I Don't Like Anybody but I Love You, Peter Pascarelli

For the last year or so, one of my favorite sounds has been the six-note chime that introduces ESPN's "Baseball Today" podcast. Do you think it sounds like the "Light World" theme in Zelda? That's a good song, too.

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Similarly, I've spent many nights falling asleep or running laps to the sound of Eric Karabell and Peter Pascarelli fighting about baseball. Sadly, after making some typically disparaging remarks about MLB commissioner Bud Selig, Peter was removed from the podcast some time last week. His replacement sounds like a sports robot. ESPN, you suck. Peter was the ultimate "hater with a golden heart" and the upcoming season will be less enjoyable without his endless, growling rants.

On the bright side, this could be Kei's and my chance to finally launch the "Asian Girls Wearing Sports Gear Sports Fan Podcast." We can put it on iTUNES.

In Which I Fail to Conceal My Irrational Bitterness About the Impending End of the Baseball Season

With both the Yankees and the Dodgers headed to the playoffs, it's been a very celebratory sports weekend. Before we get to that, though, I'd like to rant for a minute about Yahoo! Sports. Their Fantasy Baseball Stat Tracker been consistently incorrect all week and their Fantasy Baseball Playoffs Flow Chart Calendar is the most ridiculously unclear and useless piece of crap ever published on the internet. Moreover, their real world baseball coverage has gotten meager and sloppy. This month, Yahoo's photo galleries shrunk from 25 pages of pictures to just 25 pictures and check out this caption:

REFILE-CAPTION CORRECTION. THE DODGERS DID NOT CLINCH THE NL WEST. Los Angeles Dodgers Ronnie Belliard(notes) (3) hugs teammate Matt Kemp(notes) (R) after their win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in their National League MLB baseball game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 26, 2009. REUTERS /Jason Cohn (UNITED STATES SPORT BASEBALL)

I guess Yahoo! just doesn't place much importance on clinching division titles. They certainly didn't care to upload any photos of the Yankees clinching theirs today against the Red Sox. Is it that important? I mean, beyond determining home field advantage for playoff games, I suppose not. Like the All-Star Game and its World Series home field advantage. Just not important. I know that most of the country is watching this thing called "Peyton Manning and his friends doing stuff" now, but GET IT TOGETHER YAHOO! SPORTS.

Anyway, as one might expect, the Yankees website has copious amounts of footage of today's post-game celebration. Even I couldn't watch it all (and not just because of the spectacular grossness inherent to the ritual of super rich dudes spraying champagne all over their bazillion dollar locker room). But I did watch a lot of it and am sharing with you now my favorite video screengrabs. Good work, team! CONGRATULATIONS, WINNERS.

This photo of Peter Pascarelli and Nick Swisher getting it in the face is for you, Kei!

Despite having now seen at least 100 photos of him,
I am always surprised by the weirdness of Mark Teixeira.

Aw, he is charming. And good at pitching.

DJ doing TV talk. Hopefully not as bored as he looks.

Robbie Cano got his 200th hit of the season today, joining Derek Jeter (207) and Ichiro Suzuki (216) at the top of the MLB hit leaders list. In fourth and fifth places are Hanley Ramirez (196) and Ryan Braun (192). I don't have anything against HanRam, so I'll cheer for him to get 200. For unknown reasons, I hate Ryan Braun, but I guess I'll still cheer for him to get 200. You know, as a lover of the game called "not Peyton Manning and his friends doing stuff."