Headline from a 1946 edition of the "Onion" in the book "Our Dumb Century:"

Nazis, Japs victorious in alternate Phillip Dick Universe

Pretty funny stuff, and now that baseball is over, I will be pretty bored and looking for things to do. One thing I got around to thinking about was MLB's League Championship Series. Some of those series have sometimes been far more compelling and memorable than the World Series itself. I vividly remember moments like...

Twins demand Selig name them AL Champions
"It is so unfair. We have a better record than the Rangers, we should be having the World Series at Target Field"-Bert Blyleven

"We had a better record and they should let us be in the World Series. Baseball needs to change the rules just for us"-Joe Nathan

Fox Network orders Bud Selig to cancel World Series
"You honestly don't expect us to actually broadcast a postseason series without the Yankees, do you?" says Fox exec

Selig "considering" Fox order to shut down


In other news, arrogant sportswriters and snobby sports bloggers write and blog (for the umpteenth time) that they "don't care" about this upcoming World Series

John Arnold "Jack" Brown Play-by-play Announcer 1960-present Brown was a 25 year-old part-time disc jockey in California struggling to make it in the business when the AFL was formed and teams hired or held tryouts for play-by-play announcers. Brown auditioned for the Los Angeles Chargers job and didn't get it, but did land the Sharks job. He later found out that owner Martin Dole hired him because he was young and new and could be paid like it. Brown did the TV pbp by himself for five...

Some of the characters from my history of the Honolulu Sharks:

Matthew Jensen-QB-K Philadelphia Eagles 1958-59; Honolulu Sharks 1960-61-Jensen was a benchwarmer for the Eagles who went on to be the first quarterback in Shark history, and not a very good one at that. he was also the team's placekicker. At one point in 1961, the Sharks are so bad that they are 0-5 and have scored only 15 points-all of them field goals by Jensen.

John Peter "Pete" Hester-head Coach...