Miscellaneous Thoughts

Having a late day cup of coffee after a long day of phone calls and emails...

Did you realize that three of the top eight hitters (batting average wise) in the AL are catchers? Javy Lopez is first at .462, Pudge Rodriguez is forth at .377 and Jason Varitek is eighth at .350. There are also two catchers in the top 20 in the NL (Paul LoDuca is second and Jason Kendall is 17th). Where did all the catchers hitting for average come from?... Freddie Garcia seems to be back to his old form with a 2.25 ERA so far this year (that must make the folks over at Sports and Bremertonians pretty happy)... Just sayin' - the top six AL teams in terms of payroll are also the top six teams in terms of attendance. It would seem to be connected - the team spends to put a winning team on the field because the fans pay for lots of tickets and the fans buy lots of tickets because the team spent to put a winning team on the field... You have to admit that ShitBeGone is a pretty good name for a brand of toilet paper...