Tuesday, April 14, 2009

NOTHING BUT SAD NEWS

***"THE BIRD" DIES***
Mark Fidrych died at age 54. Being a pitcher seems to be the most dangerous position in sports. We lose so many young pitchers to arm injuries, sometimes, as in Fidrych's case, after one great year. I don't know how good he might have become, but he was a character worth watching. Nowadays, most teams have sports psychologist that travel with them. Imagine what they would have thought about a guy who got done on his knees to "pat" the dirt in place on the mound. He not only talked to the ball, I think he got answers. That fire went out too quickly.

***SHEFIELD TO PLAY THE OUTFIELD?***
I read where one of the ball boys had to lead him out to right field. The Mets are no smarter: they've had Shef working out in right field and now they say he'll start tomorrow...in LEFT field.
You ought to be happy, Manny Ramirez, you won't be baseball's worst left fielder on Wednesday.

***YANKS BOLSTER BULLPEN***
The Yanks have added a good left-hander to the 'pen: a young phenom named Nick Swisher, who'll be available on days when he's not playing in the field or taking tickets.

***WHITE SOX CENTERFIELDER IS OUT FOR 6 WEEKS AT LEAST***
This may revive the trade talks for Melky Cabrera. Ozzie Guillen doesn't like the idea of trading with the Yanks after losing Swisher to them, so I doubt anything will come of it.

If the Yanks keep getting pasted, I may have to find a new nom-de-plume.

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