I’m going to be upfront with you, reader: I’m prone to hyperbole.  I say things are awesome or the best that certainly aren’t awesome or the best.  On more than a few occasions I’ve proclaimed the Baja Chalupa from T-Bell to be the best food ever.  That’s not true, and I’ll be the first to admit it (the Sourdough Jack from J-Box is the best food ever).  But try to believe me when I say that I have seen the greatest baseball sign in the history of baseball signs.  “Cliff Lee struck out Chuck Norris…with two pitches” works on so many levels.  We’ve come a long way as a society, but in my humble opinion, Chuck Norris jokes are the greatest achievement of the human race (See?  There I go again with hyperbole…it’s a slippery slope).  They were funny at first, stayed funny for far too long, then stopped being funny.  Because of this sign, they are funny again.  Thank you, Texas.  This almost makes up for the fact that you execute the mentally challenged.

I can’t say that I’m surprised former Major League Baseball first baseman now MLB Network “analyst,” Sean Casey, is a fan of professional wrestling.  In a segment on their Monday evening edition of MLB Tonight, Casey — who couldn’t possibly be more ADHD — displayed his vast knowledge of wrestling moves when he demonstrated how to properly fight for a home run ball in the centerfield grass at the Ballpark in Arlington.  After showing highlights of the guy who went leaping after Buster Posey’s home run in Game 4, “The Mayor” broke down just how it should be done:

The Golden Sombrero presents Rookie Card Corner: Tim Lincecum 2007 Bowman Chrome Draft Picks & Prospects

Fun Fact: In his senior year at Liberty High School, Tim went 12-1 with a 0.70 ERA and 183 strikeouts in 91.2 innings.  He was named Washington’s Gatorade Player of the Year, as well as First Team All-State, while leading Liberty to 3A State Championship.

The Golden Sombrero presents Rookie Card Corner: Colby Lewis 2000 Bowman Draft Picks

Fun Fact: Colby lead Japan’s Central League in strikeouts in both 2008(189) and 2009(186) as a member of the Hiroshima Carp.

Hits were scarce for the San Francisco Giants in Game 3 of the World Series against the Texas Rangers.  And then there was Pat Burrell.  Pat “The Bat” wore the golden sombrero, turning in an 0-4, 4K performance that included three against starter Colby Lewis, and a final one against closer Neftali Feliz to lead off the ninth.

Against Lewis, Burrell swung through — what felt like — every slider and curveball.  He fouled a couple of them off, but it seemed like he was just delaying the inevitable rather than staying alive.

Neftali Feliz made quick work of the Burrell to lead off the ninth with a series of high 90s fastballs.  After seeing a steady diet of offspeed pitches from Lewis, he appeared overmatched and unable to adjust to Feliz’s heat.

Burrell joins teammate Andres Torres as the only players to notch a golden sombrero in the 2010 postseason.