The perfect storm generates a lot of energy.
SABR Friend Wayne Roberts left this comment on the Roger Clemens question I raided yesterday in this blog column: Does “Not Guilty” Roger Now Make it to the Hall?” I cannot remember when I’ve enjoyed a column comment as much as this one. It was like bearing witness to the form and structure of a perfect storm – sort of like one of those in-motion time exposure films of a hurricane rolling into the mainland. Wayne, I shall be forever grateful that you let it all hang out so explosively. Everything was there, from the composed start to the formation of an unfolding pattern that finally goes KA-POW – only to aftershock it all with a parting call to “screw Nolan!”
Here it is. The thing speaks for itself. Thanks to Wayne Roberts. You can see the whole force building to impact in your own mind:
“A jury of 8 women and 4 men said ‘not guilty’ of lying to Congress when the alleged lie was saying he did not do ‘rhoids. Therefore, they found him not guilty of using ‘rhoids. Just because you don’t like his personality (and I do like his) should not exclude anyone from going into the Hall. There are lots of jerks in the Hall. Bagwell is not Hall worthy on career accomplishments alone. Biggio is marginal but will get in on the basis of the 3,000 hits. I still think the number of players in the HOF should be capped and when one goes in, one gets booted. Also, stop the stupid fan vote for All Star, move back to player/coach system, and stop that moronic Selig rule that winner of All Star game gets home field in the Series. And while we’re at it, get rid of Selig, move the Brewers to the AL, and put the Astros back where they belong. I missed the Cain no-no because I had to go to bed in order to work the next day. I wasn’t alone. You will have a lot of that happening beginning next year…screw Nolan.” – Wayne Roberts, SABR. Houston Astros of the National League fan.
Thanks too for not leaving out much, Wayne. “Screw, Nolan” was probably a good stopping point.
Hope your day goes to morning-glory clear after un-tethering all these thoughts. And I also agree with you about the increase in west coast games next year (which I think you earlier said you weren’t planning to watch, anyway, because of the American League shift by the Astros). – I’m going along for the ride, anyway, because I can’t swear off my Houston club, I have no power to change what Selig did, and because I’m also a little curious to see what the AL is really like while there are still a few hopeful moments left in my lifetime, but those extra 9:00 PM PDT starts may also cause a lot more of us to miss the next perfect game loss by the Astros. I know I missed the Cain non-mutiny in Frisco last week.
Have a nice day too, everybody. If anyone else out there has a storm they’d like to deliver, feel free to leave it in the comment section at the end of today’s topic. Don’t just e-mail it to me. Let everyone else know what you’re thinking too.
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The Pecan Park Eagle 
June 20, 2012 at 3:40 pm |
I know that my night owl schedule is atypical. And I know that over twice as many people live in the Central Time Zone as live in the Pacific Time Zone. However, when I lived in LA for a couple of years back in the 1980s, hating the Dodgers up close, I missed a lot of ballgames because they started at 3 pm. And I missed at least the first quarter of football games most every Sunday because I’d been up working until 2am. And what I missed of the Cain masterpiece was due to middle inning disgust about silent Astros bats.
Clemens completely deserves the Hall of Fame, and if I had a vote, he’d get it on the first ballot, as would Barry Bonds. But given the holier-than-thou makeup of many sportswriters, I expect a very tough and long road for him to get there.
June 20, 2012 at 4:38 pm |
Well, I wasn’t expecting this. My high school civics instructor once inscribed across a paper I wrote with: “Wayne, you have a penchant for rhetorical overstatement.” Mr. Lyle, you would be proud. BTW, I love Nolan.