A sh*t storm went down last week. Talk about a Wind of Change. We think that maybe this is what the Scorpions were singing about. The baseball offseason. Makes total sense now. With all of the changes going down, we asked which team you felt should earn the Most Improved Award. 6 of you felt that the Marlins’ aggressive purchases make them most improved for the 2012 season. 1 person felt that the addition of Albert Pujols and CJ Wilson made the Angels most improved and 1 person thought that the departure of Jose Reyes made the Mets the most improved. Not a single soul voted for the Arizona Diamondbacks. So sad.
Not much in terms of transactions happening this week. Maybe the MLB has taken time off to do their holiday shopping. Outfielder Michael Cuddyer signed a 3-year deal with the Rockies worth just over $31 million, but the Rockies won’t make the official announcement until Cuddyer passes his physical.
As expected, the Phillies resigned Jimmy Rollins with a contract worth $33 million over 3 years and includes a vesting option for the 4th year.
Last year, we gave you our rendition of the “12 Days of Christmas” called “The 12 Days of Torture.” In the spirit of the holidays, we’d like to present you with our cover of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas.” It’s called “All We Want for Christmas.” We’re so creative, aren’t we?
We don’t want a lot for Christmas.
There’s just a couple of things we need.
We don’t care about the presents underneath the Christmas tree.
We just want some players for our own
more than you could ever know.
Make our wish come true.
All we want for Christmas
is for our teams to be improved.
(cue the silver bells)
We don’t want a lot for Christmas.
There’s just a couple of things we need.
We don’t care about the presents underneath the Christmas tree.
We don’t need to throw our traitor jerseys
there within the fireplace.
Santa Claus won’t make us happy
with Carlos Beltran on Christmas Day.
We just want some players for our own
more than you could ever know.
Make our wish come true.
All we want for Christmas
is for our teams to be improved.
Improved, baby.
Oh, we won’t ask for much this Christmas.
We won’t even wish to bid for Norichika Aoki
and we’re just gonna keep on waiting
for spring training.
We won’t make a list and send it
to New York City for Fred Wilpon.
We won’t even hold our breaths to
hear that the Yankees signed Roy Oswalt.
Cause we just want a team that wins
without giving us a bunch of douches.
What more can we do?
Baby, all we want for Christmas
is for our teams to be improved.
Improved.
Oh, the Marlins are spending
money everywhere
and the sound of Mets fans
moaning fills the air.
And Angels fans are singing.
We don’t hear any change jingling.
Santa, won’t you bring us what we need?
Won’t you please give both of our teams a good year?
Oh, we don’t want a lot for Christmas.
This is all we’re asking for.
We just want to see our teams
in the playoffs next year.
We just want some players for our own
more than you could ever know.
Make our wish come true.
All we want for Christmas
is for our teams to be improved.
Improved, baby.
Thank you, New York! Goodnight! *Insert crowd going wild*
*Sighs*
ReplyDeleteI just love the classics.
Whatever happens under your Christmas tree this years, ladies, I hope it is a joyous and wonderful baseball year, filled with optimism, hope, and nice, fat & juicy, italian sausages. (Until the cold nights of September and October, when the Big Man in Red crushes your pitiful little dreams :^), of course )
Merry Christmas, Serena. Merry Christmas, Lisa.
Finally. Someone picked up on the fact that we love Italian sausages. Jeez. Why is it taking everyone else so long to understand this little fact? :)
ReplyDeleteWe hope you have a delightful holiday weekend as well, Jim! You'll probably get a lump of coal though, considering the demonic baseball team you root for. ;)