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THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
OR AS WE KNOW IT----DRAFT
DAY!!!!!
Only Gort getting his Klatu,
Barada, Nikto commands mixed up and inadvertently destroying the world or a
Max Bridges baseball practice could screw up this day. Did Max get held
back a couple of years? I could swear he’s been on that Cardinal baseball
team since the mid 90’s.
All my friends and family
know the drill. No one gets married and no one gets buried or anything
in-between on Draft Day.
To steal a line from Humpty
Dumpty, “You have to keep your eye on the ball if you want to stay on the
wall.” I’m focused and willing to do anything short of signing a murder
suicide pact with the other remaining three members of the Dead Money Club
to get this thing done. Although it looks like the Redbirds and Irates mean
business this year.
A few random thoughts on the first
week:
-- Isn’t it great to turn on ESPN and
not see some boring hockey game going into overtime and screwing up Sports
Center?
-- I did get a chance to watch the
Challenger launch from South Florida last week. I didn’t realize Cape
Canaveral was located on the pitchers mound at Pro Player stadium? I’ll bet
John Smoltz didn’t realize it either.
--
Pat Burrell is hotter than a Fox News
weather skank. I wonder whose team he is on?
-- Gee, I was expecting at least one
more bear at the dump on Sunday night, but evidently the Bombers are going
to stand pat. You do know this is baseball and not poker? I’m not sure
bluffing works here. But to our credit we did a hell of a job drafting, as
witness to the flotsam that was on the Free Agent wire over the weekend. I
thought for sure the Senators would release double-digit numbers. The
Senators don’t have a Hindu’s chance in Heaven of repeating.
-- There’s something comforting about
those little things in life that we know we can always count on. Like the
swallows returning to Capistrano, the running of the bulls in Pamplona and
the wildly entertaining drafting of our own Slopay, who once again picked
the wrong week to stop sniffing glue. But to his defense I did hear one of
his sons say “Don’t come home without Daniel Cabrera or Erik Bedard” so it
kind of runs in the family. But 12th place? Not with those
hitters, if he gets any pitching at all, look out.
-- I see where Dave picked me for 9th
place. To quote that famous philosopher Carl “The Truth” Confucius. “Big
wind comes from empty cave”. I do agree with him on our outfields. When I
think of a clash of the titans, I think of Bonds vs. Guerrero or Manny vs.
Beltran or even Godzilla vs. Rodan, but Larry Bigbie vs. Juan Pierre? Yikes!
-- I hate to do this to you, Chuck,
and I don’t want to cement my reputation as “The Cooler” anymore than it
already is, but you’re my pick to win this. After another rock solid draft
it’s about time you get rewarded for all the time and preparation that you
put into the draft each year.
And now for:
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Dimitri Young Detroit file photo 05
After a productive day of finding 5 beer cans, a barely used winter coat, a
perfectly good 5 iron and a hub cap off a 99 Neon, Dimitri capped off his
big day by hitting 3 homeruns against the Royals in the Tigers season
opener.
Life tip from Underbelly
If you take your car someplace like Jiffy Lube or Texaco to get your oil
changed because (A) You don’t want to do it yourself or (B) If you’re like
me and can’t do it yourself, then I have a can’t miss tip to
make this as painless as possible. When you pull up and the attendant comes
over to take your information, ask him to send over the guy who will be
doing the work on your car. Give the guy a ten dollar bill and tell him you
don’t want to see him again until the next time you have your oil changed.
Tell him you don’t want to be bothered while your drinking your cup of
coffee and reading the box scores by someone showing you a bent wiper blade
or a dirty air filter or two brown dots on a sheet of paper of God only
knows what, from God only knows where. This is a win-win for everyone
involved. He gets a nice tip and you won’t appear to be uncaring about the
condition of your car to all the other housewives in the waiting area.
Believe me, this is tried and true.
Good Luck to all, and to all a good night.
Underbelly
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