The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

April 15, 6:18 Pacific Standard Time

I'm still at the office, but I'm nearing the end of the tough stuff. Of course, we still have 2 days, until April 17 this year, but I'm hoping that filing day will be nothing but party day around here. Boof Brittain will be on a plane Monday headed to the Islands, but as for me, April 18 is just a day off, with tennis, and some blogging, and who knows what else.

Actually, April 18, Tuesday, is a filing day for 2 of my clients who live in MA. Monday is a state holiday, Patriots day, celebrating Paul Revere's ride and the Boston Marathon. So all of those democrats in the "Commonwealth" get an extra day to file.

I've taken a moment today, the traditional filing day, to make a note about our Pickled ones and their special day yesterday. Our team is a mess, but we had the following pitching line yesterday:

16 IP, 14 H, 1 BB, 1 ER, 15 K, 2 W

Now THAT is a pretty fine line. Webb and Glavine. We would have gotten a save too, but the Cubbies put up 3 in the top of the 9th so Dempster lost his save situation.

On the other hand, our hitting line:

37 AB, 4 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 1 SB.

What a day!

It's pretty clear we don't have enough hitters on our team. Carlos Lee is going to win the NL MVP this season, and we're certainly happy with him, but half our team is under 200, so we'll be on the waiver wire once someone decent shows up. The Doc blames me for the Klesko blunder (I swear, I only bid on him because Mr. Leaguer wanted him), but if Klesko was putting up Big Al numbers instead of NOTHING, we'd still have lousy hitting.

As for that Carlos Lee MVP prediction, we also predicted about this time last year that Milton Bradley was going to win the NL MVP. He will win the AL MVP this year, assuming his head doesn't explode.

As for BB, no homers yet. Think he's a little distracted? I saw an interview with Gary Sheffield's attorney yesterday, and she was saying how there is no way the Feds can prove perjury. Those are scary things to be talking about. I'll have to start catching Bonds on Bonds, which may evolve into the OJ trial. Too bad for Barry that Johnnie is going, going GONE.

Finally, I'd like to reminisce about the 1968 New York Mets. They stunk. The pre '69 Mets all stunk. Yet the town loved them. Shea Stadium always had lots of adoring fans with their signs. One day in 1968 the Mets held a banner day, during which people paraded the field with their clever banners and prizes were awarded. The Mets had always finished last every year since inception, but in 1968 they finished second to last ahead of the Cubbies. My favorite banner was in a fancy text font and said "GOD BLESS THE CHICAGO CUBS."

In that spirit, I'd like to say:

GOD BLESS ANY 9.