Baseball Today

Today, I didn't get to see the Twins. The FOX channel here showed I believe the San Francisco game. Once I saw that the teams weren't ANA and MIN at the top the screen I changed the channel and went to Wal Mart. I read some recaps and evidently the Twins won again. People that write the recaps seem to be amazed that the Twins keep winning and even more surprised that Johan Santana can actually pitch. They keep writing things like "Santana marches on to Cy Young" and crap like that. While it is most definately true, they write it in such a manner as to imply that he shouldn't be doing what he is, that Johan is just a fluke. I've got news for the mainstream media - he's actually very good. GASP! Someone in a uniform that doesn't involved the letters B, NY, or C is actually capable of throwing the little ball over that little piece of rubber 60'6" away without anyone hitting it. When he accepts his Cy Young at the first homestand next season I hope Johan says "Stick this in your pipe and smoke it. Now sit down, bitch and write something nice about me"

To further ruin my baseball watching day, I watched a WGN broadcast of the Cubs. I was with my friends upstairs because I don't really hang out with my roommates (but that's another post) and 3 of the 4 of those guys are Cubs fans. So I decided to watch the game with my boys, and after 2/3 of an inning I wanted to drive to Chicago and throw Chip Caray out of the booth. That guy is quite possibly the worst announcer in the history of televised baseball. "Oh, look at me! Harry Caray was my grandpa, now hire me because I automatically know baseball. My grandpa was Harry, my grandpa was Harry,..." The funniest part of the game was that my friends hate Chip too. While I was bummed I wasn't watching the Twins, I had a great time Chip bashing.

"Sit Down, Bitch!" Tracker: Johan struck out 7 tonight, bring him up to 214 for the year. I predicted 219 +/- 4.

Closing Shot: Vote Santana/Nathan '04. Forget that little part about Johan being Venezulan, I'm sure no one will notice.