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alas another easy coast into postseason for us Braves fans (only to be disappointed again when they blow it ;))
I'm glad this season is going on....it's been exciting as hell, low budget clubs like the A's and Twins kicking major ass, Seattle, Angels and A's fighting it out...Bonds hitting his 600th, Sosa on pace for his 500th, then out with injury....watching young guys like Mulder, Zito, Hinske, Sorriano, Prior, Hunter, Tejeda and Pujols putting on superstar displays...."old timers" like Clemens, Glavine, Shilling, Johnson, Smoltz and Gagne pitching their asses off....pure excitement...
I always hated when baseball got chopped into "highlight reels"....as much as I love watching Andruw Jones and Torii Hunter making insane dives to catch balls no one else would even be able to get to or watching Bonds, Sosa and Giambi pounding baseballs into the upper decks, I love to watch a guy like Greg Maddux adjust with every pitch and just carve a hitter up...I remember watching Tony Gwynn foul off 3-4 balls just to get the pitch he wanted and could hit the ball almost anywhere he wanted to...you don't get that from a 5 second highlight clip and you don't get that from any other major sport...baseball isn't just about action, muscle and nonstop movement, it's about finesse and outthinking your opponent...
despite all of the problems with the game and Bud Selig, who makes multi-millions per year and still get his haircut my a blind epileptic barber at Supercuts, I love the game of baseball...whether it's a pickup game of stickball, a couple little leagures swinging as hard as they can just in case or a couple millionaires taking each other out on a hard slide into second...I love the game....
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