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Bud Selig: I Am the Worst

I am the worst. The absolute worst. Oh my god, you would not believe. I am just a shitty person in every conceivable way. Think of a way a man can be terrible and I will guarantee you that I have done it or am doing it as we speak.

Children scatter when I walk down the street. Flowers wilt. Dogs growl. You feel a chill in the air that you can only feel when in the presence of a horrible, horrible human being.

When you’re this awful, it’s hard to do things that reinforce your awfulness. People come to expect you do the the worst thing at all times. That’s when I pride myself in digging deep and finding new ways to turn people’s stomachs.

Not allowing a team to wear hats in tribute to 9/11 first responders because of MLB’s lucrative contract with New Era? That’s pretty bad. But demanding a player who dared defy it take off his cap posthaste, midgame, even though he only wore it in the dugout? That’s the kind of mind-numbingly bureaucratic horse-shittery that only a true scumbag could pull off. And to top it off, I make one of my cowering lickspittles take the fall for the decision. Yes, kneel before me, Joe Torre! Who knows where you might be if not for my criminally lax steroid policies?

And I do this all while doing nothing to fix the many ills that actually plague the sport for which I am the supposed caretaker. It’s the 21st century and my stupid sport that I hate and can’t stand doesn’t use instant replay, yet I pretend to be concerned with caps? That is some weapons-grade horse-shittery, if I do say so myself.

I wake up every day, look myself in the mirror, and before it cracks in disgust at having to reflect my hateful image, say to myself, “Today I will be the worst me I can be.” Then I set something in the yard on fire and blame it on the neighbors’ weird kids. On the way to work, I try to hit as many squirrels with my car as possible. My record is 12. I once hit at least one squirrel on five consecutive blocks. I’m like the Joe DiMaggio of killing small animals! And when I get to work, I see how quickly I can make my secretary cry.

I eat poop. Constantly. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Midnight snacks, too. Not always my own, either. Whatever I can find. I am that disgusting.

Hoping I’ll retire due to old age so someone not hideous can run baseball? Never gonna happen! I have used the Dark Arts to prolong the usefulness of this withered husk of a mortal shell. I am constantly protected by two hulking demons, who remain at my side at all times. Only those as wretched as me can see them! I will outlive you, your grandchildren, the pyramids themselves!

I am fucking terrible and can not be stopped! Ever! Play ball, you brainless insects!

Bob Costas, Meet Joe Torre

costas2.jpgI’m very excited to be on the MLB Network, and I’m even more excited to interview manager Joe Torre, who’s written a book you may have heard a little something about.

torre2.jpgHah! Good one, Bob! I’m excited to be here, too.

costas2.jpgIt’s fitting that we’re having this interview in Studio 42, our facility named in honor of the legendary Jackie Robinson. After all, Jackie Robinson broke racial barriers, and you wrote a book!

torre2.jpgUm, thanks, Bob. Those two things aren’t really equivalent, but I do admire Jackie and his contributions to the game…

costas2.jpgDon’t be so modest, Joe! Sure, Jackie Robinson fought against a prejudice that modern minds can barely comprehend. But you–you told us what Brian Cashman said about A-Rod behind his back!

torre2.jpgBob, I don’t pretend anything I’ve done is as important as what Jackie Robinson did…

costas2.jpgNor should you. Because your achievements are far more important than Jackie’s! What did Jackie Robinson do except endure pain and burdens none of us can even begin to imagine? But thanks to you, we know that David Wells was a jerk!

torre2.jpgWhen did you turn into such a sarcastic jerk?

costas2.jpgI’m not being saracastic! All I’m saying is, why stop at baseball! Surely when the history of literature is written, up there with the greatest passages of Joyce and Tolstoy and Hemingway, there will stand your description of Roger Clemens slathering his nads with Ben-Gay!

torre2.jpgBite me, you midget.
/storms out

costas2.jpgJoe, please don’t forget me when they’ve carved your face on Mount Rushmore!

Joe Torre Revisits History

fran1.jpgWelcome b-hack to the Mike Francesa program. My guest is Joe Torre, who wrote a book that’s pretty interestin. Pretty interestin. If you like books that are interestin, you will like dis book. Lotta headlines outta dis book. Lotta big news. It’s a book with a lotta stuff in it. A book made of pages.
torre2.jpgThanks, Mike, I think you summed it up pretty well.
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So Joe, has the passage of time led you to rethink certain things about your years as a manager?
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Well, back in 2000 I defended Roger Clemens pretty hard when he beaned Mike Piazza, and when he threw a bat at him in the World Series. I now have some reason to suspect that steroids might have had something to do with his behavior.
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What l-hed you to that conclusion?
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I watched the World Series footage. With my eyes.

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