Other than the Giants...

Amongst experts, the great tag line describing the National League West is "other than the Giants". As in "other than the Giants, the NL West is the best division in baseball" or "other than the Giants, the NL West should have a tight four way battle". I can't say they are too far from the truth, but its kinda sad. The Giants lost to their minor league AAA team today, ouch.

While running on Monday, I saw a bunch of kids playing baseball. This of course brought back lots of great memories of Little League baseball as a kid. I pitched and played second on the division winner back when I was an 11 year old. I remember giving up a lot of home runs as a pitcher, because all I tried to do was just throw a lot of strikes and make people swing the bat. I should have figured out that the big kid with the fake birth certificate can take me out of the yard, but alas, I was so young and naive back then. I also drilled a lot of guys, ala Rodger Clemens. I remember nailing this kid right in the forearm with a fastball and my mom freaking out and making sure the other guy was ok. I didn't do much hitting, but I did a lot of walking. I had a .300 walking average.

Go Bruins!