In case you slept through it, Cliff Lee is a Phillie once again — and with four aces (two righties, two lefties), we now own the best starting rotation in baseball. Thank you, Ruben Amaro Jr.! (Or should I say “Santa”? And might I point out that re-signing Lee is a classic Merc retro kinda thing?)
Category: The American Game
Hmm
Luke Scott
Baltimore Orioles player is a moron — a big one.
A baseball memory
Dr. S. writes about his Ron Santo baseball glove.
A perfect game
My former brother-in-law called today to check in; we hadn’t talked in a while. He told me his ten-year-old just pitched a perfect game in Little League.
“You should see him,” he said. “He’s tall and lanky, very self-possessed out there on the mound. There were three outs to go, and I was a nervous wreck. He was really focused.”
He said his son is so good, he just sent him to a pitching workshop with Cole Hamels. “It’s a lot of money, but you know, if he has the ability…”
“You never know, he might be taking care of you in your old age,” I kidded him. (The ex-B.I.L. is 65 and still pitching for a men’s baseball league.)
Too bad the kid’s not a lefty like his old man.
Congrats
Roy Halladay, Cy Young winner.
Shameless
Even for a Republican asshole, he’s a real Hall of Famer.
World Series
Congrats to the San Francisco Giants, who blew everyone away in a remarkable series.
Go Phillies
I’ll be at the Piazza tonight to watch the do-or-die Game 6.
I dreamed I saw Doc Halladay in a mullet wig…
Wearing a hat that said “Fear the mullet.” But alas, it was only Michael Jack Schmidt:
