Sunshine, Rainbows, Butterflies....and Marijuana

[DOUGHBOYS]

During the off season, the Nationals signed Max Scherzer. They didn't need him. Tanner Roark is probably the best fifth pitcher in baseball.
The Yankees, Red Sox,and even the Dodgers NEEDED Scherzer.
Washington wants to win. And Scherzer was their best ticket for winning.

Other teams don't get this.
Some teams cry poverty.
Some don't believe in long contracts for pitchers.
Some, have owners who would rather have money in their pockets, not Scherzer's.
Some teams just plain don't care about winning.

Before the off season, I thought that Scherzer would be a perfect fit for the Mets.
A hard throwing veteran at the top of their staff to go along with a bunch of young arms.
Mets fans all disagreed. They had enough arms. Scherzer was not a need.
Ugh.
Money has come off the Mets books during the last couple of years. They are in the largest market in baseball. They should be spending money.
They aren't.
The Owner says he's still flush with cash. That the Madoff effect has not hurt him. The Mets could be the genesis of 'shit rolls downhill'.
The owner has little money. At least by MLB standards.
But, he has his pride, so he lives and talks like he does have money.
And that shit (or bullshit) rolls downhill for the Mets.
Publicists and Managers say players are fine. Even when knowing they're not.
General Manager says changes are afoot. They aren't.
Everything is sunshine, rainbows, and butterflies when talking to Mets execs.

Wheeler has gotten hurt and the Mets are starting the season with Colon, Niese, and Gee.
Sound familiar?
Syndergaard, Matz, and Montero might all have fine arms.
They could be something one day. We don't know.
We DO know that they are or have been minor league pitchers.
Syndergaard, Matz, and Montero fall into the sunshine, rainbows, and butterflies category.
Mets fans dream of what will/can be.
And Mets execs will push those dreams.
The reality being that they are minor league pitchers.
And minor league pitchers all have one thing in common.
They do not help their parent team in winning.
Max Scherzer does.

I pick on the Mets, but there are worse organizations. I just get upset at them because it seems lying has become much easier than telling the truth for them.
Let's pick on a worse organization since I've gone down that road.
The Rockies.
They have no semblance of a plan.
They have a seemingly endless supply of bad pitching. So, it only made sense that they would sign one more in Kyle Kendrick.
WHAT?!?

The Rockies are a team that the press hates to cover.
They know that each game has the chance to have 25 runs, 35 hits, 12 walks, 18 strike outs, six errors, and after four hours, they will be crying for a time limit to Rockies games.
If the Rockies could, they would sit a pitching machine on the mound set at 88 miles per hour. The result would be the same and the pitching machine costs a heckuva lot less than a Kyle Kendrick.
But, major league rules state that humans take the mound, so the Rockies will send those human pitching machines to the mound.

There was talk of Troy Tulowitzki getting traded.
This isn't gonna happen.
At least till Tulo WANTS to be traded.
Tulo may as well own the Rockies.
Rockies ownership treat Tulo as an art collector treats the Mona Lisa.
Their ownership has evolved from that of the Mets.
No longer do they try to fool their fan base. In fact, their owner e-mailed a fan this past summer that if he didn't like the Rockies, he didn't have to watch!
Instead of sunshine, rainbows, and butterflies like the Mets, Rockies fans are fed, 'Like it or Lump it'.

Rockies fans have gotten used to the idea that their team will suck.
If wanting to think about winning, they wait for football season.
Some of the fans even spend time in pot shops before going to the ball game.
Believe me, these fans have no reasonable expectation of a Rockies win.
Or remember, if they did.
They pay to see 'cool stuff', not 'stuff' from the mound.
These tokers care less about the Rockies human pitching machines.
They don't care about a W or L.
They...Hey wait....these stoners sound like Rockies Management!

Seriously, the Rockies should build a 'pot shop' mezzanine. Something no other Stadium would have. A first.
Overprice the product, much like beer, and truly make a killing.
'Dollar a Doobie Day' would be a sellout.
Puff the Magic Dragon, the new mascot.
Chant..."Tulo! Too high! Tulo! Too high!"
Team theme could be...
"Sure, we're low in the standings, but... WE'RE HIGH IN THE SEATS!"
"Our Grass is Natural"
"Hump Day? Wednesday is HEMP Day!"
"No weeds on the field, plenty in the stands"
"Some movies are better watched when HIGH, so are our ROCKIES!"
Team song, 'Gang A Bong'
The promotions are endless....

If you build it, they will come.

[blazer68]

very interesting and funny stuff sir

[whale4evr]

You forgot 'Rocky Mountain Way' as the team's theme song. Or is that too on the nose?

[DOUGHBOYS]

Thanks Kenny. Much appreciated.

Thoughts about 'Rocky Mountain Way' and 'Rocky Mountain High', Joe.
Both songs are overdone when it comes to the legalization of pot in the state.