Baseballist blog

I am sick and tired of the people who want to give Alex Rodriguez a free pass.  One month is all we’ve seen of him.  Poor Alex.  Poor Alex.  He was the one who used Boras as his agent.  He signed the biggest contract in history.  Why shouldn’t fans expect someone who can do better in the postseason?  If he didn’t want the media scrutiny, he should have stayed in Seattle or Texas.  He wanted a ring as much as anyone else who goes to New York.  Let him now play like it or let him walk.

I have this sickening feeling my stomach. There’s a terrible pounding in my head. I’m constantly nauseous and feel like I want to throw up. Did I eat some tainted food? No, now I know what it is! Barry Bonds(?) hit homers 736(?) and 737(?). For future reference, the ‘?’ refers to the possibility or probability of steroid use. When and if Mr. (?) passes Aaron, I will shut off my television and computer in respect of those legitimate home run hitters, especially Hank Aaron.

I guess the first item up for discussion, is the whole Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon and Hall of Fame rift. Personally, I can see Petroskey’s worries about Robbins and Sarandon speaking at the Hall of Fame on the anniversary of the releas of Bull Durham. There are several Hall of Famers who are veterans and veterans do get free admission, but it’s not like there’s any doubt that those two oppose the war. His best solution would have been to postpone the celebration until after the war, not invite them or hold it at a later time, perhaps at the 20 year anniversary. The whole argument about Sarandon and Robbins hurting the soldiers in Iraq is pretty flimsy. Do the two know something about troop movements that the Joint Chiefs don’t? Please. He should have cancelled this event long before the war began. Who has a 15 year celebration of a movie, anyway? Twenty sounds so much better and it sells DVD’s so much better. If he wanted to silence the two of them, he should never have held it, what a better way to silence them. Now, the two appear wronged in the media and he looks the proper fool. I don’t support either Sarandon or Robbins, but Petroskey played into their hands. Now they can cry censorship and they’ll be heard anyway. Cancelling their visit essentially was like banning a book, the more you censor something, the more people want to know. Maybe Petroskey will learn from this, maybe he won’t, but it certainly did wonders for Sarandon and Robbins.

Alex Gordon’s first home run came last night. Hopefully, this will get him on the right track and he can start on his way. Before the season began, we predicted that Gordon would win Rookie of the Year. Baseballist.com still believes that. Good luck and congratulations Alex.

Hank Aaron, when asked if he would go to see Bonds break his career home run record, said that he would not be there. Bonds didn’t mind. Of course, I think the truth is that Bonds is so repugnant to him, that Aaron wants nothing to do with the supposed record. Aaron knows that Bonds is a cheat and that it won’t be a legitimate record.