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		<title>Tim Lincecum Just Lost My Cy Young Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know, if I actually had one.
I can&#8217;t believe this freakish-looking piece of skinny garbage. He just choked in the fantasy equivalent of Game 7 of the World Series (not to mention the real-life implications). I WAS WINNING ALL WEEK AND YOU BLEW IT. Since the Mets didn&#8217;t provide me with a last-day collapse for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" title="i hate your ugly mug" src="http://www.inquirre.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/tim-lincecum.jpg" alt="" width="284" height="300" />You know, if I actually had one.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t believe this freakish-looking piece of skinny garbage. He just choked in the fantasy equivalent of Game 7 of the World Series (not to mention the real-life implications). I WAS WINNING ALL WEEK AND YOU BLEW IT. Since the Mets didn&#8217;t provide me with a last-day collapse for the third straight year, I guess my fantasy team had to fill in.</p>
<p>I went into the day leading 5-4 in my Head-to-Head league in the matchup for the championship. With extremely modest leads in R, HR, and RBI, I figured I couldn&#8217;t count on winning those categories, so I needed to start Scott Baker, even if he hurt my ERA lead. I figured he would give me some strikeouts and possibly a win &#8212; the category that was tied going into the day. I wasn&#8217;t even concerned about Lincecum. I figured he would give me a bunch of Ks, help my ERA, and also possibly give me a win. The only starter going for my opponent? Ubaldo Jimenez. A decent pitcher, actually, but I didn&#8217;t think he&#8217;d end up with as many Ks as Baker and Lincecum combined. Or end up with a win while neither of my starters did. HOW THE FUCK DID THAT HAPPEN?!?!</p>
<p>Why did you have to destroy my fantasy life, Timmy? After Baker put up a shitty performance, I still wasn&#8217;t worried, since I figured you&#8217;d at the very least give me the win for Ks. But no, you had to pitch 4 innings, let up 5 ER, and only notch THREE measly fucking strikeouts. Baker had five! And I didn&#8217;t even end up losing the ERA battle by much &#8212; 3.69 to 3.81. IF ONLY YOU SUCKED MARGINALLY LESS I HAD THE CHAMPIONSHIP LOCKED UP!! Fuck this shit, give the Cy Young to Adam Wainwright or Chris Carpenter. Just drop it in the Cardinals&#8217; clubhouse and let them have a ping-pong tournament for it or something. Wainwright just had 10 Ks tonight. <em>That&#8217;s</em> a Cy Young award winner, asshole. I can&#8217;t believe I voted for you in my poll.</p>
<p>And anyone who wants to criticize me for starting Baker: Fuck you. I explained my reasoning, and besides &#8212; if I left him on the bench and he had an awesome start, and I had lost one or two of those aforementioned offensive categories resulting in an overall loss, I would&#8217;ve been kicking myself right now. It&#8217;s much more fun ripping apart Lincecum for the stupidest reason ever. What a fucking loser. HAVE FUN MAKING COMMERCIALS DURING THE PLAYOFFS, DICKWAD.</p>
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