April 03, 2005
What a Relief
The talking heads are yammering on on ESPN2. But it doesn’t matter. Behind them is green grass, Yankee monuments, and the monumentally ear-splitting Yankee Stadium sound system.
It’s time for baseball to begin. After this off-season of bad journalism, political grandstanding, and general groupthink stupidity, at least we’ve got some games to take our mind off of the other issues.
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that baseball is about the game, as crazy as that sounds. Balls, strikes, hits, and 27 outs per side.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2029037
Or not. We've got Roider #1: Alex Sanchez of Tampa Bay. A borderline major leaguer, MLB is probably relieved that they get to throw him under the bus as opposed to, say, Curt Schilling. So we'll hear about this for a while.
No, this is my point: They're playing games now. Which means, if someone wants to deal with collective bargaining agreements and drug testing, they may go ahead -- but as for me, I'm inside the white lines again, baby.
Amusingly, ESPN referred to him as a "4A" player, which is such a great (and cruel) concept that I love to see legitimate media cart it out. Quadruple A baseball.
Well, 54, technically. Just to pick nits. Go Giants!
Great point. 27 outs per side. 54 outs per game. Math not Zathras' skill.
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