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Constable Echelon keeps you up to date on the Grandest E’er ™.

Tulsa holds homecourt to take a 1-0 series lead in front of 7300 home fans!

All back to Bradley for game 2! “Yes, I’d like to book 24 tickets from Tulsa to Peoria. No, Illinois. Yeah. And I need them tomorrow.”

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We’re on pace for it, and no one else in the AL West can say that.  I’m a beliver (and not of Lefebvre).  Woo hoo, plenty of room on the bandwagon!

Sure the attendance has been terrible and UW crapped out in the first round, but Art Thiel hates the CBI so there must be something good about it. Constable Echelon accepts the Sisyphean challenge of previewing all CBI matchups to prepare you for The Grandest Tournament E’er Conceived ™.

When: Monday, 5pm PST

(Tulsa G Ben Uzoh)

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Constable Echelon

AL West Division champions this millenium:

2007 Angels
2006 A’s
2005 Angels
2004 Angels
2003 A’s
2002 A’s
2001 Mariners
2000 A’s

Noticeably absent from that list are this decade’s AL West doormats, the Texas Rangers. In fact the Rangers have finished last in the division 5 out of 8 years this decade. The other three years? A glorious string of second to last place finishes. Clearly this franchise has missed the steady hand and sound leadership of former team executive George W. Bush, ever since he selfishly abandoned baseball in pursuit of Risk: Real World Edition.

Can the Rangers end their recent run of futility? That’s what we aim to find ou….oh wait. No. No they can’t.

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Congrats to Liverpool on a well-deserved victory over Constable’s lackluster Everton sqaud.

In tribute, here’s an unintelligible interview featuring Liverpool’s two scouser stars, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher.

I started an MLS Fantasy league (salary cap format) - if I forgot to send you the invite, the information is below the jump.

Free tips:

• According to the scoring system, you get bonus points for defenders and midfielders who score goals.  
• You can change you formation if, for example, you wanted to play three strikers. I’ve found that investing in midfield always pays off, though.  
• Houston Dynamo have the best defense in the league - get as many of their defenders as possible.

Additionally, there will be several writings about MLS over the next six months so if you want you to know what we’re talking about, join the league. It will increase your H&F experience by a factor of 10 and you’ll be ready for the Seattle MLS team in 2009.  

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Fig Jam

Through tears of anguish/joy I read Bud Withers piece this past week on the inspirational superhero of the world: Taylor Rochestie.  I could not come to grips with the sacrifice of the young man by giving up his brand new Ford Expedition in favor of an “Older” Dodge Durango. 

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Fig Jam

Here’s a question: Does a team become better if they upgrade their pitching staff, but downgrade the talent of their position players? The Seattle Mariners will answer that question this season. Conventional wisdom, however, would suggest the answer is no.

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From withleather.com, here is a funny little number of John Mayer (yeah that one) announcing a baseball game.

Echelon piggybacks after the jump!

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Ummmm, here is some video…goddamn it, nevermind. Just watch it. Fucking internet.