Mike Leake has dominated grocery baggers for a few weeks. Awesome.

Yeah, I'm not sure why I should pretend like it was just one bad year.

It was 1 bad year on the heels of 6 years of abject mediocrity. When 'eh' is as good as you can hope for and you've now burned your best shot at building excess value in a long-term contract, I'd say it's fair to start writing up the obituary on the Leake deal.

It may not be fair to publish it yet, but I'd go ahead and have a rough draft ready to go...

Lights out in spring training means ****all, he has a history of being lit up.

He's a great hitter - Dan told me so. And Dan also says he's a great fielder.

Nobody backs up 3b like Mike Leake, man. Everytime somebody rings a double into the RC gap, Leake knows exactly where to stand just in case somebody airmails a throw. He's heady like that.

Talking about Mike Leake's hitting became almost as common as "That's a ball Jason Heyward usually gets to" right after Jason Heyward failed to get to yet another ball.

Man, I'm getting really excited to hear Dan tell me stuff that I'm just clearly not smart enough to see with my own two eyes. And that has to be the case because it's pretty common that when he's talking, I have no !@#$ing clue what he's rambling on about. I learn a lot by listening to Dan.

I'd take Dan over Hungo telling everyone 80 times a year how Ted Simmons oughta be in the Hall, and that goddamned 20+ inning Met game story.

In fairness to Al, if they gave me a microphone, I'd tell everyone 80 times a year that it's a goddamn travesty that Jimmy Edmonds didn't see a second ballot.

I'd probably end every inning with it. "And there's a routine grounder to 2b....OFF WONG but it bounces to Carpenter who DIVES to beat the runner to the bag for the out. Heady play by Wong and it looks like Carpenter is down on the field. Onto the top of the 6th, Cardinals trail 7-2, and it's !@#$ing absurd that Bill Mazeroski is in the Hall of Fame and Jim Edmonds couldn't even get 2 years on the ballot...."

ROFL I suppose that's even more pronounced for Al since he and Simba played together. I have to say I enjoyed listening to Ankiel call a couple of spring games. He told a story about how when he had Mac and Rolen on the corners and Matheny behind the dish he didn't worry about hitting people because he knew he could dance around long enough for help to arrive.

Leake sucks.

Glad baseball is back though.

That raging douche blocked me on Twitter for calling him out for his shitty broadcasting.

Hence where I said "it needs to translate".

You guys are some cranky bitches.

Fire Dan and Al. Embarrassing a team like this has those clowns calling games. They should be across the state.

They're all the same. You can't find a local crew that isn't all about inane babble and ball-washing.

But at least put Edmonds up there more often. That guy was entertaining as hell.

I'd take anyone over those morons. Such amazing comeback win game ending calls like..."LOOK AT THAT BENCH!!"

These are hysterical...well, presuming you watched The Office.

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Holy shit, those are hilarious. especially the Bankruptcy one, I was laughing too loud at work.....way too loud