Idiots Write About Sports

Why are you wasting your time with this site? Really — why? All the cool stuff is over at Rob McMillin’s 6-4-2 blog. Especially this.

Adrian Beltre as some sort of mythical bull-like creature! Jose Lima and his wife doing a vaguely celebratory dance! Milton Bradley apparently trying to crush his teammates with a tarp! How can you not love that?

And there’s drawings of other teams too! The Angels The Astros! The Twins! (And if you can explain why Johan Sanatan is represented as E.T., you are a wise man than I.)

One bummer: there doesn’t appear to be a drawing commemorating the exploits of the Oakland Athletics. Oh sure, the Brewers get their own illustration. (The Brewers!) So do the Royals. But the A’s? Nada.

Oh, nameless Korean genius — how hath we Oakland fans offended thee?

Referenced by Braves Journal, in the entry Um...:
(Korean characters) I get the Jaret Wright one, for certain. (Via Idiots and 6-4-3.)......

McCovey Chronicles has a link to his Giants drawings though. Utterly madcap.

Posted by scareduck at February 6, 2005 12:08 PM

Hm -- here's one with A's in it (though not nearly as wacky as the Dodgers one); Barry Zito against a Tigers batter:

http://news.naver.com/sports/new/view.php?category=mlb&menu=cartoon&seq=12

Well there's also this one -- http://news.naver.com/sports/new/view.php?category=mlb&menu=cartoon&seq=45 -- in which Eric Chavez and Tim Hudson brawl with representatives of the Rangers and Angels, while two Seattle Mariners laugh uproariously. Presumably, the Mariners are happy that they are out of last year's division race.

But I want me one them team overviews like what he did for the Dodgers and Angels. Eric Chavez riding a unicycle and juggling batting donuts! Erubiel Durazo with Popeye-sized forearms! Octavio Dotel combusting into open flame!

Upon further investigation, he appears to be profiling teams in alphabetical order, which means the NY Mets -- Apu's favorite squadron -- are up next, with the A's in the hole.

I think the overview pages are in Alphabetical order by full name of teams. I think the Angels were at the top because at press time they were still the "Anaheim Angels."

The last one is about the Yankees, NYY. Oakland is right around the corner.

Don't worry, we'll get the treatment we deserve.

I did not even come close to understanding any of the Cubs cartoons. Sosa was smiling and holding what appeared to be a dinner roll. Prior and Wood were in bed together.

And elsewhere, Richie Sexson (Arizona) was piledriving another D-Back who's name and number are obscured. Jaret Wright (Atlanta) is a robot. Austin Kearns (Cincinnati) is carrying some purple humanoid thing around on a leash. Todd Helton (Colorado) is getting yelled at by a dog and a cow. Joe Kennedy (Colorado) is naked under a waterfall. Brad Lidge (Houston) is throwing three Brewers onto a flume ride. Zack Greinke (Kansas City) is depicted by a dominatrix in Royals colors whipping a Detroit Tiger.

Actually, I think Jaret Wright is the Frankenstein monster, and Leo Mazzone the good doctor himself. Hey, look, Rafael Furcal just committed another error?

Actually, Wood and Prior are in different beds; the setting is a hospital, but both are giving the thumbs-up sign. (Both spent significant amounts of time on the DL, and both were marginally effective while effecting public expressions of optimism about their readiness to play.) Dusty is obviously furious.

I think the Sosa picture is not a dinner roll, but a potato (tater) -- maybe something to do with his lack of production in 2004?

I get Jaret Wright -- after all the damage to his arm, Mazzone is reassembling him from parts, ala Frankenstein or the Six Million Dollar Man.

The Greinke picture would have made me spew had I been drinking at the time.

And it looks like our Korean friend has created another cartoon today, only this one is about Montreal, not New York.

http://news.naver.com/sports/new/view.php?category=mlb&menu=cartoon&seq=81

So who knows what his order is.

"And it looks like our Korean friend has created another cartoon today, only this one is about Montreal, not New York."

Featuring a naked Tony Batista no less.

Incidentally, readers should be aware that, over at Rob's site, some thoughtful individual who speaks Korean posted translations for the Dodger cartoon. (Gasp! You weren't like this before! I'm different from time to time!)

Someone at Batgirl has been in contact with the author, and reports that he was originally an A's fan but now primarily follows the Twins (for reasons unknown)...

http://www.bat-girl.com/archives/000657.html

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