday's post entitled "Superb." Somehow, I managed to come up with this gem of a sentence: " I realize it's been a few days since I last posted, but there's really nothing about which I feel strongly enough to write about." Nothing more needs to be said about this sentence. I am going to behave as if this never happened. I will presently correct said error so that it may be stricken from the records. Well, except here where I'm talking about it.