SEPT: THE BASEBALL GURU ARTICLE FROM

ONEMOREINNING

I’VE HAD IT WITH…….

 

PITCHERS WHO COME IN TO PITCH TO ONE OR TWO BATTERS & COLLECT MILLIONS FOR THE YEAR:

BATTERS GETTING UP TO THEIR OWN SPECIAL MUSIC:

BALLPLAYERS WHO SAY “LIKE” AFTER EVERY THREE OR FOUR WORDS DURING INTERVIEWS:

BALLPLAYERS WHO SAY “YOU KNOW” AFTER EVERY THREE OR FOUR WORDS DURING INTERVIEWS:

FANS BOOING A-ROD:

NOBODY MENTIONING THAT BIG PAPI LOOKS LIKE  BONDS NOW (LOOK AT PICS OF HIM FROM 5 YEARS AGO) AND SUDDENLY, FROM BEING A SO-SO PLAYER, HAS BECOME A SUPER-STAR IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. WHAT CAN THAT BE ATTRIBUTED TO?

“THE YANKEES SPEND TWO MUCH MONEY.” SINCE WHEN DO BUSINESSES HAVE TO APOLOGIZE FOR SPENDING MONEY TO IMPROVE THEIR COMPANY:

SELIG AS COMMISIONER OF BASEBALL. A SHILL FOR THE OWNERS WHO PUT HIM IN THE POSITION:

THE BALLPLAYERS UNION EXCUSING EVERY TRANSGRESSION MADE BY THE PLAYERS TIME AND TIME AGAIN:

PAYING SEVEN DOLLARS FOR A CUP OF BEER:

INTERLEAGUE PLAY….WHERE EVERY RECORD SHOULD BE THROWN OUT!!

PLAYERS WHO DON’T RUN OUT EVERY GROUND BALL:

PLAYERS WHO POSE AFTER THEY HIT A HOMERUN:

MANNY BEING MANNY:

THE BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO VOTED DEREK JETER THE MOST OVERRATED PLAYER IN THE GAME:

BASEBALL INSISTING THAT JACKIE ROBINSON WAS THE FIRST BLACK TO PLAY IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES. MOSES FLEETWOOD WALKER WAS THE FIRST IN THE LATE 1800s:

PEOPLE INSISTING THAT THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO CARE ABOUT THAN SPORTS. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THERE WERE MANY THINGS TO CARE ABOUT IN THIS WORLD, BASEBALL BEING JUST ONE OF THEM:

PEOPLE TELLING ME THAT BASEBALL IS INTEGRATED AND THEN INSISTING THAT WOMEN SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED INTO THE MAJOR LEAGUES:

BEING TOLD THAT THE DH CUTS DOWN ON THE STRATEGY OF THE GAME. THOSE WHO INSIST THAT, SHOULD TAKE TIME TO SEE WHAT IT REALLY IS ALL ABOUT:

NOBODY  INSISTING BASEBALL SHOULD LOOK INTO TWO PLATOONING PLAYERS FOR DEFENSE AND OFFENSE, AS THEY DO IN FOOTBALL:

ESPN AND THEIR SHOW-OFFISH INNANE, SHOWBIZ- LIKE ANNOUNCERS:

CHRIS BERMAN. SEE ABOVE:

JOE MORGAN AND TIM McCARVER, WHO KNOW BASEBALL STRATEGY BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE. VERY EASY TO BE A GENIOUS FROM THE SAFETY OF THE BROADCASTING BOOTH:

NO MORE DOUBLEHEADERS FOR THE PRICE OF A SINGLE TICKET:

HAVING TO WATCH GAMES THAT START AT 10:30 PM:

PLAYERS WHO DON’T ATTEND ALL STAR GAMES AFTER THEY WERE VOTED IN:

EVERY TEAM HAVING TO BE REPRESENTED IN THE ALL STAR GAME:

IDOLIZING BILLY BEANE AND HIS MONEY BALL CONCEPT. YOU CAN BET THE MORTGAGE ON YOUR HOUSE THAT HE WOULD TOSS THAT NONSENSE ALL  ASIDE IF HE HAD SOME DOUGH!!

CLUBHOUSE PRAYER MEETINGS. WHAT WOULD THE REACTION BE IF A BUNCH OF ATHEISTS GOT

TOGETHER FOR A MEETING BEFORE EVERY GAME?

MARVIN MILLER, ANDRE DAWSON, DON MATTINGLY, STEVE GARVEY, LEE SMITH, DALE MURPHY NOT BEING VOTED INTO THE HOF:

PEOPLE WHO TELL ME THAT GIL HODGES SHOULD BE THERE:

PEOPLE INSISTING THAT BUCK O’NEIL SHOULD BE THERE ALSO. NO HE SHOULDN’T, AND NEITHER SHOULD MOST OF THE OTHER 17 RECENTLY ELECTED NEGRO PLAYERS AND EXECUTIVES WHO MADE IT:

TRYING TO LISTEN TO, AND WORSE, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND JEANNIE ZELASCO:

THE ORGANIST AT THE PARKS BEING REPLACED BY CANNED MUSIC AND DON’T GET ME STARTED ABOUT THE KIND OF MUSIC THEY’RE PLAYING!!

STOPPING THE GAME TO HONOR THOSE POOR SOULS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO OUR COUNTRY AND WHO ARE STILL FIGHTING THERE. THAT’S AS IT SHOULD BE, BUT TO INDICATE THAT THIS IS A JUST WAR NIGHT AFTER NIGHT AND NOT TO CALL IT FOR WHAT IT IS (AN ATTEMPTED EXPLOITATION OF OIL RESOURCES) IS ABOMINABLE TO ME:

REVENUE SHARING. WHY SHOULD TEAMS BE FORCED TO GIVE MONEY TO TEAMS WHO SHOULDN’T BE IN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE:

THAT IS ALL …………………FOR NOW