Irrational Rationalizations

Getting the midseason BABI Talk from Kevin (posted below) has inspired me to hit the keyboard today. I spent the weekend playing tennis round the clock to the point of extreme tennis elbow, and other assorted muscle pulls, though apparently I can still swing a racquet better than Milton Bradley. In the course of it all, I turned one year older, and the various aches and pains confirm it. But despite it all, and the aches and pains of several of our Pickled Players, we stand at the all-star break in second place, if unrespected.

I’d like to go on record as being one of the teams that has NOT asked Kevin if he is selling. We never presume. We hate dumping, and don’t wish it on anyone. So if anyone decides to change their minds, we’re here, but we respect you enough not to assume you think your team stinks.

We also want to go on record as saying we think Jason Werth has some, and he sure appeared to have a lot of it two weeks ago when he smacked 4 homers in a week for us. We were lucky…we found someone who also thinks he could be an awfully good player for a minimal investment. Let’s see how those Dodgers look next season with Werth and Bradley playing, presumably, healthy all season.

Kevin missed one important amazing fact in reporting on that nice Capper team: George spent $31 on Barry Bonds. So far, zippo. I guess he’s not worth much less than our Kaz $22 Matsui, but it’s a testament to the rest of that team that you could contend despite a complete zero for 31.

Mark looks like he’s finally out of chips (man, it hurt us to miss Belisle by a buck on the tie breaker), and with the Bums staying quiet, Larry’s got the only game in town right now. Thank God I’ve got a fully paid for subscription to Larry Dot Net.

I’m going on record…the Busch Leaguers won’t win it. I don’t think he’ll sell Pujols and play for next year, but I don’t think he’s got the horses, despite picking up exactly what he needed in Oswalt. He needs to do what the Pecklers did…go into the 4 corners. He’ll never get those pitching numbers quite down to what he would like.

Finally, I saw the Giants win last week, with our personal favorite, Brett Tomko, avoiding blowing up against the Reds. Tyler Walker came in for a somewhat exciting ninth, finishing off a save. I got to sit with my buddy Geoff in his Section 215 seats, right behind the plate. That was my ninth game of the season, with the Giants now 5-4.

P.S. – Kevin, I’ve got your rationalizations right here.