Thursday at the Crazies...

I think that is an appropriate title for this morning.  29 hours to go...

 

Hi, my name is Matt Garza, and I enjoy being fined by Bud Selig.  Everyone knows it happens, retaliation that is, so don't go blabbing your mouth.  No one cares except your teammates who want to know that you have their back. 

 

Minaya is thisclose to being fired.  In other news the Pope is still Catholic, the sky is still blue, and the Mets have won 5 in a row...wait, what was that last one?  Well, I just hope that Minaya doesn't flip out like this disgruntled Mets employee. Road rage Mr. Met? You are better than that.

 

Baseball WANTS the Cubs to win? Yeah, and I shit Krugerrands. Of course, MLB is actually taking this claim seriously.  I wonder if this is the same argument Bobby Cox uses every night when he gets tossed for arguing balls and strikes?

 

A long response to Bill James and his Steroid Essay.  If you have time to read this go ahead.  It basically deconstructs James' argument that at some point we will over look the entire thing.  A lot of what James has to say is philosophical (crazy, right?) and there is a lot to say about drug use in baseball.  Even if steroids were legal or the rule was never enforced...there is just that stain for regular folk who look at these ballplayers and go "Really, you can't be happy with just playing the game and competing, you have to go enhance your performance?"  For the record I think James is right.  At some point we will stop caring...as long as Albert Pujols is clean.

 

That's pretty much it for this morning...most of the news centers around trade rumors and such.  It will all be posted here.