Topps has selected its 2005 All-Rookie Baseball team, and guess who is not on it...

Come on, if you're a Phillies fan, you can probably guess...

That's right! NL ROY Ryan Howard. In his place, unanimous selection Dan Johnson of the Oakland A's.

I might be willing to buy the selection of Johnson in a close vote, but as a unanimous pick... well, I get the feeling that the idiots at Topps have been inhaling the fumes from the Bazooka plant a little too long.

(By the way, as far as I can tell, Rob Tejeda got no love from Topps either. Both the pitchers on the team were also unanimous selections.)

In celebration of Topps's stupidity, later today I finally will get off my ass and start Friday Phillies baseball card blogging as promised, and will begin with another great moment of Topps stupidity.

(gakked from many)

Step 1: Get your playlist together, put it on random, and play.
Step 2: Write down the first line from the first 20 songs that play or close to it.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song the lines come from.
Step 4: Cross out the songs when someone guesses correctly.

I've taken a couple liberties when doing this. I eliminated children's music that popped up, because that stuff is on the iPod for Tank (mostly). I also eliminated most songs where the title was in the first line, and in some instances I included the second line if the first was really short. Otherwise, I left it intact. Anyway, here's the list

1. Everybody is Edie Brickell, all my favorite shows are on TV...
   
2. I'm in the sky tonight, there I can keep by your side...dhpdesign
   
3. She said it's lonely here tonight, she's always sad when she's alone... whingnut
   
4. All around the room your things are placed, and next to you he fills the space... nannygirl
   
5. Whenever I want you around, all I gotta do... abbeyrd
   
6. Drove downtown in the rain, nine-thirty on a Tuesday night... tehdawgfather
   
7. There she's walking, through the clouds, with a circus mind.... tournevis
   
8. I am not the person who is singing, I am the silent one inside...
   
9. [spoken intro edited out] She smashed the radio with the board of education...
   
10. Starry night bring me down till I realize the moon, it seems so distant yet I felt it pass right through...
    
11. I try to feel the sunshine, but you bring the rain; You try and hold me down with your complaints...
    
12. One soft infested summer, me and Terry became friends...
    
13. Won't you take me back to school, I need to learn the golden rule... nannygirl
    
14. From in the shadow she calls, and in the shadow she finds a way... dhpdesign
    
15. I've been so unsure, as I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor... tehdawgfather
    
16. I want you to know that I'm happy for you... whingnut
    
17. The clock's running down, the team's losing ground...
    
18. Looking down into the water, it's hard to make out your face...
    
19. Good day sunlight, I'd like to say how truly bright you are...
    
20. Was a time when I had nothing to explain, of this mess I have made... abbeyrd
    

In honor of Topps's decision to unanimously award the 1B postion on their 2005 All-Rookie Team to someone other than Ryan Howard, here's a past major blooper Topps made regarding the Phillies:

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