A Gentleman from New York Is Upset

As you may have noticed, the World Series will not feature the New York Yankees. This is bad news, of course. If the Yankees make the World Series, then baseball has a competitive-balance problem. If the Yankees don’t make the World Series, however, then television executives will see their expensive and relaxing dinners reduced to being merely expensive and somewhat relaxing. And that’s the worst fate of all.

Also bad for the Republic is that a Yankee-less World Series can move an otherwise temperate and moderating gentleman to film himself screaming while driving down a darkened expressway. If you savor profanity, sound arguments and a buccaneering spirit, then please do enjoy …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQsEQDO0r9Q&NR=1

Baseball, you just lost a fan — a fan who can appreciate fine Corinthian leather.