Susan/Circle:
I'm a little late in getting to this, but Tex-shady doth protests too much methinks.
Mike:
Seriously, "It's just silly. It really is," yet he goes on and on about it.
Susan/Circle:
Evah notice how it's just as easy to get undah the skin of "official" Yankeedom as it is to needle their mouth breathing trolls? Why is that?
Mike:
I think it's what they like to call "Mistake and Sour."
Susan/Circle:
So what happened yestahday?
Mike:
Meh, just one of those games. Happens. You move on.
Susan/Circle:
Yeah, outta 162 some are just going to get away from you.
Mike:
Just like how every hittah goes through a slump. Nobody knows why, it just happens.
Susan/Circle:
This WSJ piece on Big Papi nails it: "Whenever a beloved ball player goes into a slump, his fans feel funky themselves, question their own sanity, also their own mortality, then feel stupid for letting this happen, pretend to cheer up, and fool nobody."