On the eighth day of Christmas, the D-backs gave to me...

If ever there were a verse to exercise executive privilege and sign a Presidential veto over the will of the people, this one would be it. But the landslide in this case was such that it cannot be denied. aricat securing the biggest margin of victory thus far, with a suggestion so dominant, right off the bat, that pretty much everyone else gave up. My desperate attempts to rec any and all other suggestions fell short, and thus, instead of "eight mountains out of molehills" or "eight deceased equines," we're going back to this particular well:

Eight maids taking selfies

I have to say, I automatically wince whenever the Diamondbacks make the news for off-the-field reasons, because it rarely seems to be good news, and inevitably seems to lead to the team being pilloried by certain pundits. This is, by no means, any kind of recent thing. It goes back at least to the SB 1070 law in the summer of 2010, when the team (and the All-Star Game scheduled for Chase Field) became a lightning-rod for political protests, and likely covers the entire history of the team as documented on the SnakePit. The arrest of Jason Grimsley for PED use in 2006 was probably the first cringeworthy moment we wrote about here.

When put beside that, or even Dodgersfanjerseydugoutsuitegate, this year's top "controversial" moment is, it must be admitted, mild sauce, to the point of banality. If you need reminding, it took place on College Night at Chase, a Wednesday contest which was the 158th game of the season, between the D-backs and Rockies, two teams already eliminated from contention. Coming back from the between innings break, Bert and Bob cut a promo for the FSAZ/T-Mobile "Data Strong Fan of the Game", which involves fans tweeting their photos, over footage of a group of ASU sorority girls, relentlessly ignoring the ongoing baseball game.

Bert and Bob did what Bert and Bob do, riffing on the footage with wisecracks such as "That's the best one of the 300 pictures I've taken of myself today!" This, apparently, was "a really mean-spirited and sexist thing to do," and certain sections of The Internet did what certain sections of The Internet do, generating an entire backlash against this "selfie shaming." It was Quite The Thing, possibly for as long as 48 hours, before The Internet moved on to the next great cause of temporary outrage and completely forgot about Selfiegate. As had I, until being needlessly reminded of the topic by this verse. Thanks for that. All I have to add further is:

So, where were we?

On the eighth day of Christmas, the D-backs gave to me...
Eight maids taking selfies...
Seventh game the clincher...
Six years of Greinke...
Five Goldy dingers...
Four falling chicken tenders...
Three free tacos...* [* terms and conditions apply]
Two gold gloves...
and a Corbin with a strike three!

For today's nomination, we have "nine drummers drumming." I just hope I'm not going to have to drum comments debating the merits or otherwise of Selfiegate out of the thread. Stay focused, people!