Tuesday, September 13, 2011

MYSTERY SOLVED

For all you fans who don't know why the Mets were refused permission to wear caps honoring the first responders to the 9/11 catastrophe, we've finally been told why. I'm sure we all think that MLB wouldn't have done something like that without a good reason, and they did have one.
It's policy.
Excuse me? That's it? Policy? And to top it off, Bungling Bud Selig is furious about it. Oh, not the decision. No, he's mad because the Mets made it public. I guess his thinking is, "If no one finds out, then I didn't do anything wrong." Bud, everything you do is wrong, starting when you put your pants on in the morning. Baseball would be better off if you just stayed in bed.

**The Yanks belted King Felix around last night, disappointing all the yellow-shirted fans in the "King's Court" down the left field line. Pretty good marketing ploy, though: $30 for a ticket, a shirt and "K" sign. Maybe they'll start one in Boston where the fans can hold up a Red Cross everytime Francona comes out to change pitchers.

**I noticed a couple of other Mariners seemed to have adopted Ichiro Suzuki's fall-away, women's-softball-style of hitting. Doesn't it seem like there should be some kind of "Unwritten Baseball Rule" against this type of hitting?

**Manny Ramirez was arrested yesterday on a charge of Battery during a domestic dispute. Manny may be retired, but it appears he can still hit.

**No wonder the National League won the All-Star game. Last night, the Pirates and the Cardinals used a total of 39 players in a 6-5 Pirate win. And the Pirates didn't even have to bat in the ninth inning. Both managers spent more time on the field changing pitchers, than some of their players. Only 10 of the players were pitchers, which means 29 were position players, due to this double-switch play which NL managers seem fond of. I don't get it. You start with the best 16 position players and end up benching most of them. Are the subs as good as the starters? I don't think so, 'cause you end up in the later innings with some of your best players on the bench. Of course, one of the managers is Tony LaRusso, who over-manages everything from what pitch to throw to whether the players are to use mayonnaise or mustard on their sandwiches after the game.

***THEY SAID IT***
"A German woman has won this year's World Air Guitar Championship in Finland. Judges called it the best job of pretending to play since Randy Moss." -- RJ Currie
"Two dozen members of the 2010 Fresno State football team have been linked to welfare fraud. This is the worst thing I've heard about college football in four or five days." -- Brad Dickson

Tough question, Vod. My guess is the Philadelphia Phillies. Hope I don't win.

CP-

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