Truly a stat geek

Rotowhine.com would like to take a moment to officially appreciate Josh Hamilton’s numbers: .321 batting average, 11 homers and 51 RBI on May 21. Not since I was a little boy, collecting everyone’s baseball cards and reading all the Bill James Abstracts, have I been as appreciative of someone’s numbers. Now that I play fantasy sports - seemingly a natural extension of my endlessly geeky childhood - you would think I would appreciate some good stat lines now and then. Since I’ve finally realized that numbers are stupid and meaningless, I never do. But Josh, you’ve brought back my childhood, if only for a day. Unfortunately I just opened up my junior high yearbook and will be diving in front of the next moving vehicle I see. Tell my mother I don’t blame her for the clothes, glasses or haircut.

The Bulls snuck in for the No. 1 pick, meaning Kirk Hinrich could get traded to make room for Derrick Rose. Teams probably won’t want to make the mistake of passing up a Chris Paul or Deron Williams anymore, but I don’t see Rose with the same type of unselfish makeup of either, never mind the physical strength.

Justin Masterson was great for Boston last night, and Bartolo Colon is on the mound for the Sox this evening. Is Curt Schilling going to have a job if and when he comes back?

I hope you didn’t pick Ray Allen in your playoff fantasy draft. I still can’t get over that he averaged 26.4 points per game a year ago.

Once I saw the infamous Bill O’Reilly Inside Edition video, I thought it could never be topped. It has, by a dance remix. Thank you, Comedy Gods.

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