Wednesday, June 04, 2003
you've got to love it when you bench a fantasy player that then proceeds to have an amazing game. Case in point - yesterday I sat Garrett Anderson because he'd been struggling the last week or so, and he responds with a 4/4 game, 1 hr, 4 rbis and 2 runs scored. Sheesh.
Of course, nothing tops Jerry sitting Kevin Millwood for the no-hitter.
Of course, nothing tops Jerry sitting Kevin Millwood for the no-hitter.
So Sammy Sosa used a corked bat in his game the other day . . . he says that he accidently grabbed his batting practice bat and used it in the game . . .
so what was his batting practice bat doing available for game use in the first place? if you know that your batting practice bat has cork in it, wouldn't you do everything possible to keep it out of your game-bat bag as possible, just to avoid something like this from happening? Should we take Sammy at his word? he's such an exciting baseball player that fans love to see wherever he goes; he just seems so sincere in everything he does that it's hard not to believe that he just made a mistake like he claims . . .
but what if it's not a mistake? If it comes out that he has been using corked bats in games regularly, then look out - the rumours are going to be flying on all sorts of other things. All of the sudden his reaction to the suggestion that he get drug tested just to prove to the world that he's not on steriods will be examined with a lot more scrutiny.
What I thought was more interesting was the espn article that I read about the whole corked bat thing - Bret Boone's reaction:
"Pitchers cheat all the time. They scuff balls, use pine tar. I've never used a corked bat, not even in batting practice. If I was guaranteed I wouldn't get caught, I probably would."
Does this strike anyone else as a pretty shady comment? If I was guaranteed I wouldn't get caught, I probably would ______ (fill in the blank)
a. cork my bat
b. bulk up on steriods
c. do anything that would give me a competitive advantage
d. do nothing in the year that I played for the Braves, then once I'm with the Mariners start doing all of the above
(we sure could have used your .331 batting average, 37 home runs and 141 rbi's that year Bret, thanks for nothing!!)
I was just taken aback by the audacity of Mr. Boone's statement and the ethical implications - 'if I knew I could get away with it, I'd probably cheat.'
Makes me wonder how many of the professional ballplayers there are with the same mentality. If you believe the Ken Caminiti's and Jose Canseco's of the world you'd have to believe that about two thirds of them do ... which if true would be absolutely appalling.
so what was his batting practice bat doing available for game use in the first place? if you know that your batting practice bat has cork in it, wouldn't you do everything possible to keep it out of your game-bat bag as possible, just to avoid something like this from happening? Should we take Sammy at his word? he's such an exciting baseball player that fans love to see wherever he goes; he just seems so sincere in everything he does that it's hard not to believe that he just made a mistake like he claims . . .
but what if it's not a mistake? If it comes out that he has been using corked bats in games regularly, then look out - the rumours are going to be flying on all sorts of other things. All of the sudden his reaction to the suggestion that he get drug tested just to prove to the world that he's not on steriods will be examined with a lot more scrutiny.
What I thought was more interesting was the espn article that I read about the whole corked bat thing - Bret Boone's reaction:
"Pitchers cheat all the time. They scuff balls, use pine tar. I've never used a corked bat, not even in batting practice. If I was guaranteed I wouldn't get caught, I probably would."
Does this strike anyone else as a pretty shady comment? If I was guaranteed I wouldn't get caught, I probably would ______ (fill in the blank)
a. cork my bat
b. bulk up on steriods
c. do anything that would give me a competitive advantage
d. do nothing in the year that I played for the Braves, then once I'm with the Mariners start doing all of the above
(we sure could have used your .331 batting average, 37 home runs and 141 rbi's that year Bret, thanks for nothing!!)
I was just taken aback by the audacity of Mr. Boone's statement and the ethical implications - 'if I knew I could get away with it, I'd probably cheat.'
Makes me wonder how many of the professional ballplayers there are with the same mentality. If you believe the Ken Caminiti's and Jose Canseco's of the world you'd have to believe that about two thirds of them do ... which if true would be absolutely appalling.
Monday, June 02, 2003
well, I did it. I dumped both Maddux and Glavine from my fantasy team after watching three innings of work on Friday - a combined 5 earned runs in six innings - ugh. Neither has been up to snuff this year - not up to expectations, but I think I might have been a bit hasty in dropping both of them. ah, we'll see what happens.
