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Baseball. Blogging. Whenever.Friday, February 13, 2009I love random spring training stuff.The best thing about the major league season are games which are, in and of themselves, meaningless. Wednesday night tilts between teams only marginally in contention, about 17,000 fans enjoying a beer and a game on a nice summer night. We can enjoy them for their own sake without worrying about WHAT IT ALL MEANS, and go to sleep most nights without thinking about difficult things which angry up the blood.Spring training reporting is a lot like that inasmuch as it is the season when articles that kind of meander around fifteen different subjects and make no real points start popping up everywhere. Reporters are crawling around spring training trying to get their sea legs back and find something to write about, and no matter how silly the results, I always find enjoyment in them, especially at the end of a week like the one we've just had. The Mets are going to win the World Series because their pitchers like to play golf together? Great. Bring me more. Some guy has four different gloves he's breaking in? Can't get enough. There will be dozens of these kinds of stories over the next few weeks, and I'll enjoy every single one of them no matter how silly they are. I like important stuff just as much as the next guy, but please, for a little while, deliver us from meaning, baseball. That's your greatest glory, and we thank you for it very, very much. Posted by Craig Calcaterra at 2:00pm Comments
Chris H. said...
I hear that Plaschke showed up in the best shape of his life. Posted 02/13 at 04:12 PM
ericinboston said...
chris, has he stopped spitting when he talks? poor reali needs a splash guard. anyway, did the mets rotation ever have lowe and sabathia? what did i miss? Posted 02/13 at 04:31 PM
YankeesfanLen said...
I, too, love to go to the park on a summer evening with 17,000 fans. My only hope is an interleague game vs. Pittsburgh again this year Posted 02/13 at 05:32 PM
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Craig, don’t know if you saw this, but (1) it’s SI—obviously the same publication that broke the A-Roid’s story, and (2) it doesn’t use complicated/sabermetric measurements, while at the same time pointing out flaws in ‘roid use = greater HR production for A-Roid and everyone else. I don’t know who Cliff Corcoran is, but he at least attempts, writing for a publication in the MSM, to point out flaws in logic by the MSM and moralizing fans.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/cliff_corcoran/02/13/corcoran.arod/index.html