There were signs...

I saw the famous Softball episode of the Simpsons again yesterday. "Homer at the Bat" is the name of the episode, and it features prominent MLBers of the time. I've seen it many, many times, and I found myself quoting most of the lines. What I found amazing was the use of performance enhancing drugs. This episode was made in 1992, yet it took MLB over 10 years to take action on the drug front. Ken Griffey's head gets massively bigger after consuming a large amount of Nerve tonic. No one thought head size was going to be an issue in the future? Jose Canseco has enough strength and endurance to carry out an entire house full of appliances? Yup that's natural. Glad to see Bud Selig has been on his game for the past 16 years.

My Coming Out Party

As the senior member of the staff, I feel you should also know something about me. A student at Fordham, thats in the Bronx, not Florida as many people think the first time I tell them, and a true Red Sox fan.

My first experience with them was in the wonderful Mo Vaughn MVP season that was 1995. Of course when the 6 year old version of me went to see them play, Vaughn was out after getting in a bar fight. It was also one of the hottest days ever (97 at first pitch, thank you baseball-reference.com) and the fan in the seat next to me liked the opposing Rangers and said I needed to drink beer to sit there. Luckily Wakefield went 6 and a third and the Sox won.

I could go on about remembering where I was for every Red Sox moment the last 13 years, but you don't care about that. So for now remember Bill Simmons is a great writer, the rest will unfold.