Howard's Musings: Thursday, July 11, 2002

Howard's Musings
Wherein we learn of Howard's mind

Thursday, July 11, 2002

Bud sold the suckers another lemon

But now, with no unused players left on either side, Selig realized two things. He had a problem and he had no solution. Like always.

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Bob Herbert: Stepping Up to the Plate

If you're an amateur in reasonably good physical condition, you can make a few shots from the basketball foul line. You can run a pass pattern and maybe catch a football thrown 20 or 30 yards. You can shag fly balls in the outfield.

But you cannot stand at home plate with 30 or so ounces of lumber in your hands and expect to hit major league pitching. You may not even see the ball, much less hit it. It will pass you at speeds approaching 100 miles per hour. You'll hear a hiss, and then the thwock of the ball you didn't hit slamming into the catcher's mitt.

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