Random Musings

Wednesday, August 09 2006 @ 08:48 PM EDT

Contributed by: Pepper Moffatt

And did I mention I moved out
I got my own place off of South
And I've been living hand to mouth
For going on a year by now
And yes I still see El around
It's different but I can't say how
She cut her hair it's back to brown
She's living with her boyfriend now

I haven't written anything on this site for.. well.. ever, so I thought it was time.

So here's a bunch of stuff I've been thinking about lately. Some of it is even about baseball.

Less than Zero: Did anyone see the Red Sox-Indians game last Thursday (Aug. 3)? Bottom of the 6th inning, Boston at the plate, down 7-3. The Bo Sox manage to load the bases with nobody out and who should come up to the plate but Ken Freakin' Huckaby. You know, the former Jay with the .282 lifetime slugging percentage. I swear every single person watching the game KNEW he was going to ground out into a doubleplay. Why the Red Sox didn't try putting the squeeze on, I'll never know. Anyhow, Huck swings away and sure enough, grounds out to the 2nd baseman and the Indians turn two. Red Sox wind up losing the game by one stinking run. Honestly, Huck should have just stood there at the plate, hoping for a walk or to get plunked or possibly for divine intervention. Dad thought it was absolutely hilarious. He is an Indians fan, though.

Topps of the Pop: I've noticed lately that if you look at Topps sets from the late 1970s and early 1980s, they only have like five different shots. That's it. I was flipping through the 1981 set last night and it certainly holds true. The shots are:

  1. Guy sitting in the dugout/standing beside the dugout looking bored.
  2. Guy standing around the batting cage (occasionally holding a bat) looking bored.
  3. Guy standing at the plate.
  4. Guy standing on the mound, looking like he's about to throw a warmup toss.
  5. Extremely closeup of some ugly looking dude with bad hair. If you've seen the 1981 Topps card of Bobby Bonds, you'll know what I mean.
Paging Dr. Jobe: I was at the Dome on Sunday and I couldn't get over the difference in pitching styles between the different White Sox relievers. Mike MacDougal looks like he's having some sort of seizure when he's on the mound. Limbs are being spastically thrust in every direction and you swear his arm is going to come flying off at the shoulder socket. Contrast that to Neal Cotts, who pitches like he's filming an instructional video. Everything is so flawless.

Speaking of Injuries: We talk about 1980's baseball a lot around here, but one guy you never hear discussed anymore is Kal Daniels. Does anyone else remember when that guy looked like he was going to be the next Frank Robinson? At 23 he hits 26 homers with a .334 batting average. By the time he was 28, he was out of the majors. If he could have only stayed healthy.

Catcher of the Future: So who is going to be the everyday catcher for the Jays next year? I had been saying that at 36, it won't be Gregg Zaun, but Coach points out that he's an awfully young 36, as far as catchers go.

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