Just yesterday, I was introduced to the work of Choi Hoon, a Korean cartoonist whose strips poke fun at current happenings in major league baseball. U.S.S. Mariner commenter thefin190 posted a link to a recent strip he supposedly translated himself. I have no way of knowing whether the translation is accurate (or intended to be), but it’s certainly topical. In honor of Jeff Weaver’s 1st inning stinkbomb last night, and not in honor of John McLaren (Did Adam Jones sleep with his wife or something? Seriously, what’s the deal?), here’s the strip:

The notion of a fearsome, vengeful Super Mario as the voice of reckoning behind Bill Bavasi (or anyone else) cracks me up. I wonder if he and Luigi play good owner/bad owner to soften up their charges.

Anyway, you can find all his cartoons—or at least a lot of them—here. They’re not translated, but I think they’re almost more fun that way. I’ll leave you with this one of Ozzie Guillen, playing with boats in his bathtub:

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