I'm OCD about my iTunes. I listen to a new album a few times, pick out some songs that I like, five star them, and then play them endlessly until I'm sick of them. My top 20 for most played is embarrassing. I like Lil Wayne more than anyone should ever admit. Sometimes I have a song on repeat, and I'll get a phone call (rare; only old people use the phone for calling people), the doorbell will ring (less rare; Cougs orders a ton of shizz on Amazon) or I'm just called away from my desk for some reason. Then I'll forget I have a song on repeat and I'll go to lunch, dinner or...No, those are the only reasons I leave my fantasy cave. When I come back and see a song's play count has been artificially boosted with me not listening, I will edit info in iTunes and reset the play count to where it was before the accidental repeat. It's important to have a gage to tell how much you like a song. Do you like it enough to play it 200 times like, say, Aloe Blacc's Red Velvet Seat or do you like it enough to listen to it 120 times like, say, Tom Petty Yer So Bad (actual play counts)? Why do I bring this up now? Because Rick Porcello should roll his win count back to 15. 21 wins?! C'mon! That is misrepresenting him in every conceivable way. Yesterday, Rick Porcello went 9 IP, 2 ER, 4 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.08, to move his record to 21-4 <--LIES! He's pretending to be Eazy E vs. Johnny Cash (great song; play count 278) when he's really Randy Newman's Short People (good song, but you ain't listening to that nonsense more than once every few months; play count 59). His ERA isn't even accurate. It's saying, "I'm Bon Iver's Skinny Love (play count 175)," when it's really You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb by Spoon (play count 96). The only thing that is sort of legit is his 0.98 WHIP, but that's more Men At Work's Overkill (play count 186) legit. Have a season, Rick Porcello, but you are so Rihanna's Diamonds (play count 86) and not Martians vs. Goblins (play count 365). Also, if you want more, we talk about Rick Porcello on today's podcast. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
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