POTPOURRI RURAL V, URBAN The sell-out crowd at Royals Stadium last night were having a boisterous good time as their Royals beat the Giants to even the World Series at 1-1 (Game 3 is Friday night in Frisco.) One particular section of Royals Stadium was having a better time than all of the others. There was a fella, in a black T-Shirt and black hat, who was buying Hot Dogs from a vendor and throwing them to all of the fans in his section. Things were going great until Stadium Security appeared. After spending more than $300 on dogs, which he was tossing as fast as the vendor could make them, the fella was told that he was causing an uproar and he had to knock it off. The whole section began a very loud and long cascade of boos. Some fans in the section have vowed to continue the dog tossing at the next game in K.C., if needed, but are changing the way the dogs are tossed. Instead of having a vendor hand the dogs off to a fan to toss, they plan on paying a vendor for the dogs and tipping him well to toss the dogs himself. Could this dog tossing happen in a big city stadium like NYC, L.A., Houston or Frisco? I doubt it. There are many people in NYC, for example, who have lived in an apartment next to the same neighbor for twenty years and dont even know his name. A fan, in an urban stadium might buy a hot dog for the guy sitting next to him but not for the whole section like in more rural K.C. Kansas City, Missouri, the way baseball fans everywhere should celebrate their teams good fortune. PUPPY KICKING Peregrine Honig owns a store in Kansas City called Honigs Birdies Panties Shop. She was looking for a way to celebrate the Royals playing in their first World Series since 1985. She sketched a Crown with an interlocking KC under it and had her design printed on the back side of mens underpants. Many K.C. Royals fans bought the novelty item. Honigs entertaining idea seemed to go over very well until two days ago. Homeland Security raided her store on Tuesday, arrested her and confiscated all her novelty underwear. They charged her with Copyright Infringement. Come on guys. Copyright Infringement for her own design on underwear? Really. What happened, Homeland Security ran out of Terrorist to pursue. Did Jockey or Fruit Of The Loom really complain. Maybe Homeland Security should walk around kicking puppies to get their jollies. Our Tax Dollars at work. THE ADVENTURES OF ALEX RODRIGUEZ The Derek Jeter Era has ended. In a few days A-Rod will be back, maybe. A-Rods suspension from Major League Baseball will end when one of the two Wild Cards (Royals or Giants) win the World Series. I cant wait for the next chapter of Alex Rodriguez version of Keystone Kops. Will A-Rod really play for the Yankees, or anyone else, in 2015 at the age of 40 (he will turn 41 on July 27, 2015) after missing a year and one-half of active duty? A-Rod last played in a Major League game in October, 2013. And, if he plays, what position will he play? 3B, 1B, DH or ???. Stay tuned. Max Sennett should come back to direct the next chapter of A-Rods Keystone Kops. NEW YORK YANKEE PITCHING IN 2015 The future of Yankee pitching looks bleak. The teams three top starters are being counted on to have big years in 2015 but the truth is, none may throw a pitch in earnest next season. C.C. Sabathia was shut down in May and missed the entire 2014 season because of inflammation to the same knee that had prior surgery for a torn meniscus. At 67 and between 275 and 325 pounds how much can his knee tolerate. It should also be noted, that since joining the Yankees 6 years ago and up until his D.L. stint last year, Sabathia has thrown more innings than anyone else in MLB. Masahiro Tanaka was brilliant, and well worth the boatload of bucks he cost, before he got hurt in July, 2014. His arm injury, known as a torn ulnar collateral ligament, is just shorthand for Tommy John surgery. Both Tanaka and the Yankees decided on rest instead of Tommy John, for two reasons. First, the tear was relatively small and second, because surgery would cause a rehab of 18 months. After resting since July, Tanaka took the mound for two starts at the end of the season. As Joe Girardi said, they wanted to see where they were at. The answer was not good. Granted, Tanaka was rusty from inactivity, but in one of his two games he allowed seven runs in just one and two-thirds innings. This is not a good sign. Tanaka may yet face Tommy John surgery if spring training is a bust. Stay tuned to the Yankee version of Dr. Oz. Ivan Nova, the youngest of the Yankee trio, had a very bright future until he went 0-4 last April and was shut down to undergo Tommy John surgery. Can the Yankees count on him to bounce back and make the opening day roster? I doubt it. Lets go to the numbers. Tommy John surgery usually keeps a pitcher out of action for 18 months. Last April (2014) Nova had Tommy John surgery. The next baseball season starts in April, 2015. Let me make a quick call to my friend Euclid. Aha, April 2014 to April 2015 is 12 not 18 months. The usual 18 months rehab will end around October, 2015. Just in time for Nova, and the rest of the players and coaches of the Yankees, to watch the World Series. On TV from home, that is, because the Bronx Bombers will not be playing in the 111th World Series. Thats All Folks.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 23:09:09 +0000
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