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Brett Favre out
Andrew Johnson in
Christmas in August!

Sorry, Fulham. I have a new favorite team, and it is PFC Kuruvchi of the Uzbekistani League. Apparently, they have made a serious bid to sign Samuel Eto'o from Barcelona. I'm not one to believe every silly transfer rumor I hear, but come on...they even have pictures of Eto'o meeting with club officials on their website!

I love ridiculous things. Even if this is made up (and the pictures are photoshopped), I give this club a ton of credit for their sense of humor alone.

The phrase "closers who flame out" sounds like a Wikipedia article that should redirect to the Milwaukee Brewers page, doesn't it? The Brewers have had a long and proud tradition of pulling closers out of nowhere. Closers who eventually go on to flame out, that is. Mike "Mustard Man" DeJean, Leo "Icelandic Brand" Estrella, Dan Kolb, Mike Adams, Derrick Turnbow, and coming soon - the Francophone Turnbow - Eric Gagne, have all fallen off the face of the Earth since being removed from the closer role.

Last night, I flipped on the AAA All-Star game just in time to see Nashville closer Luis Pena attempt close out the game for a Pacific Coast League victory. Unfortunately, he gave up 3 runs in the 9th and nearly gave up the lead. Pena is the logical choice to take over as the Brewers closer next season, so let's just hope he doesn't flame out before he arrives in Milwaukee.

Good business would be to let a guy close for a year, trade him, and let him flame out with the new club. We did that with Dan Kolb, and it netted us (the admittedly disappointing) Jose Capellan. Saloman Torres is having a solid year since being inserted in the closer role. We have an option for 2009, so we should pick that up and trade him in the offseason. Watch him flame out while Pena flourishes. Trade Pena, find another one-year wonder off the scrap heap for 2010, and so on.

God Bless America is Bud Selig's favorite song, therefore we have to endure it during Sunday Major League Baseball games. But...why do people feel the need to stand and put their hand over their heart? That's the national anthem that you do those things for. God Bless America is not the national anthem, it is a crappy generic patriotic song. Would you put your hand over your heart for "Proud To Be An American"? Or perhaps that stupid "America, Fuck Yeah!" song? Hmm, I think I will do just that, from now on.

Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon attacked General Manager Ed Wade, after Wade "was basically yelling and stuff".

Was he really yelling? Or just "basically" yelling? What does "basically yelling" mean, anyway? Chacon reminds me of the guy who bought my old cell phone on ebay, and later demanded a return because it "practically fell apart" when he took it out of the box. I allowed him to return the phone for a refund, and when it showed up, surprise surprise, it did not "practically" fall apart.

Shawn Chacon, you're a funny guy, and you have made my quotefile. Keep the exaggerations coming!