Now wait one cotton-pickin minute!!

Ian Snell signs a huge contract with the Buckos for $8.6 million, including $3 million this year, $4.2 million next year and club options for 2011 and 2012 (for the Pittsburgh Pirates it’s huge). He proceeds to go and stink up the joint to the tune of 2 wins, 8 losses with an ERA of 5.36 and a WHIP of 1.62 cementing my rotisserie baseball team in the basement once again.

This coward actually asked to be sent to the minors because “the Pittsburgh environment was getting too negative.” Well if you pitched better you big palooka people wouldn’t have been so “rude” in booing you!

So this guy takes his guaranteed $8.6 million, proceeds to Class AAA Indianapolis (like he’s playing Monopoly) and STRIKES OUT 17 guys yesterday including whiffing 13 in a row!

Major League Baseball's record for consecutive strikeouts is only 10, set by Tom Seaver April 22, 1970!

He struck out 17 guys in only 7 innings! Only 21 came to the plate! I don’t care what level you are pitching at, striking out 80% of the batters you face is amazing! If I were the Buckos I would sue this guy for something. I don’t know what but he’s got to be guilty of something.

It’s not bad enough that Snell is a major contributor to ruining my season. The guy has to add insult to injury and pull this crap!

Ian, why don’t you show up at the local little league field and strike out everyone there? I hope you invested the money you stole from the Pirates with Madoff......

I don’t know if anyone makes an Ian Snell voodoo doll out there, but if they do I’m going to buy it………. and use it. For now, I have this voodoo tooth pick holder and I'll just have to prentend.

I hope your happy striking out your 17 minor leaguers. – Peter Costa

Pete is a serious Rotisserie participant playing the same league with the same guys for 17 years. Not only has Peter never finished in the money; he’s finished last 13 times and no higher than 10th (in a league with 14 guys). Join us in following Peter’s trials, tribulations and frustrations, as he attempts to navigate his way out of the basement in 2009.