When Baseball Was Fun

A baseball scout saw me throwing rocks at squirrels one day down in the back woods
of Alabama. As I was knocking them out with every throw he came up to me and said:
“could I talk to your Dad?”
So I told me Dad that this man wants to talk to you. The scout says to [...]

UNLESS MLB QUICKLY COMES UP WITH A SALARY CAP THE BIG MEDIA
AREAS OF THE EAST & WEST COASTS WILL THROTTLE THE REST OF THE
SAMALLER MEDIA TEAMS!!
LOOK AT THE BILLIONAIRES FROM MANHATTEN AND START CRYING!!
WHEN THEY REACHED INTO THEIR SHIP BUILDING BILLIONS AND LAUGHINGLY
OUT BID ALL OTHERS AND SIGNED C.C. SABATHIA, A.J. BURNETT and MARK
TEIXEIRA TO [...]

We visited a few other Tiger web sites today and it’s amazing
how Tiger fans can actually be calling for DAVE DOMBROWSKI’S
head. They’re screaming: “FIRE HIM”
However we disagree with a passion…lookee here:
HE TALKED PUDGE INTO JOINING THE TIGERS;
HE BROUGHT IN MAGLIO ORDONEZ;
HE DRAFTED CURTIS GRANDERSON;
HE TRADED RAMON SANTIAGO FOR CARLOS GUILLEN!
AND THEN BROUGHT SANTIAGO BACK!
HE [...]

The OBA (ON BASE AVERAGE) of Curtis Granderson as a lead off hitter is a
mystery. His OBA is a paltry .325 as compared to other AL lead off hiters
like Jeter, .406…Figgens, .395…Span, .393…Ellsbury, .355…Posednik, .353
…DeJesus, .347
It is our opinion that OBA is much more important than the BA. WHY? Because
it covers everything like BB, [...]

Nothing?? After scribbling down all sorts of answers to the above question, I
read the following paragraph by Drew Sharp in this morning’s FREE PRESS:
“THIS WAS MORE LIKE A COLLAPSE, AN AVERAGE
[...]

The following autographed baseball cards (all TOPPS or JONRUSS) in excellent
condition will be sold to the highest bidder by calling 734-428-9991 or emailing
wbwf@sbcglobal.net with your offer.
DAN PETRY JOHN WOCKENFUSS [...]

In their most important game of the year RON GARDENHIRE & JIM LEYLAND made just
the opposite moves. Gardenhire played his number 2 hole hitter, ORLANDO CABRERA, and
he delivered with a bases loaded triple which sealed the game for the Twins.
On the other hand, Leyland chose to make an unbelievable and unforgivable move by
“resting” his [...]