Miscellaneous Thoughts

Some miscellaneous thoughts as I read my moring websites...

Did you know that the first professional baseball player was Jewish?... No Red Sox pitcher in history has given up more home runs than Tim Wakefield.... If the Pope was unhappy with sports on Sunday - I wonder how he feels about the NFL scheduling games on Christmas... Combined - Pokey Reese and Bill Mueller are hitting .221 with 15 hits, 10 runs, 2 HR and 9 RBI. Combined - Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez are hitting .218 with 17 hits, 10 runs, 1 HR and 4 RBI. I never thought that I would still be able to be making these comparisons... Possibly the best name for a baseball player ever was Urban Shocker - especially given what "the shocker" means today. Urban Shocker would also be a very good porn name... The first professional baseball player was Lipman Pike - you can look it up... Did you know that Roger Clemens has more wins in a Yankees uniform (77) than David Wells (68)? I found that surprising... I think it would be great if someone was able to take clips of all Derek Jeter's errors in the field and show them accompanied with the theme from the Benny Hill Show up on the Fenway jumbotron during today's game.... I want to see that Fox animated graphic Scooter try and explain the infield fly rule or what a balk is...