Monday, December 08, 2003
Jonah Keri of Baseball Prospectus on the state of his Expos.
As a baseball fan, this just hurts. I could analyze this move from a business perspective or illustrate the conflict of interest, but I would rather just think about the good times. Sitting behind home plate watching Javy throw complete game gems. He starts a game at 93+ and ends it the same way. Vlad hitting first on the last day of the season so he could have the maximum number of chances to go 40-40. The crowd going literally nuts, throwing balls onto the field, when he is called out on a check swing. And my favorite, Vlad's walk off homerun off of Curt Schilling. You probably won't believe me but I did call it. I went to the game with my bud, Chico (his link is on the right), I turned to him before Vlad came up and said something like Schilling is going to start him with the heat and Vladie is sending us home happy. Good times. Good times.
As a baseball fan, this just hurts. I could analyze this move from a business perspective or illustrate the conflict of interest, but I would rather just think about the good times. Sitting behind home plate watching Javy throw complete game gems. He starts a game at 93+ and ends it the same way. Vlad hitting first on the last day of the season so he could have the maximum number of chances to go 40-40. The crowd going literally nuts, throwing balls onto the field, when he is called out on a check swing. And my favorite, Vlad's walk off homerun off of Curt Schilling. You probably won't believe me but I did call it. I went to the game with my bud, Chico (his link is on the right), I turned to him before Vlad came up and said something like Schilling is going to start him with the heat and Vladie is sending us home happy. Good times. Good times.