Baseball has its well-known major league seasonal cycle. The ballplayers arrive in Florida and Arizona in February while the snow (now often only remembered from Februarys past) is still on the ground here. They come north in April with the spring, bloom in summer, and depart after a wished-for blaze of colour in autumn.
Say, which is the greater number? Runs scored by the Blue Jays off Chad Harville last night, or total runs scored by the affiliates in three games? Hint: It's a trick question.
I apologize profusely to the shade of old Sophocles for the preceding. I feel shame.
Running a distant second at less than 17 percent of the vote was "Alf" -- hmm, maybe Bauxites, despite the success of our previous All-Star Trek team, don't care much for the idea of Alien Life Forms. But setbacks like that have never stopped the Hall of Names! In fact, did you know that if you enter "Alf" into BBRef's Player Search, you'll get more than 100 returns?
We might end up with a heck of a team here, with no less than nine All-Stars and/or Hall of Famers ...
In a rather lacklustre night across the farm the only question left is, will a player with one total base get a star? If so, which star? Read on to find out….
Don't look the Photo of the Day horse in the mouth.
Here's Frank Catalanotto, focusing on the pitcher:
UPDATE: May 31 from Jobu: "Ladies and Gentleman, the wait is finally over! The votes have been tabulated, a field has been chosen and most importantly, a shiny new website has been created to detail the registration process for everyone. So read on TBBL players, and get ready to play ball!"
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Normally, Batter's Box would not devote an entire thread to the news of ESPN hiring a new senior baseball writer. Ah, but when that new guy's name is Keith Law (pictured, left) that becomes an entirely different matter indeed. |