"Growing old; it was a funny thing to happen to a young boy."
Mike:
A fulsome congratulations to the Kansas City Royals.
Susan/Circle:
And to Korean supahfan SungWoo Lee.
Mike:
Imagining what he must be feeling right now stirs up lots of memories from Octobah 2004.
Susan/Circle:
I remembah it like is was yestahday.
"It's just a shoe, for fuck's sake"
Classic, hb
Posted by: buckner was framed | 2014.10.06 at 09:05 AM
Yeah, that made me laugh rereading it.
Posted by: h.b. | 2014.10.06 at 09:10 AM
Good for KC. And how about the Nats' Williams pulling a reverse-Grady and yanking his starter too soon? They must be killing him in DC.
Posted by: soxinsix | 2014.10.06 at 09:15 AM
That would require people here in DC to really care. There is just no comparing a real baseball town like Boston with DC. DC has all the passion this week of Red Sox Spring Training.
Posted by: COD | 2014.10.06 at 09:26 AM
DC is a place where security checkpoints, immobile traffic and paranoia are the things most cherished. A mere baseball game is just a potential terrorist target, so get out the trailers, the tanks and armored cars, and establish a perimeter for YOUR safety. Inside the beltway there exists a culture that assimilates those willing to endure it. It has all the charm of an old Soviet outpost, where all the people have been made into lifeless drones, soulless tools of their masters. And to think slaves once went there to be free. Now, you pay them to enslave you, and if you are a willing drone, you like it.
Posted by: Cmdrflake | 2014.10.06 at 09:49 AM
Ever since he went there, the butler has been more paranoid than he normally is. He just might microwave my fancy feast, lest it may contain biological agents. He needs a few days in the mountains of (Censored by the secretary of the Chairman, who is convinced her ex-cat is nuts.)
Posted by: Chairman Meow | 2014.10.06 at 09:55 AM
Tell us how you really feel Cmdrflake ;)
Posted by: COD | 2014.10.06 at 10:01 AM
Sungwoo Lee's wife is complaining that he has pine tar too far up the shaft of his, uh, "bat".
Posted by: Bob | 2014.10.06 at 10:24 AM
and, now, we sail through the land of "cats" and "bats".
selah.
lc
Posted by: louclinton | 2014.10.06 at 10:39 AM
This strip is morphing into "The Catatonix" ;O
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2014.10.06 at 11:18 AM
I thought I saw the spirit of Dr. Seuss on this creepy outpost ;)
Posted by: Cmdrflake | 2014.10.06 at 11:49 AM
The Patriots won last night night because they ran the damn ball. Brady-mania is so crazy that the announcers referred to the Patriots success running vs the Bengals and then cited Tom's three scrambles!
Posted by: Chip | 2014.10.06 at 01:45 PM
Went to BWW for dinner last night outside Baltimore. Despite being the 7th inning of the O's game, the place had cleared out after the Ravens lost. Then I went to the gym this am, the morning after the O's swept the Tigers. Saw two O's tee shirts and one O's cap, out of maybe 50 early risers. I guess their one O's shirt was in the wash. What a bunch of weak fans. They deserve their owner.
Posted by: Steven in MD | 2014.10.06 at 03:58 PM
*** Tuesday Update ***
Got nothing today.
Posted by: h.b. | 2014.10.07 at 09:20 AM
I Got Nothing 2: The Awakening.
Posted by: Bob | 2014.10.07 at 09:32 AM
If my boss finds out his suspension is meaningless, he'll likely glare at me until he gets bored. He is asleep in his favorite spot for this time of day.
I liked the Giants defensive approach, get everything or get embarrassed. They lost, but showed their true selves.
Posted by: Cmdrflake | 2014.10.07 at 09:58 AM
The Lachen looked sharp last night
Posted by: soxinsix | 2014.10.07 at 10:24 AM
BAKED!!! ;O
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2014.10.07 at 03:29 PM
...cause I got nothing. ;D
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2014.10.07 at 03:54 PM
*** Weds 10/8 ***
Still nothing. Work is killing me. What can you do?
Posted by: h.b. | 2014.10.08 at 09:00 AM
Relax, hb. Josh Beckett has decided to retire. Come February, who knows? We all need that recharge time in our lives, never mind the damage it does to our finances...
Posted by: Cmdrflake | 2014.10.08 at 09:13 AM
I see a Popeye's chicken franchise in Beckett's future.
Posted by: COD | 2014.10.08 at 09:16 AM
I see Beckett starting his own franchise: Waiting for Cookie Dough.
Posted by: Bob | 2014.10.08 at 09:30 AM
Beckett. Good player but he was no Mike Lowell.
Posted by: yazbread | 2014.10.08 at 10:16 AM
He's got nothing.
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2014.10.08 at 11:52 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giVGv_dnmdY
Posted by: Lurking, from time to time | 2014.10.08 at 08:55 PM
The phone call...it's coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE!
Posted by: Bob | 2014.10.09 at 03:12 PM
Have a good Columbus day everybody.See you all Tuesday(maybe)
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2014.10.10 at 09:41 AM
Have a good Columbus day everybody.See you all Tuesday(maybe)
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2014.10.10 at 09:41 AM
30th!
lc
Posted by: louclinton | 2014.10.10 at 10:18 AM
DC will be a ghost town on Monday, but I will be at work. Life in the private sector...
Posted by: COD | 2014.10.10 at 11:00 AM
Some people get Monday off? Really?
Posted by: Bob | 2014.10.10 at 11:11 AM
I do, but as The Oatmeal showed me the way, I celebrate Bartolome instead.
Posted by: Kaz | 2014.10.10 at 11:22 AM
HODORHODOR!!!!!
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2014.10.10 at 01:37 PM
My boss is very angry. I am pleased that he's angry. After all I am so creepy, people wait for me to finish pumping my gas into my CreepMobile, just to be "safe".
I am the creepiest man in the world.
Stay creepy my friends.
Remain creepy my enemies.
Posted by: Cmdrflake | 2014.10.10 at 03:50 PM
Skanks re-signed Cashman to a 3-year deal. Most appropriately named GM in sports history. "Brian." It just fits him.
Have a great weekend all. Hopefully we'll have something fun to yak about on Monday.
Posted by: Bob | 2014.10.10 at 04:27 PM
*** Got Nothing, Tuesday ***
Oh, also I'll be out of town on a business trip Thu-Monday, so I may just take the rest of the week. Who knows?
Posted by: h.b. | 2014.10.14 at 09:53 AM