From Last Year To This Year
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 12:09 pm
So, what have we learned?
Matt Harvey is well. And has a nickname. The Dark Knight.
This would make Chase Utley, 'The Joker'.
We probably have to wait yet another year for a Harvey vs. Fernandez matchup.
At least with both being at the top of their game.
Dan Haren found out two things.
That he doesn't have enough juice to demand a trade.
And that West Coast GM's are wise.
In the era of 'the pitcher', Miguel Gonzalez can strike out 10 Major League hitters.
One of those hitters struck out, was Didi Gregorius.
In the era of 'the pitcher', the Yankees traded Shane Greene to receive Didi Gregorius.
The era of the pitcher is not kind to the New York Yankees.
The Giants won the World Series last year.
Peavy, Vogelsong, and Hudson pitch like it was five years ago.
The Rockies are a Great April team.
It is the only month that Tulo and CarGo play together.
Nelson Cruz has found a better 'cloaker'.
If throwing from the left side, with little velocity, you too, can be a Major League pitcher.
Ask Eric Stults.
If wearing a checkered flannel shirt and carrying an axe, a beard is ok.
Not one player carries an axe or wears a flannel shirt....besides Daniel Norris.
Adeiny Hechavaria needs a nickname.
Takes me five seconds to think of it. Seven seconds to say it. 10 seconds to write it.
22 seconds of my life, I will never get back.
Billy Hamilton has led the league in stolen bases five times.
He also holds the All Time record for runs scored with 198 runs in a single season.
He scored more than one run per game during his career.
Does History repeat itself?
Yes, it does.
On this, Jackie Robinson Day, it is fair to say that Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy's terms as President were with civil rights as a major concern.
Lincoln elected in 1860. Kennedy in 1960.
Both were shot from behind. In the back of the head.
Both, with their wives present.
Their successors were both named Johnson. Both southern democrats. Both, not embraced by the public.
Andrew Johnson born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839. Lee Harvey Oswald, 1939.
Both assassins with three names. Both, with 15 letters.
Both, southern men with unpopular ideas, even to friends.
Both Booth and Oswald were killed before going to trial.
Both Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Kennedy lost children while in the White House.
Both Presidents were killed on a Friday.
President Lincoln's secretary, whose name was Kennedy, advised him not to go to the theatre.
President Kennedys secretary, whose name was Lincoln, advised him not to go to Dallas.
John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in a theatre and ran to a warehouse.
Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy from warehouse and ran to a theatre.
History does repeat itself and there is a song about it.
Mookie Betts is only hitting .229.
Why does it seem like he's hitting .600?
You can not hit for years and still have a job at the Major League level.
Ask Dan Uggla.
Hanley Ramirez is to Left Field as Charlie Sheen is to pitching.
It seems like the best young players in baseball will be playing at the two oldest parks.
Fenway and Wrigley.
Matt Harvey is well. And has a nickname. The Dark Knight.
This would make Chase Utley, 'The Joker'.
We probably have to wait yet another year for a Harvey vs. Fernandez matchup.
At least with both being at the top of their game.
Dan Haren found out two things.
That he doesn't have enough juice to demand a trade.
And that West Coast GM's are wise.
In the era of 'the pitcher', Miguel Gonzalez can strike out 10 Major League hitters.
One of those hitters struck out, was Didi Gregorius.
In the era of 'the pitcher', the Yankees traded Shane Greene to receive Didi Gregorius.
The era of the pitcher is not kind to the New York Yankees.
The Giants won the World Series last year.
Peavy, Vogelsong, and Hudson pitch like it was five years ago.
The Rockies are a Great April team.
It is the only month that Tulo and CarGo play together.
Nelson Cruz has found a better 'cloaker'.
If throwing from the left side, with little velocity, you too, can be a Major League pitcher.
Ask Eric Stults.
If wearing a checkered flannel shirt and carrying an axe, a beard is ok.
Not one player carries an axe or wears a flannel shirt....besides Daniel Norris.
Adeiny Hechavaria needs a nickname.
Takes me five seconds to think of it. Seven seconds to say it. 10 seconds to write it.
22 seconds of my life, I will never get back.
Billy Hamilton has led the league in stolen bases five times.
He also holds the All Time record for runs scored with 198 runs in a single season.
He scored more than one run per game during his career.
Does History repeat itself?
Yes, it does.
On this, Jackie Robinson Day, it is fair to say that Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy's terms as President were with civil rights as a major concern.
Lincoln elected in 1860. Kennedy in 1960.
Both were shot from behind. In the back of the head.
Both, with their wives present.
Their successors were both named Johnson. Both southern democrats. Both, not embraced by the public.
Andrew Johnson born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839. Lee Harvey Oswald, 1939.
Both assassins with three names. Both, with 15 letters.
Both, southern men with unpopular ideas, even to friends.
Both Booth and Oswald were killed before going to trial.
Both Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Kennedy lost children while in the White House.
Both Presidents were killed on a Friday.
President Lincoln's secretary, whose name was Kennedy, advised him not to go to the theatre.
President Kennedys secretary, whose name was Lincoln, advised him not to go to Dallas.
John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in a theatre and ran to a warehouse.
Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy from warehouse and ran to a theatre.
History does repeat itself and there is a song about it.
Mookie Betts is only hitting .229.
Why does it seem like he's hitting .600?
You can not hit for years and still have a job at the Major League level.
Ask Dan Uggla.
Hanley Ramirez is to Left Field as Charlie Sheen is to pitching.
It seems like the best young players in baseball will be playing at the two oldest parks.
Fenway and Wrigley.
