Oh, The Irony!
From an MLB press release:
Nomar Garciaparra of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Jim Thome of the Chicago White Sox are the recipients of the 2006 Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award presented by Viagra® (sildenafil citrate), it was announced today.
Coincidentally, there was this other release:
While trying to leg out an infield single in Game 2 on Thursday night, Garciaparra partially tore his left quad muscle, which he had previously strained. He will try to be Kirk Gibson for the rest of this postseason, however, since he is unable to run — let alone start — Garciaparra will likely be limited to selective pinch-hitting duties. Teammates and club officials issued words of appreciation for his unselfish efforts.
For all you newbies, we here at umpbump have hinted at such a Gibson / Garciaparra allusion.
Honestly, though, I shouldn’t be hoping for such late-inning heroics if I want my predix [see previous post] to have any resemblance to what’s actually going on. So let’s not stretch things.
Btw; it seems my fellow umpbumers have taken a temporary leave, deciding to unilaterally assign all blogging duties to me. So, deal with it.
October 10th, 2006 at 9:28 pm
[...] As Alejandro noted, I have been MIA for a while. This is because I am taking a couple weeks off from work, life, and ruing the day I ever put my happiness in Theo Epstein’s hands, in order to take a road trip. But the other day when I was tooling down Route 17 in North Carolina, I happened to pass through Hertford, the hometown of Jim “Catfish” Hunter. In case you don’t recall, here’s a short bio of the A’s ace: The bigger the game, the better he pitched. Jim “Catfish” Hunter, with his pinpoint control, epitomized smart pitching at its finest. He pitched a perfect game in 1968, won 21 or more games five times in a row, and claimed the American League Cy Young Award in 1974. Arm trouble ended his career at age 33, but he still won 224 games and five World Series rings. The likable pitching ace died in 1999 at age 53 - a victim of ALS, the same disease that cut short the life of Lou Gehrig. [...]
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October 10th, 2006 at 9:28 pm
Is that grey in Nomie’s beard???
I feel old.
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