A few days ago, Curt Schilling went on a rampage against Barry Bonds. Everyone is joking that Schilling must be some private investigator, but I have a different take. Basically, Barry won’t tell the media anything about himself, but he has no problem confiding in BFF Schilling. Well, now we all know that Schilling is nothing but a big, big blabbermouth when it comes to keeping secrets. He would have totally been booted out of the tree house by my group of girlfriends when we were seven. That is just something you do not do to your girlfriends. Now all Bonds has to do is think of something really, really mean to write about Schilling in his burn book. Duh.
Officially, Schilling claims that Bonds admitted to adultery, tax evasion and cheating on the game. Officially, Bonds has never admitted to any of it. It would be really sweet for Bonds to hit the record breaking homer off Schilling. Unfortunately, when the Red Sox play the Giants, they plan in Fenway. There is no way that the Giants would let Barry hit 755 or 756 anywhere else except San Francisco. Could you imagine what happened if that ball landed in the bleachers at Dodger Stadium? I mean, honestly, that ball is that fan’s ticket to a life of luxury, but I wouldn’t put it past some stupid fans to just freak out and throw it back.
I’ve been thinking about the controversy surrounding Bonds. I’m wasn’t 100 percent sure how I felt about Bonds breaking the record until one of my guy friends let me know his take on it: Why care if Bonds breaks Aaron’s home run record, because A-Rod’s just going to break it as well? And yes, the guy’s a Red Sox fan. It makes sense. Rodriguez has 100 more home runs than Bonds did at the same age (31). Even though Barry went on a suspicious tear after he turned thirty, A-Rod is showing no signs of slowing up. Give him at least another nine seasons after this one, and he’ll be 40.
Okay, let’s say Bonds finishes this season and does one more, probably finishing with about 780 home runs for his career - another 35. A-Rod would then need 301 homeruns from today on. (I’m typing this as a Yankees game is playing, so maybe he’ll get a jump on my analysis.) In nine and a half seasons, he’d only need to hit an AVERAGE of 31 a year. Anyway, I won’t get into the math, because I majored in sociology (but in my defense, I wasn’t that bad - I attribute it to being Asian). Tim Kurkjian of ESPN has a nice little article about the 500 home run club.
Moving on, Josh Beckett just won his seventh game of the year. I am crying myself to sleep over this, and not just because he’s helping the Red Sox end my Yankees run of AL East titles. One of my more misinformed guy friends is convinced Beckett will win the Cy Young. Okay, he’s been pitching well, but he’s not even the best pitcher on his team (that would be Papelbon or Schilling), let alone the best pitcher in the AL. So, I gave him 50-1 odds on Beckett vs. the field. I think I’ll be okay, but every time I see Beckett put up another win, I get a little more worried.
Lastly, I’d like to respond to Greech’s comment on my last post. First, yes I want my certificate - you know my address, D. Second, I lost all respect for Danny Mac’s team when he accidentally dropped Jake Peavy. I still haven’t gotten a chance to figure out what the hell happened, but if he didn’t have a higher waiver order than me, I would have Peavy. Third, it was just a matter of time before Clemens signed. We all knew it.
One more thing: good on Stahl for figuring out how to dominate in several categories in our league. We all have Conboy to thank for not putting a cap on waiver acquisitions, so Stahl has been dropping and picking up different pitchers everyday. Of course he’s killing in innings pitched, strikeouts and wins, just because he has more chances. Whatever, I still want my certificate.
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7 comments:
First of all Bonds DID admit to cheating on the game. He just said that he didn’t "knowingly cheat".
Second there is a much better chance that Bonds will hit that homerun at Fenway than he will hit that homerun off Schilling. Schilling has already said that he wouldn’t give him anything to hit. You think a guy as arrogant and self centered as schilling would want to be remembered as the one who gives up 756?
sorry, had to comment again. how can you say that schill is pitching better than beckett? maybe Wake is, but not schill. check out the numbers. stupid, stupid girl.
numbers wise, wake is better. but schill is a better pitcher top to bottom. and greech, you know how much i hate schill, so it takes a lot for me to say that.
i dont think anyone is really better then becket felisa, he's a stud with no blisters and he's on his way to the world series again while your helpess yankees watch at home.
no respect for you dane until you start spelling b-e-c-k-e-t-t correctly.
ok A) the peavy thing was ESPN's fault...Conboy's fault really. B) pretty sure a guy at 7-0 is better than schilling right now. C) Bonds is breaking the record, everyone needs to accept it and realize how historic the moment will be no matter where it happens (more to come on that in my next post) D) A-Rod will pass Bonds, but so will Pujols....and Wily Mo Pena.
so it looks like danny read our comments about wake and stretched it out into a whole article, does that count as plagiarism?
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