SI’s Reilly continues the Barry Bonds bash
By Punch N. Judy
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If you’ve never heard of or read anything by SI’s Rick Reilly you should know the man is a cynic by trade. His most recent anti-Barry Bonds rant, which ran on the back page of this week’s issue, didn’t offer anything new in the way of facts, but did offer up some food for thought.
Reilly, who you may remember once berated Sammy Sosa to take a drug test if he was indeed clean in front of a packed clubhouse, has long been a Bonds antagonist. In his world there is right or wrong with little in between. Having worked the clubhouse beat for years, Reilly has been comfortably settled into the role of resident naysayer for some time now, which in reality makes him no different than us lowly bloggers. And we all know the old saying about opinions.
As Barry Bonds makes his way around the bases for the 756th time, Reilly advises his readership to offer up some rather hilarious gestures as opposed to the respectful ovation this occasion of course warrants. Citing Bonds increased cap size, and the many incriminating facts outlined in Game of Shadows, Reilly is ruthless in his opinions on the man who will soon be King.
Far be it from me to bemoan the good fortune of others while my Tigers continue to draft and develop power arms like a baseball version of the Pentagon. It’s just that, much like the Twins with Francisco Liriano, the Tribe has stumbled into in my opinion the AL’s best right hander in Fausto Carmona. Having borderline stunk in an undefined bullpen role early in his career, Carmona is now a monster that unlike most coddled stars is able and willing to pitch a complete game now and then or at the least make it into the eighth. Of course that could also be due to the Indians rather scary bullpen. Either way Carmona , who looks a lot like the pitcher the O’s Daniel Cabrera could be, is more than just the second fiddle in the Indians rotation.
Punchouts
I’d like to know who it was who talked a little sense into Bud Selig over the weekend. Obviously Selig belongs in the traveling road show that is the Barry Bonds chase to 756. Sure he’ll be labeled a hypocrite in some circles, knowing how public perception is, but let’s face it right is right.
If you watched the Tiger game Wednesday night, you got a chance to empathize with poor old Johnny Pesky, who to this day is accused of holding the ball or double clutching as Enos Slaughter scored from first on a single to win the Cards the 46’ Series. In the seventh inning of what was a two run game, Curtis Granderson pulled a similar move, making up his mind early to take a chance and race home as the second baseman had his back to home plate on a hit and run single to right. Before Tadahito Iguchi knew what hit em’ Granderson was into his slide, safe like Slaughter by a country mile.
There’s nothing quite like hearing Jerry Remy pronouncing the name’s Dustin Pedroia or Hideki Okajima. I believe the spelling of it goes like this: Pedroier and Okerjima. Jeez, buddy yer talkin’ like ya got a whole piece of pizzer in your mouth.
Clown of the Week – I don’t know what’s worse on HBO, the boxing or the double shot of Gary Sheffield on the stations two ultra serious semi-sports talk shows. This time it was Sheff flashing a little ignorance rather than his usual racial prejudice agenda. What did this week’s clown say? Check below for the quote of the week, yes folks the Tiger slugger has hit a double.
Quote of the Week – “Steroids are something you stick in your butt – period.” Gary Sheffield responding to the Bob Costas question of whether or not he knew the Clear and the Cream were technically steroids.
Editor’s note - Baseball and Eggs will appear every Thursday, and serves as a form of self–therapy for this clinically insane baseball fan. The baseball part is self–explanatory. The eggs however, could pertain to just about anything on Punch’s mind from Wednesday to Wednesday
August 19th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
The game of baseball is not tarnished. It’s RUINED by punks that are egotistical and babied. Babe Ruth would have hit well over 1000 HR’s if he had been stupid enough to shoot that crap into his ass. I shall never forget the kind of person Bonds was (and is) in his Pittsburgh days. After hitting a homerun at home, he circled the bases, and went into the dugout. The fans, who pay his salary, wanted a “curtain call.” Bonds said to the player next to him, “make ‘em (the fans) wait.” And his head has only gotten bigger since then. That’s a true horse’s ass in my book. Now that steroid testing is allowed, why isn’t anyone testing Bonds? Neifi Perez is out. And he too is black. So, obviously, it’s not a race issue. And while you’re at it, get a commissioner with some balls and brains.
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:20 am
Here, here. Wasn’t Bud Light supposed to be an interim commish anyway? I guess he has 14.2 million reasons to stay on the job. As for Barry, pick up Love Me, Hate Me, by Jeff Pearlman if you can. A true appreciation for for any four letter adjective is sure to be had. Thanks for your comments. - Punch.
October 12th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
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