July 24th, 2010

WTF, softball?

ESPN is on at the gym and there’s a softball game on. This happens occasionally and a few questions always come into my mind.
1. Why aren’t the fielders wearing hats?
It’s sunny out there and these girls are running, okay, mostly standing around with their eyes unshaded and their heads, have long hair mostly. [...]

April 25th, 2010

Baseball needs a play clock #mlb

Purists think this is terrible idea, but they think unpredictable strike zones are “tradition”, too.
Batters need to get over their OCD nonsense. Get your batting gloves set while you’re on deck, or buy gloves that fit. Spitting on them doesn’t help, you’re in the big leagues now, you’re a millionaire, knock that [...]