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How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the BADGE

Like Lost, REM (cries), and Wesley Willis, I came a little late to the Badge Party. While Sax was putting the entire internet at risk to get his 30th page of badges, I nary understood how to get one.

How things have changed. As y'all were witnessing the Dodgers SECOND WIN IN A ROW, DelinO had a much more joyous celebration. When Jason Bartlett got that always elusive SINGLE...

...DelinO reached a plateau most mortals - except you guys - can only dream of. ONE HUNDRED.

Six screens, plus four badges. 100! And life's never been better.

DELINO BEFORE BADGES

DELINO AFTER BADGES

So as my MAC wheezes its last breath due to 12 simultaneous Gamedays, I want to share this milestone with Saxy and all you little Badge-amaniacs out there who've kept the good fight going.

Tonight's Consolation Prize

You Never Forget Your First Time

For days, I've only had one goal. My first badge. Daniel Murphy got a double, and I wasn't logged in. Furcal went to second on the throw, and my display case stayed as empty as... well... my trophy display case back home.

But then, like a beacon of light, it appeared. A HANK CONGER pog badge.

After you've done it once, the next time is easier, sooner, and lasts longer.

I might never catch up to SoSG Sax, the Wilt Chamberlain of the badge pog world. But I've got the youth advantage and a new MacBook which can handle having EVERY SINGLE GAMEDAY OPEN AT THE SAME TIME, ALL THE TIME.