DJ Gallo gave AL and NL previews on espn.com. They're chalk full of bad jokes, etc.
Here's the National League one. I'm just going to skip from part to part.
Arizona Diamondbacks
With a young roster, standout pitching and solid defense, this is a team that is easy to root for -- especially because Arizona's anemic offense means that few, if any, Diamondbacks are on steroids.
ROFLZOMG! Hey DJ, Neifi Perez took PEDs. So did Ryan Franklin and Jim Parque and shitloads of other awful players in the last 10 years. "Bad" does not equal "steroid free." And there's a good chance the DBacks will have a decent offensive year.
Fun Fact: The Rockies set a franchise record last season with a 4.32 ERA. They also replaced their humidor with a Jacuzzi.
LAWLAWLAWLAWLAWL or they had the best pitching staff in the franchise's history. But no, I like your joke so much that I'm going to pretend that isn't true.
San Diego Padres
Like division rivals Arizona, Los Angeles and San Francisco, the Padres have difficulty scoring runs. But San Diego will still be competitive, thanks to a pitching staff led by Jake Peavy, who led the NL in wins, strikeouts and ERA last season. Peavy also led the Padres with 17 hits, a .233 batting average and seven RBIs.
I can picture DJ cracking himself up typing that last sentence.
Fun Fact: Khalil Greene … still white.
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NL West predicted order of finish: Inverse to the number of team losses.
Does that sentence have a purpose? There's no information and an overused, stupid joke. Like I understand that these are joke previews, but this is just useless.
NL Central predicted order of finish: The first shall be first, and the last shall be last.
And again.
Oakland Athletics
Fun Fact: You can now purchase a copy of "Moneyball" for $5.99 on the bargain rack at Barnes and Noble.
Hah. What a crappy bargain book. No one should want to read it because the A's are bad now.
AL West predicted order of finish: Four-way tie.
Stop this.
AL Central predicted order of finish: Wouldn't you like to know.
I said knock it off already! Don't you want to at least attempt a joke here?
Fun Fact: Delmon Young has only 26 walks in 681 career plate appearances. He tends to throw his bat at every pitch. And also at many umpires.
Fantastic! Hey DJ, 2006 called, it wants its joke back.
AL East predicted order of finish: 1. Yankees; 2. Red Sox; 3. Blue Jays; 4. Rays; 6. Orioles.
But DJ, there's only 5 teams in the AL Ea----aaaahhhhhhhhh!!!! There's the funny! Right there! Orioles 6th! ZOMG! You should be helping Bob Saget write stand-up. Seriously.
Yeahb, this column deserved to be picked apart. DJ Gallo is a weird sort. He has to be funny every day and fails often.
ReplyDeleteBut, I have to say, his post-Super Bowl column titled something like the The Five Stages of Boston Grief or something was probably the best post-SB anti-Boston, anti-Pats column I ever read that week. It was downright hilarious and brutal and seemed to take a few jabs at Bill Simmons too, which was a great bonus.
Take it easy on DJ. He's trying his best. The Moneyball joke was the only offensive thing in there.
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