Email of the Year

No one woke up today expecting a Butch Wynegar reference, did they?

We get a lot of emails in the commish inbox. Some are funny; some are sad; some are whiny; some are almost indecipherable. They're all part of life's rich pageant. And we love them all.

But every once in a while we get one that has to be shared with the group. Today was such a day.


Backstory: Danger Zaun is still in the middle of two battles - with Pitch You Blockhead for the consolation title, and with Fresh Fish for the points title. Since DZ is the commissioners' team, we felt it appropriate to let both of those teams know when we made a small score correction this morning. A play originally called an error was later changed to a triple for DZ catcher Travis d'Arnaud. This meant 2 more points being awarded to d'Arnaud.

Pitch You Blockhead took this news with a stiff upper lip. Fresh Fish, though, brought out the big guns and went for the jugular:

In much the same way as teams play games under protest, the Fresh Fish announced today they are playing the remainder of the FBLG season under protest following the league's Travis d'Arnaud ruling. The Fish contend that the FBLG Commish used his considerable influence as commissioner to strong-arm Major League Baseball into changing the ruling on d'Arnaud's "hit," resulting in the commissioner's team receiving an extra two points. The Fish use as evidence that no catcher in MLB has legitimately tripled since 1977. The Twins' Butch Wynegar was credited with the last triple 37 years ago, although the footage is grainy and most everyone knows that it was what all catcher "triples" are - a single and a two-base error.The Fish wouldn't be taking this dramatic step if not for the fact they are in a battle for $50 with the FBLG Commish, and the Fish already have promised his family that, if they win, they'll go to Panda Express for dinner.

Taking a page from the greatest commissioner in the history of sports - Roger Goodell - we have already denied this protest and subsequently kicked Fresh Fish out of the league. So we guess Danger Zaun wins by default! Sorry, Rick.