Does Mrs. Garrett know about this?
Jeff Blair is a baseball writer for the Globe and Mail. As a baseball writer, one would think it was his job to, uh, watch baseball and know stuff about baseball and write informative pieces on baseball. Instead, we get this:
...published reports have linked Troy Glaus with the use of steroids and Rick Ankiel with the use of human growth hormone (HGH). The reports surfaced only hours after Ankiel, a $2-million (U.S.) bonus baby, made his debut as a major-league outfielder this season seven years after a playoff meltdown effectively ended his pitching career. He hit a pair of home runs and had seven RBIs in the St. Louis Cardinals' 16-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Only hours after Ankiel made his debut? How about 672 hours, since Ankiel made his debut on August 9.
While many of us have been marveling at Ankiel's achievements for the past month (.358./409/.765 with 9 home runs and a 1.174 OPS), Blair wasn't apparently aware of this story until sometime early Friday morning. Ankiel's come back has been big news, and not just on the sports pages. This has been CNN/Good Morning America/Time Magazine sort of news. Disney was going to make a movie about Ankiel.
Yet, somehow, Blair was unaware. The man gets paid to write about baseball for Canada's national newspaper. Is it too much to ask for him to at least pay a little bit of attention to what happens in the game?
I hope he doesn't get upset when he finds out the Expos moved to Washington.
If you are a regular reader of Blair's column (or this site) you will know that the most likely reason for him having no fucking clue what is happening in the major leagues is because his consciousness has been plundered of all affection for baseball. Most of us fans are simple, naive folk who can't get through a day without the inspiring words or actions of a Major Leage baseball. Good thing we have Blair to remind us that baseball players are all self serving assholes who care only about themselves and their bank balances:
So, in the meantime, let's just say it's cautionary -- another reason to admire what these people do on the field while remembering that they get nice tax breaks for all those off-field charitable endeavours and that at the end of the day they're just doing whatever they can to make more money as fast as they can, blurring the rules and in some cases breaking them because individual or team success equates to greater wealth. They're no better than anyone else. You want inspiration? Best look elsewhere.
Yeah, fuck you Jim Abbot. You too Jim Morris.
...published reports have linked Troy Glaus with the use of steroids and Rick Ankiel with the use of human growth hormone (HGH). The reports surfaced only hours after Ankiel, a $2-million (U.S.) bonus baby, made his debut as a major-league outfielder this season seven years after a playoff meltdown effectively ended his pitching career. He hit a pair of home runs and had seven RBIs in the St. Louis Cardinals' 16-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Only hours after Ankiel made his debut? How about 672 hours, since Ankiel made his debut on August 9.
While many of us have been marveling at Ankiel's achievements for the past month (.358./409/.765 with 9 home runs and a 1.174 OPS), Blair wasn't apparently aware of this story until sometime early Friday morning. Ankiel's come back has been big news, and not just on the sports pages. This has been CNN/Good Morning America/Time Magazine sort of news. Disney was going to make a movie about Ankiel.
Yet, somehow, Blair was unaware. The man gets paid to write about baseball for Canada's national newspaper. Is it too much to ask for him to at least pay a little bit of attention to what happens in the game?
I hope he doesn't get upset when he finds out the Expos moved to Washington.
If you are a regular reader of Blair's column (or this site) you will know that the most likely reason for him having no fucking clue what is happening in the major leagues is because his consciousness has been plundered of all affection for baseball. Most of us fans are simple, naive folk who can't get through a day without the inspiring words or actions of a Major Leage baseball. Good thing we have Blair to remind us that baseball players are all self serving assholes who care only about themselves and their bank balances:
So, in the meantime, let's just say it's cautionary -- another reason to admire what these people do on the field while remembering that they get nice tax breaks for all those off-field charitable endeavours and that at the end of the day they're just doing whatever they can to make more money as fast as they can, blurring the rules and in some cases breaking them because individual or team success equates to greater wealth. They're no better than anyone else. You want inspiration? Best look elsewhere.
Yeah, fuck you Jim Abbot. You too Jim Morris.
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