Baseball is America's pastime, but had our forefathers enjoyed the modern conveniences of clocks, ball pumps, or haste, this pastime may well have been basketball or football. Instead, they had wood, leather, and a rudderless disposition. Baseball is Boring is a series of live blogs for folks who need irony and self-awareness to get through a game.
My girlfriend and I go to a lot of games in Cleveland, and for a change we decided to check out one of the Minor League teams. She took a look at the schedule and laughed at the team names. I told her that a weird-funny team name (Everett AquaSox) isn't as bad as a team name that used to make sense but doesn't now because the team moved. Like the Utah Jazz. "Where did the Jazz play before Utah?" "Uh, New Orleans? Where else would they have named a team 'The Jazz'?"
Kids, if the Rockies ever move ANYWHERE other than Colorado, be prepared to have this conversation. It just won't work anywhere else. They can't be the San Antonio Rockies. They can't be the Orlando Rockies. They can't be the Mexico City Rockies.
Although I guess the Indians could move anywhere they want, because there were pretty much Indians everywhere.
My girlfriend and I go to a lot of games in Cleveland, and for a change we decided to check out one of the Minor League teams. She took a look at the schedule and laughed at the team names. I told her that a weird-funny team name (Everett AquaSox) isn't as bad as a team name that used to make sense but doesn't now because the team moved. Like the Utah Jazz. "Where did the Jazz play before Utah?" "Uh, New Orleans? Where else would they have named a team 'The Jazz'?"
Kids, if the Rockies ever move ANYWHERE other than Colorado, be prepared to have this conversation. It just won't work anywhere else. They can't be the San Antonio Rockies. They can't be the Orlando Rockies. They can't be the Mexico City Rockies.
Although I guess the Indians could move anywhere they want, because there were pretty much Indians everywhere.
The Indians (33-39) start Jeremy Sowers (0-1, 7.23 ERA).
The Cubs (42-24) start Jorge De La Rosa (1-3, 6.89 ERA).
ANALYSIS
During the last Cleveland Baseball is Boring authored by myself, I mistakenly classified the Indians as a fighting type. As I said before, I go to a lot of games, and if you watch any video package at Progressive Field you're bombarded with images of the Indians doing things (hitting, making diving catches, pitching) with lightning flashing all around them. So, I guess they're an electric-type. This is unfortunate, because the Colorado Rockies are a rock-type (duh), and electric attacks have no effect on rock-types. I mean, unless somebody in the stands throws a bucket of water on them during the game.
PREDICTION
Rockies over Indians, 5-3.
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6-20-2008 @ 12:01AM
Barclay said...
B I'm patiently awaiting blackdraft(tm) part 3... you guys kinda left us hanging with that epic end to part 2.
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6-20-2008 @ 12:10AM
Barclay said...
by the way I'm Pete from the BIB comments, if anyone cares
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6-20-2008 @ 7:34AM
Megan Boris said...
Of course Inter-league play is going to be boring when the Indians are playing horribly and half of Major League Baseball's star players are on the DL.
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