[Sign Hanging on Door: "Gone Fishin'"]
There are certain traditions and rules in baseball that are most accurately described as nonsensical. For example, I have never been able to understand how a pitcher can throw a ball twenty feet over the first baseman's head on what should be the third out and then proceed to give up sixteen straight hits (that would probably be sixteen straight walks if your name is Carlos Marmol and the month starts with the letter 'J') and still be charged with ZERO earned runs.
Likewise, doesn't it seem a bit odd that baseball teams get so many days off during the first month of the season, yet are forced to play 26 straight days in the middle of the summer when it is, as Adrian Cronauer would say, hot...real hot...damn hot...so hot you could do a little crotch pot cooking? Yes, I have heard the argument that the players are just starting out the season and, therefore, not in mid-season form, but aren't these supposed to be well-conditioned athletes? I certainly understand there was a time when the off-season would be spent huntin', wrasslin' and chasin' Marilyn Monroe and Katharine Hepburn, but times supposedly have changed. Isn't today's major league baseball player supposed to come to spring training looking more like Mr. Clean and less like the Pillsbury Dough Boy, unless their name is CC, Prince or Bobby Jenks?
Well, I suppose it is what it is and I am in no position to argue. That said, let's just pretend that it is a brand new season of Random Thoughts and yesterday was opening day. Yes, I know that yesterday was perhaps the greastest opening day since Tuffy Rhodes belted three home runs off Doc Gooden and the Mets and you just cannot wait for more, but, Bud Selig and his minions have spoken. A day off is scheduled and a day off I shall take...
* Look, I know many of you are probably thinking "Oh great...here we go again" and I certainly cannot blame you. The bottom line is that I have no idea how often I am going to post. Frankly, my goal is to post 2-3 times a week, but with my schedule and the fact that I never know if I am going to be in St. Charles, St. Louis or St. Mark's Square two weeks from Tuesday, I simply cannot make any promises. All, I ask is that you check the RT once in a while as you simply never know when a new batch of Random Thoughts will be posted (and I really do not want to interfere with the hundreds of ads for Levitra in your inbox). One thing I can promise you is that it will NOT be another eleven months and there will be a new post long before Mark Prior ever pitches again!
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3 comments:
Glad to see you made it back. Once a week will be great if not the 2-3 you mention.
Don't forget Juan Uribe, he had some trouble pushing himself away from the buffet the last year or two. Well, conditioned...
How do I get the Levitra emails? I've got plenty of credit card offers and perhaps I can use those to get the drugs.
Regarding the days off from Bud and the gang, I'm tired of the HR contest, or at least those announcing it. Is anyone else as sick of ESPN's announcers and coverage of anything? I don't even know if I'll watch tonight's game. I still can't go along with a meaningless exibition now being meaningful. Go with the best record, not this game for home field in the WS.
Even if I have to read a post that says you are not going to post, it's still better than watching Mar-Mole give up 5 runs (4 of them earned) in the 9th inning.
I totally agree with the pitcher causing the error that then precludes him from being charged with the earned runs he allows. Another set of stats that burns my butt -- BS/W. Some may call it a blown save that still results in a win when his team scores in the bottom of the 9th. I call it a Bullsh*t Win!
See you 2-3 times a week -- maybe.
SI.com or CBS Sportsline recently published a list of the "new rules of baseball," including the one highlighted by Cudjoe - a pitcher's fielding mistake should not be an excuse for his ERA. They also suggested that intentional walks only require a point to first base, rather than four stupid pitches.
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