Fewer bats, but they've got some balls

Don't Take My Bat, Mister, Please!

One example of how baseball mirrors politics: the lobbyists from Easton, Rawlings, and other "ping"-inducing batmakers have gathered a formidable group of coaches and players to decry a New York City ban on metal bats.

The campaign -- shamelessly called "Don't Take My Bat Away" -- rankles purists and safety gurus by claiming there's absolutely no concrete reason to switch to wood. A supervisorial veto says otherwise... for now.

So which one am I?

With Barry Bonds within ten homers of Aaron's cherished record, the rhetoric is finally heating up. Says Curt Schilling, the world's foremost expert on everything: "There's good people and bad people."

After which he tucked in reporters with a "Nighty-night," and explained reasonably that their mommy still loved them very much and all the yelling was "just something grown-ups do"...

MLB to broadcast draft.

I grant you, this news is treated with the footnote status it deserves. Drafted players, with a few exceptions, are in no danger of seeing top-level exposure for two or three years; understandably, only the earliest part of the draft will be aired. Still, if you're the MLB and envy the NFL, you have to be happy with the news.

Commentary:

We've wondered this for years, but how is it that ESPN's Rob Neyer still has a job? Red Herring to the big, tough industry leaders who cower in the presence of a nerdy-enough stathead. Today's headline from Rob -- seriously: Adding Clemens Should Help Yanks.

And, in breaking local news: hot weather is hot.

Coming soon, by request, from a fat guy on a bike: alternatives to alternative fuels.

-Zed

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