Comments on: stephen malkmus fantasy baseball preview

By: Griffin

Griffin — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:54:48 +0000

yeah, this is pretty cool. I guess the lack of a bigger indie-rock sports community is due to the culture around it. I really love playing sports and getting outside, etc. and I think most people probably do, but I can’t stand some of the pople who are into it. Baseball= fine. The ESPN cast talking about baseball like it’s politics and SO FUCKING IMPORTANT= obnoxious and extremely off-putting. It’s like, sports are fine in-and-of-themselves, but I just don’t identify with a good 75% of the people who like pro or college sports. The thing Malkmus said about Young Republicans not being “his kind of people” was interesting. At least where I live, being a sporto almost implies that you’re also very conservative. I guess that’s the problem. My football coach used to have team prayers (in a public HS, mind you) and no one had a problem with it because they were all really into god, etc. No diversity whatsoever. When a buddy of mine left the team because he was into theater more, the coach publicly called him a faggot. It’s just that kinda stuff that makes you really sick of it all (no pun.) That said, I went to Pitchfork fest this last year and most of the people there were basically the same except they replaced sports with hipster clothing and bad, flash-in-the-pan indie. So I guess I’m just saying everyone sucks. Fair enough.

By: Gators Rule

Gators Rule — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:31:09 +0000

Gratuitous slag on Joakim Noah. David Lee is also a Gator –wonder how he escaped all the hate. Malkmus rules nonetheless.

By: Zack

Zack — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:38:36 +0000

The Brewers are nowhere near a “mediocre team.” They’ll be stars in the Fantasy league and the real league….. and SM right about Corey Hart, he’s gonna be awesome this year.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:38:52 +0000

I’m the hoops editor at Rotoworld.com and it’s pretty exciting to know one of my heroes is a RW junkie. Nicely done!

By: metsgrrl

metsgrrl — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:54:13 +0000

BEST. INTERVIEW. EVER.

By: Henrik Fohns

Henrik Fohns — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:14:19 +0000

Yeah fine – but the album is only available to US-citizens = I will have to buy it at iTunes and you will loose a customer. What happend to free economy?

By: Gerard

Gerard — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:19:05 +0000

a couple of minor points :

SM is right about the blown save category. However, every owner in the league had an opportunity to weigh in on this ill-advised decision before the season began. Much like this season, it’s been hard to find a consensus. Being a commissioner is tough work — just ask the Used Car Salesman!

re : Matador and the Mets. It should be stressed that neither Chris Lombardi nor Patrick Amory are Mets fans. Neither of these men will give in to intense peer pressure.

By: John L.

John L. — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:24:11 +0000

Heyyyy, I graduated from Mississippi State and moved to New York! And I went “Allllllllright.” (just like Matthew Mcconaughey would)

By: yancey

yancey — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:47:56 +0000

i wanted to ask more about the dodgers! i was totally blanking on names — i couldn’t remember if they traded for hunter or edmonds. but thx, guys! kisses to the ward yorkers 4evah.

By: Sorcerer Jenkins

Sorcerer Jenkins — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:35:40 +0000

case in point:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDlaVqVz17g&eurl=