Odd Thoughts on MLB Week 3
The Tigers are worse than I initially imagined: they've opened the season 1 and
16 - ouch. Meanwhile the Yankees keep rolling, setting a record by having their
starters open the season 13 and 0, highlighted by Mike Mussina's 4 wins in 4
starts. In other Yankee news, one of their big acquisitions of the off-season,
Cuban defector Jose Contreras, has been sent to AAA Columbus. He's your average
$5 million a year minor leager. And what's with the White Sox's fans? After
attacking the Royals' first base coach Tom Gamboa last year, umpire Laz Diaz was
attacked by another White Sox fan in their series against Kansas City. One of
the attackers, Eric Dybas, apologized and said (I'm not making this up), "I
wanted to do something that would stick out a little more, but I never intended
for it to be like I was trying to inflict any danger on anybody." Good move,
buddy. You definitely stuck out a bit more, and you're going to make it tougher
for fans all over the country to get into the game without bag searches. While
Randy Johnson is now having some injury problems, Greg Maddux, Curt Schilling,
and Pedro Martinez all got their first wins of the season. Rest assured Johnson
will bounce back too. The Atlanta Braves, who started slowly, have now moved to
within 1 game of 1st place in the mediocre NL East, and more importantly the
Mariners finished the week in 1st place in the AL West. Milestone Watch: Roger
Clemens - 296 Wins, Rafael Palmeiro 495 Home Runs.