We’re certain that you will find Daisuke
Worth every dime of the praisupe
When he beats the Yanks.
We just wrote to say thanks
For shopping with us. Have a naisude!

He didn’t exactly throw smoulke.
He’s not the most lovable bloulke.
But in Boston they’re glad
For the time that they had
A man who for once didn’t choulke.

“We beg and beseech you, Commish,
We’ll pay you whatever you wish
To be able to see
Your sport on TV,
Just spare us the odious dish!”

If you’re as obsessed with baseball as I am, anything and everything reminds you of baseball. You use baseball analogies to argue every point. You compare the body of every person you meet to a baseball player. When people mumble and you can’t quite hear them, your mind fills in the blanks with the names of baseball players. Pretty much anything you hear, smell, touch, taste and see reminds you of baseball in some way.

And so in that vein, Humbug proudly presents the following slideshow: Score Bard’s 2006 Top 25 Baseball Player Names and Vacation Photos. As you will see, even on vacation halfway across the globe, I can’t stop thinking about baseball.

Warning: this is a large (1.5MB) Flash file. Proceed at your own risk.

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The six-word-story meme is making its way across the web. Let’s play with it.

Paint a baseball image with six words. I’ll start.

Zito curve. Palmeiro frozen. Inning over.

Your turn.

Here we have Mystery Photo Number Thirteen. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help figure out the who/when/where of the photo. Plus, in this case, the photographer, who tells me, “Make ’em work for it!”

No larger view this time.

Thanks to all who have sent in photos. Feel free to send in more, by emailing them to mystery At humbug .com. (Your own photos only, please.)

Athletics-Twins

The key isn’t hitting by Mauer,
Or finding occasional power
By Justin Morneauing;
It’s Oakland not knowing
Santana’s next miles-per-hour.

Cardinals-Padres

With Woody, Wells, Young after Peavy
And a ‘pen that is very releavy,
The Padres are deep.
So maybe a sweep
Is something not too unbeleavy.

Tigers-Yankees

This will get ugly, I fear.
Detroit will get kicked in the rear
Unless somehow Zumaya
Is the bullpen Messiah
Instead of Rivera this year.

Dodgers-Mets

It’s painful for Penny to throw.
They’re trusting a rookie in Kuo.
With pitching so brittle
The Dodgers are little
But wagers on Maddux and Lowe.

Here we have Mystery Photo Number Twelve. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help figure out the who/when/where of the photo.

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Thanks to all who have sent in photos. I have enough to keep us going another few weeks. Nonetheless, please send in more. If you have any old (non-copyrighted) MLB photos that might suit this game, please email them to mystery At humbug .com.

Mystery Photo Number 11 comes via Corey and Alex Rubin. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help figure out the who/when/where of the photo.

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Thanks to all who have sent in photos. I have enough to keep us going another few weeks. Nonetheless, please send in more. If you have any old (non-copyrighted) MLB photos that might suit this game, please email them to mystery At humbug .com.

Mystery Photo Number 10 comes courtesy of Toaster Member das411. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help figure out the who/when/where of the photo.

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Thanks to all who have sent in photos. I have enough to keep us going another few weeks. Nonetheless, please send in more. If you have any old (non-copyrighted) MLB photos that might suit this game, please email them to mystery At humbug .com.

Mystery Photo Number Nine Number Nine Number Nine comes courtesy of Garth Sears. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help figure out the who/when/where of the photo.

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Thanks to all who have sent in photos. I have enough to keep us going another few weeks. Nonetheless, please send in more. If you have any old (non-copyrighted) MLB photos that might suit this game, please email them to mystery At humbug .com.

Our eighth mystery photo comes from the slide pile I bought. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help figure out the who/when/where of the photo.

And in this case, why. As in, why does one guy look like he’s been in a fight, and why is the other guy laughing at him?

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Thanks for all who sent in photos this weekend. I have enought to keep us going another couple weeks. Nonetheless, please send in more. If you have any old (non-copyrighted) MLB photos that might suit this game, please email them to mystery At humbug .com.

Our seventh mystery photo comes courtesy of Cliff Corcoran. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help figure out the who/when/where of the photo.

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Thanks for all who sent in photos this weekend. I have enought to keep us going another couple weeks. Nonetheless, please send in more. If you have any old (non-copyrighted) MLB photos that might suit this game, please email them to mystery At humbug .com.

Here we have our sixth mystery photo. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help figure out the who/when/where of the photo.

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Note: I’m running low on photos. If you have any old MLB photos that might suit this game, please send ’em in to mystery At humbug .com.

Our fifth mystery photo comes courtesy of Jon Weisman. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help figure out the who/when/where of the photo.

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Note: I’m running low on photos. If you have any old MLB photos that might suit this game, please send ’em in to mystery At humbug .com.

This is our fourth mystery photo. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help figure out the who/when/where of the photo.

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If you have any old MLB photos that might suit this game, please send ’em in to mystery At humbug .com.

Here we have our third mystery photo. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help figure out the who/when/where of the photo.

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If you have any old MLB photos that might suit this game, please send ’em in to mystery At humbug .com.