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Hope Springs Eternal
It may not look it outside, but spring is definitely here, as is evidenced by the annual story on ESPN.com about Ken Griffey Jr.'s quixotic attempt to be a major league baseball player again. As usual, the story is rife with lines like "if he can only stay healthy..." and "if his hamstring holds up...", the odds of which are very very small. I'd put the over/under on weeks before his first injury at 3. Anyone want to take the over?
Besides Ken Griffey Jr., there are a number of other former stars looking to start over again in the spring. Look on any roster and you're bound to find one or two guys whose names sound familiar but haven't played since 1999. Or Garth Brooks. The Cardinals' contribution is former outfielder Ray Lankford, who is battling for the left field job with...Greg Vaughn.
Speaking of Mr. Vaughn, his former team the Brewers is 11-2 in spring training, much to the delight of Lucas. This could finally be the year that their starting rotation of "Ben Sheets and 4 other guys" get offensive help from "Geoff Jenkins and a bunch of scrubs like Craig Counsell" and take the division. Or not.
Comments
I've already counted 3 major news sources claiming this will be a huge bounce back year for Griffey Jr. My prediction is a hip pointer two weeks in, followed by a bout of rocking pneumonia and the boogie-woogie flu which will knock him out for the rest of the year.
You better be careful about picking on the brewers. They will suck something awful this year but 2-3 years from now your division championship prediction may come true, when houston will be farting around in their rocking chairs, st. louis will still have no pitching, and the cubs offense will suck even more with Sosa on a steroid suspension.
Posted by: Lucas at March 18, 2004 8:09 PM
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