tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8678838153767744099.post8020235872605025988..comments2023-07-08T04:05:57.917-04:00Comments on The Lady Novelist: Of Books and Baseball...Leslie Carrollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12240911659194990447noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8678838153767744099.post-34989020022115274322008-01-09T18:39:00.000-05:002008-01-09T18:39:00.000-05:00You're so right, Georgie! And then the greedy own...You're so right, Georgie! And then the greedy owners sock it to the fans by raising the prices. It costs as much to get a decent seat at a Mets or Yankees game as it does to attend a Broadway show (not counting all the extra $ spent on snacks, beverages, and souvenirs)! And for that, we get a bunch of ballplayers ruining the game (and their own bodies) in the process.<BR/><BR/>I really want to believe in the purity of baseball, but these days, I know it's a pipe dream.Leslie Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024567064317102889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8678838153767744099.post-90564352822615752672008-01-09T17:08:00.000-05:002008-01-09T17:08:00.000-05:00I grew up going to Padres games and my dad and I a...I grew up going to Padres games and my dad and I attended the only 1984 World Series game the Padres won. It's terrible when the players behave so poorly because it ruins it for the fans and the fans are the ones who keep the players in business.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12019450793013285292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8678838153767744099.post-79371266087662087022008-01-07T15:39:00.000-05:002008-01-07T15:39:00.000-05:00Who knew one could receive injections of Lanacaine...Who knew one could receive injections of Lanacaine and vitamins when it would be so much easier to buy a tube of Lanacaine at the drug store and rub it on whatever aches. And I always thought buying a bottle of vitamins from the same location and swallowing one a day was the doctors' recommended method. So why punch more holes in your butt, unless ...? <BR/><BR/>Who knew there was an alternative, and infinitely more painful, way to relieve sore muscles and take your Flintstones?Leslie Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240911659194990447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8678838153767744099.post-75756767395466846532008-01-07T15:31:00.000-05:002008-01-07T15:31:00.000-05:00Seriously: how can anyone believe that a multimill...Seriously: how can anyone believe that a multimillion dollar professional athlete would fly across country to a private trainer just to get a vitamin shot? Would you ask an unqualified buddy to inject you in the ass as opposed to asking, well, an actual doctor? If they were not steroids, why not just go to a medical doctor, since you have access to the very best ones for free (the Yanks would have obviously picked up the tab)? Let’s see what he says under oath. When his best buddy pitching colleague and his personal trainer, under oath, both confess against their own interests that they all employed steroids, what basis is there on which to believe Clemens? His lunatic throwing of a broken bat at Piazza during a Series game – and his incomprehensible explanation afterwards that he thought the jagged bat was a baseball (!) – now seems like a classic case of ‘roid rage. And that’s not even considering his body bulk increasing dramatically in middle age.<BR/><BR/>I love both your using Mets colors to identify the team, and your assurance that this book is entirely steroid free. Certainly a good reason to read it.The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247023409918547845noreply@blogger.com