Loading ...Raygun Logic
By Evan ~ September 27th, 2007. Filed under: baseball.
Fans of the Quake franchise, rejoice. It appears that maybe…just maybe…the US Army has a new secret weapon: the ray-gun. That’s right, kids, no longer relegated to toy bins across the nation (and James Iha’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness tour effects rig), the ray-gun is supposedly ready to officially join the arsenal of our nation. “It is a bit like touching a red-hot wire, but there is no heat, only the sensation of heat. There is no burn mark or blister…Its makers claim this infernal machine is the modern face of warfare.” Too bad it doesn’t have the same effect on people that the one in Quake III Arena had, where people combusted when fired upon. That would make for a much more effective weapon, I imagine.
By the way, I have a lot to do today so this is a short entry of little importance.
Here’s a closing thought: the Mets are killing me. I used to think that being a baseball fan on the West Coast was perfect. Eastern games start at 4:00pm here, and end early enough to go out for dinner and then socialize. On the weekends, games start at noon or earlier. Perfect. Unless, of course, your team loses every day and is in danger of missing the playoffs after holding onto first place for the entire season. Sure, the games are on early and end early, but for the past two weeks it just ensures that I’m more pissed off and rude to people when I leave the apartment. Thanks a lot, assholes.
I guess if there is any consolation, it is that if the Mets lose, this will not be the biggest collapse of all time. It will be the second or third biggest. In 1995, the Anaheim were in first place in the AL West by 11 games in August. The team lost key personnel (particularly shortstop Gary DiSarcina) and went on an extended slide during the final stretch run. By season’s end, they were in a first-place tie with the surging Mariners, prompting a one-game playoff for the division title. The Mariners laid a 9-1 drubbing on the Angels, clinching the AL West championship and forcing the Angels and their fans to endure yet another season of heartbreak and bitter disappointment. I think that at one point the Angels had 99.99987% odds to win their division. This year, the Mets had something like 98.7777% odds. See, it won’t be that bad if we lose!
