It's just been announced that Albert Pujols has won the National League MVP award , and... hold on a second... what's this ? It appears to be a particularly bitter quote from Pujols after the 2006 award went to Ryan Howard of the Phillies. “I see it this way: Someone who doesn’t take his team to the playoffs doesn’t deserve to win the MVP.” Ho ho ho. Oh really, Albert? Then this should be interesting, shouldn't it? Because your Cardinals finished 11.5 games behind...

"Burn the city down! Burn the fucking city down baby!" Poor luggage never did nothing to hurt no one... Hat tip: With Leather UPDATE: Now with more idiots...

It's a well known fact that Philadelphia is home to a lot of homely bastards. And apparently they all hit the streets last night in celebration of the Phillies' World Series victory... I don't know how the employees of the Philadelphia Zoo got them to hold still long enough, but dressing these monkeys in Phillies gear was a stroke of genius. Ugly Factor: 7.7 Not only were Phillies fans celebrating a championship, but the city's bloggers were finally out of their moms' basements...

Obligatory Sports Babe The world champion Boston Celtics-- which, after following the NBA for the last 15 years, still seems really odd to say-- raised the banner for their 17th championship last night, and then proceeded to beat LeBron James and the Cavaliers 90-85, kicking off the NBA season. So... Rays Fans: Blame The Groundskeepers Interesting take from Rays Index on who Phillies fans should be whining about the most after Monday night's debacle in Philadelphia. They suggesting that the mirror...

Hall and Oates are pretty much Philadelphia's greatest musical export since the 60s, and while that may not be true at all, and while I may actually consider them a guilty pleasure, you can't deny that they are absolutely awful. Point is, Hall and Oates is a shitty band. Wait. That wasn't the point at all. What I meant to say was, being Philadelphians and all, who better to sing the national anthem at one of the World Series games (or perhaps even one of the many rain-suspended half-games...

Never ones to shy away from their reputation as complete dickheads, during game four of the World Series, Phillies fans poured beer on a nine-year-old boy, and forced a Rays family member to lock himself in a bathroom stall, "because, he said, Phillies fans were banging on the walls and threatening him." And there's even more-- according to the St. Petersburg Times . "From talking to the Rays on Sunday," John Romano wrote, "the Phillies fans trampled all over every acceptable...

Obligatory Sports Babe OK, so this morning I figured I should find a picture of Joe Blanton's wife-- seeing as ballplayers all have trophy wives, and last night Blanton pitched a gem and was the first pitcher to homer in the World Series since 1974. Unfortunately, the only picture of Blanton with a woman that I could find was this one of him and Nick Swisher with some girls, which isn't exactly what I look for with the Obligatory Sports Babe. So then I thought, OK, she's wearing glasses...