More Grievances: Edit, Now With More Drunken Angriness

In the spirit of Festivus, I aired some Twins-related grievances over at Twinkie Talk.  But I'm not done whining, here are the rest:

The Minnesota Timberwolves:  You do realize that basketball games are longer than three quarters, right?  I would like the following people to stop sucking, right now:  Luke Ridnour, Sebastian Telfair, aw hell, everybody except Kevin Love, and maybe Michael Beasley. 

LeBron James:  Whoo, boy, Bron-bron. I have never wished a devastating, career-ending injury upon any player in any sport, and I don't want to start now, so, please just stop talking:

"Imagine if you could take Kevin Love off Minnesota and add him to another team and you shrink the [league]. Looking at some of the teams that aren't that great, you take Brook Lopez or you take Devin Harris off these teams that aren't that good right now and you add him to a team that could be really good. Not saying let's take New Jersey and let's take Minnesota out of the league. But hey, you guys are not stupid, I'm not stupid, it would be great for the league."

The Minnesota Wild:  You do realize that you cannot continue to be outshot by opponents by a 2-1 margin on a nightly basis and expect to win games, right?

The Minnesota Vikings:  Sure, it's not your fault the Metrodome roof collapsed (Or is it?  I smell a conspiracy), and it's not your fault you had to play in the harsh weather conditions at TCF Bank stadium.  But, come on, that is no excuse for that travesty of a game you played against the Bears.  After all, the most beloved figure in franchise history showed up in shirt sleeves, and he's 83!

Also, Bryant McKinnie, would it kill you to block somebody for once?




Winter:  I am sick of you already, and it's barely Christmas.  Go away.

Edit:  Seriously, enough is enough.  I can't even see out my own window anymore.

Tinsel:  I find you distracting.

Surly Furious:  Just kidding, we're cool.

Is It Bad That I Kind Of Want the Brewers to Win the World Series Now?

image courtesy homeruncards.com

Milwaukee just completed a trade for my favorite pitcher ever, non-Twins division, sending outfielder Lorenzo Cain, shortstop Alcides Escobar and pitching prospects Jake Odorizzi and Jeremy Jeffress/PTBNL to the Royals.  Obviously, I am excited about this trade because 1) Zack Greinke is no longer in the AL Central and 2) Whenever I go to Brewers' games, I will probably get to see some good pitching for a change.  This isn't about me, though, so let's look at how this trade affects the two teams after the jump.

I Cannot Think of a More Perfect Metaphor for the Vikings' 2010 Season

[UPDATE: OK, actual video of the roof collapsing is a more perfect metaphor for the Vikes' season]





This is like an early Christmas present for Zygi Wilf. New stadium, anyone?

Third Basemen and the Hall of Fame

Naturally, with the recent passing of Ron Santo, there has been a recent of re-examination of his Hall-of-Fame case.  It seems likely that he will be inducted posthumously; he is, after all, considered one of the best players not in the Hall.  I am not going to debate the merits of Santo's case here because, well, there isn't much point in doing so.  Most readers have already made up their minds one way or the other and, besides, these arguments never seem to have an end.  If you try hard enough, you could probably make a case for any above-average player to get into the Hall.  So, here is a list of the top 100 position players by rWAR (I also threw in fWAR for good measure).  Does Santo belong in the HOF?  I report, you decide.

[EDIT:  I completely forgot to explain my work.  Well, I didn't forget, I included a paragraph explaining my chart in my original post, but forgot to include it in the final version.  Anyway, HOFers are in bold print, and the names in red played at least 200 games at third.  I hope that clears things up a bit].

Actually, I had a completely different idea for a post in mind when I put together this list.  As you can see, there aren't a ton of third basemen on it, or in the Hall itself for that matter, and I wondered why that might be.  Unfortunately, I don't have the time right now to research the subject as diligently as I would like, but I spent all this time compiling this list and dammit, I wanted to use it for something.