If Jose Mesa is not suspended for at least ten games, Bud Selig should be fired. He hit Omar Vizquel with the first pitch he threw to him. Big deal? Well, it’s the third time in the past three years that Mesa has pitched to Vizquel, and he has hit him all three times. Oh,… Read More »
A couple years ago, I wrote here about Barry Bonds’ stats, and the remarkable upswing they took in the mid-1990s. At the time, I said this: I am not saying Barry Bonds has ever taken steroids. I am saying that he is a lot more muscular than he used to be. Allow me to take… Read More »
Sometimes I think Joe Morgan only does his ESPN.com chats to give me material. Anyway, a couple points from today’s chat:
Check out this email I just received from Chase Visa. It is nice to see that once you get past the bureaucracy, Chase really does care about their customers. I don’t know if they really understand my point, but I don’t really care, because they made good on their original promise.
I posted the other day about how Fieldstone Homes and Chase Visa are ripping me off and not providing the services they promised. Here’s an update:
Houston Chronicle columnist Richard Justice seems to think that Frank Robinson’s legacy matters, but it doesn’t. There’s no such thing as “the integrity of the record book” when we are talking about fourth place. Justice thinks it’s a travesty that Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire are mentioned in the same sentence as Robinson. Here’s what… Read More »
It’s amazing, really, how simple the solution to this whole Barry Bonds problem is. And there are over 300 guys in Major League Baseball with the power to fix this. Look, the guy already has bad knees. He missed months last year after bumping his knee on a table. How many 90-MPH fastballs do you… Read More »
Two little experiences from today that have me wondering if companies actually care about me as a customer:
It’s no secret that while I respect Joe Morgan’s abilities as a Hall of Fame second baseman, I find his analytical skills as color commentator for ESPN’s baseball broadcasts a bit lacking, to put it mildly. When I see him lined up for a chat on ESPN.com, I generally check it out — mostly for… Read More »