If I’m paying my money to go to the game, I care just as much about whether they win if the game is in August as I do if it’s in April. So the game has just as much “meaning” for me and the other spectators regardless of the time of year.

I reject the idea that games during a pennant race are the only ones with “meaning”. That’s a meme spread by media guys from large cities, so they have an excuse to not pay attention to teams like ours, or give our players the time of day during awards voting. Which you apparently bought hook, line, and sinker. Congratulations!

Even if your starting premise were correct, however, your conclusion still doesn’t make any sense. This team was never going to be a contender in 2009. Everyone with half a brain knew that in the first week of spring training. So if games outside of a pennant race are meaningless, then none of our games have had any meaning at all this year – and therefore none are more or less meaningful than any other, as zero is always equal to zero.

thelumberco., you are hereby forbidden from mentioning or referring to Brandon Moss on this site. I think about 90% of us know perfectly well what your position is and don’t want to read your incredibly repetitive opinions about him anymore. I’m serious. If I even THINK you are referring to Brandon Moss at any point in the future, I will not hesitate to ban you. You are welcome to stick around and talk about other things, and of course other users can talk about Moss, but you can’t. You’re done.