Spring Training

Category: dribblings

So. There’s 12 days left til Opening Day. I don’t know if you keep up with spring training or not, um, yes I do, you don’t. I don’t usually. Mostly because it’s not on TV very much, and it’s just practice. But this year I’ve noticed that they are showing more games on TV. Also, I purchased the MLB.TV so’s I can watch all the regular season on my computer and not have to tie up the TV every night of the week. Last year we did the DirecTv MLB thing, and it was twice as much in price as this MLB.TV.

And maybe you’re thinking that watching a three hour ballgame at your computer desk sounds painful and lame. Well, I can pipe it to the PS3 and watch that shit in HD from a comfy chair in another room. BOOSH. Did I mention it was half the price? DOUBLE BOOSH.

Anyway, I was talking about spring training. You can watch spring training games on MLB.TV. And at first it was awesome because they bring in not just the regular players but also a ton of kids from minor ball. So the first couple of innings they let the regulars play, then they bring in the rookies and it’s all Bad News Bears. So much fun to watch. Then a couple weeks into it they send the rookies back to wherever and the regulars get to play more. And you’d think that the Yankees, after sending the kids back to the bush league, would be winning more games. Or winning A game. but no. The Yanks have lost like, that last 5 games? They are 8 and 12 and they’re right above the ChiSox.

But hey, it’s spring training and the standings are meaningless. I’ll give you an example of how meaningless they are: right now the Royals are in first.

HA.

So here’s my thought, and hope, the Yankees are sandbagging it. They’re merely acting all old and injured and slow to fake everyone out. And come April they’re gonna blow it all up and be all, “Who you calling old now, bitches?!”

In other news: I wish Posada would have retired. He’s not that good of a hitter. I mean, he wasn’t last year anyway. I predict he will not be a great DH.

Also, the Yanks only have two pitchers. This will be the team’s failing, pitching.

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