Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Happy tax day. Tea Party protests are nice but those protests mean nothing if people still vote for the same people who are responsible for the out of control spending. The only way this works is if there is a "throw the bums" out sentiment at each election day going forward. Hopefully then people will get the message that tax dollars are not to be wasted on pork projects... The percentage of black players in the major leagues increased to 10.2 percent last year, the first rise since the 1995 season. I have a dream that one day players will not be judged on the color of their skin but on their OPS+ or ERA+.... Josh Barfield was once one of the top prospects in baseball. Now he can no longer be really be called a prospect since he'll be 27 at the end of the year. Now Indians fans probably think of him as a flop. The only good news for Indians fans I guess is that Kevin Kouzmanoff hasn't really be setting the world on fire for the Padres...