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The yearly cycle for a bad team should be familiar to most.

There’s the uplifting dawn that is spring with it’s bird-chirping optimism. There’s the disillusionment of summer, when, as if wilting in the strong noon-time sun, everything that can go wrong does go wrong. And then there’s the softly-falling sadness of the offseason, when even jaded fans pine for the good old days – because flawed baseball is still baseball.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrMqn6xC-Bw

But be careful, this is nearly blue in its indecency. NSFW but not really, you know what I mean?

Scouts might say he’s got long levers and a big load.

H/T: Albert Lyu and Carson Cistulli

This Lenny Dykstra interview with Philly’s NBC10 contains multitudes. Por ejemplo:

In summary: Mr. Dykstra 1, Murderous Bankers of America 0. Winning indeed.

(Manly, punishing handshake: Deadspin)

This one comes to us via the Twitter account of FanGraphs’ own Jonah Keri. Have you bought The Extra 2% yet? It’s only tops among all sports books at Amazon.com.

Anyway, I had no idea Batting Stance Guy makes videos that don’t involve, you know, batting stances. But he does.

Check it out. Or, as the kids say, “peep this:”

The idea is that some day in the distant, unknowable, far-flung future I’ll get around to thinking about the idea of pondering the vague possibility of the notion of perhaps considering doing one of these for each team. For starters, though, we have the proud history of the New York Yankees told in pictures and accompanied by the throbbing beats of Rock and/or Roll music …

There are ballplayers some fans admire to the point of wanting their autographs, and then there are ballplayers some fans admire to the point of wanting to wear them as pelts. Giants catcher Buster Posey, we must assume, has skin like fine Corinthian leather …

Awesome? On some level. Shuddersome? On every level.

(Curtsy: Big League Stew)

Proceed to the nearest mountaintop and bellow: “Joe West will stop ejecting the world when the world stops doing things that merit ejection.”

In the spirit of Newt Gingrich in Front of Stock Photos, here’s umpire Joe West — in front of an imploding Kingdome.

Thanks to reader Matt D. for whited-out Joe West.

The uber-talented Bradley Woodrum, of DRaysBay fame, released his much-anticipated BABIP video this morning. Yes, indeed, it is another great day to be alive.

Long live the Luck Dragons. And Mr. Woodrum, too.

H/T: DRaysBay. Duh.

Remember this grim scene from last season?

Yes, that’s the Astros fan who positioned himself to catch a foul ball, got the jimmy-shakes at the last instant, recoiled, and allowed the cowhide to smack his unsuspecting ingenue. The lesson for vacant-eyed ladies like the one in this story is that a guy who wears his hat like that and rocks the douche-lord beard is probably not someone you want escorting you into the foxhole that is the third-base line.

Anyhow, the crackers of jokes at Tosh.0 have caught up with the blighted couple and provided a video update on their gripping tale. Said video is not safe for work if your place of work frowns upon profanity, thinly-veiled innuendo, depressing portrayals of Gen Y, and loin-hugging “American Gladiators” uniforms.

(Curtsy: Deadspin)