You have often heard me refer to friend and co-worker Medford Bob. Medford Bob is one of my few friends who can give Linda a run for her money in the sarcasm department. For as much as I enjoyed hearing and writing about "Jon Stewart throws like a girl" and other Mets issues from Linda, Medford Bob yells at me whenever Randy "Keep 'Em Close" Johnson pitches. It gets better. After I leave work, I get 3 a.m. calls from Robert in Tampa venting about any and all Yankee games from the past 40 years. Like I am responsible? I am not George Steinbrenner or Brian Cashman. I would if I could but I can't so I won't.
You should no longer wonder why I write a great deal to keep whatever little sanity I have left. If writing could only help my hair loss or love life…
Enough about me for now, here's the first but hopefully not the last "Medford Bob Says…"
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"Medford Bob Says..."
A few thoughts on baseball..Gil Meche? 55 million dollars? Props to KC. Looks like they're serious about competing with the Toledo Mud Hens this year.
Is Brian Cashman just getting better or what! It's like he's playing moneyball with a huge budget. I like the way he has been stockpiling young pitching while solidifying the team and not panicking by overpaying mediocre free agents. Except for a backup catcher, this team is solid.
And any Red Sox fans that think their rotation with Deemat (is that slang for something to clean your shoes on?) will outclass the Bombers are still living in fantasyland. Barring injury (and if the Yanks, God willing, get rid of "Keep 'em close Randy") do you really want to put your rotation against Mussina, Pettite, Wang, Igawa and probably Phillip Hughes? Yeah I know there's been talk about getting Barry Zito but he sucks against the American League East and will probably end up with the Mets as they will bid through the roof as they need him more. (will Pedro ever pitch again? And the only people afraid of the Mets starting rotation as it stands is, the Mets. And speaking of the Mets, all I can say is, Moises Alou? Let my people go! ) J.D. Drew? Puuleeez! Cards traded him to Atlanta who let him go as a free agent. Guy makes Ricky Henderson and his hammy look like a WWII Marine storming Iwo Jima. Boston fans will LOVE him. Like they love Coco Crisp.
But you gotta give Theo props for the moves he has made. Sox may have finished behind Baltimore and Toronto if he hadn't stepped up. More than an overpriced Japanese import (let's reserve judgment on Cy Young San until the third time he goes through the league and faces major leaguers who haven't had just 2 weeks of pickup games) he's made some nice moves to solidify the team. But they are still not good enough to overcome da Bombers. (having the Sox win ONCE in 86 years made them think they actually have a chance but it is accepted in the scientific community that if you put a monkey into a room with a watch in pieces, EVENTUALLY the monkey will put it back together) Let’s face it. Red Sox nation is just a third world country on cheap steroids ("doesn't everyone have an arm growing out their ear?").
The Cubs, the Cubs the Cubs. It's like watching a drunken uncle who hit the lottery and has no money skills. Ted Lilly, Jason Marquis and Wade Miller. And pray for rain. No really. But only on the days they're supposed to pitch. Soriano has become the new A-Rod? Gonna have him bat leadoff so Juan Pierre can strike out leaving him on base.
Cardinals are right now going into the spring with Chris Carpenter and 4 guys named Moe. But Walt Jocketty will somehow figure all this out because anyone who watches the Cards knows you don't bet against Walt. NL central looks like the weak sister again this year.And that’s great for St. Louis. Because they're the best fans in America. Just ask them. They'll tell you. Best fans in America. It's true. They took a poll in the old Busch Stadium. And St. Louis came out on top. Go figure.
I just saw Happy Feet. It made me………………Happy.
Till next time, this is Medford Bob Says...
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