2.02.2006
Five Questions for a Slow Week
1. If it's true that the Mets traded Kris Benson to Baltimore to be rid of his provocative wife -- not an entirely unreasonable assumption, since Benson is way more valuable than Jorge Julio even if he remains a league-average starter -- then have they forgotten that sports is primarily supposed to be entertainment, and that few things are more entertaining than waking up in the morning and discovering the latest Anna Benson headline?
2. Can someone assign an all-access camera crew to Jeff Bagwell's upcoming spring training tryout with the Astros? It would make quite the documentary, complete with a heartrending final shot of Bagwell weeping softly as they cart him off to the glue factory.
3. Did nobody tell Tim Hudson that he would need to be ahead of his regular preseason schedule to be ready for the World Baseball Classic?
4. Since the death of substance abuse in MLB has been greatly exaggerated, as Buster Olney points out in this Insider-only piece, can we make the argument that anyone who gets a 50-game suspension next year deserves it on boneheadedness alone?
5. Um...how about that World Cup draw? Come on, I told you it was a slow week.
2. Can someone assign an all-access camera crew to Jeff Bagwell's upcoming spring training tryout with the Astros? It would make quite the documentary, complete with a heartrending final shot of Bagwell weeping softly as they cart him off to the glue factory.
3. Did nobody tell Tim Hudson that he would need to be ahead of his regular preseason schedule to be ready for the World Baseball Classic?
4. Since the death of substance abuse in MLB has been greatly exaggerated, as Buster Olney points out in this Insider-only piece, can we make the argument that anyone who gets a 50-game suspension next year deserves it on boneheadedness alone?
5. Um...how about that World Cup draw? Come on, I told you it was a slow week.
