I watched Garvey play a lot growing up in L.A. and I think he got every ounce out of his skills, just like Rose. (A shout out to his teammate in baseball’s best infield ever, Davey Lopes. Hang in there Davey!)

G Young is way off base complaining about Molitor in comparison to Edgar though. Molitor played more than 1,000 games in the infield, Edgar less than 600. Edgar was a DH period. Molitor stole bases, played the field and eventually used the DH to extend his career. No comparison.

Why do MLB players need to learn fundamentals from Trey? What’s with the farm system and not teaching this? The Royals have NEVER had a big time slugger and this should be second nature for this team. Hope Dayton and Trey get that straightened out with the minor league teams.

Small ball is so much more fun to watch anyway. It’s the essence of baseball. Sitting back waiting for the 3 run homer puts me to sleep and I’m usually getting a beer when it happens.

I just hope Trey gets Joey Gathraight (ICHI G) a lot more at bats this year. Would like to see him lead off and De Jesus in the 7 hole. Gonna be fun watching Joey round the bases on a bunt, steal and single through the hole on the right side of the infield.

This gonna be a GOOD year for “DA BLUES BROTHERS”.

Nobody seemed to question Paul Molitor. Paul Molitor was a DH.

I think the sickest I’ve ever been reading something from Bill James was when I read about Paul Molitor being a 3B in the Baseball Abstract.

If Paul Molitor was a 3B, I was starting CF for the 1961 Yankees.

Soon after he left, Pedro arrived, and I learned what big-game pitchers do. Roger Clemens was not a big-game pitcher.

Walker was the first Canadian to win a batting title since the 1880s when (not the speaker) Tip O’Neill did for the Brownies. Should it matter when voting that Walker is probably the greatest player, so far, from his country?

“Steve Garvey is not my Padre”

My favorite Buckley moment was on his tv show, back when he was supporting President Reagan for backing the apartheid regime. The debate was between Buckley and a younger, very calm, analytical Jewish gentleman from New York City. The kid from New York knew his stuff, but Buckley was in particularly fine form and just wouldn’t be cornered. He was talking a mist of trickle down economics and the human rights of law and order and social evolution, with the occasional red-baiting thrown in for good measure. It was very frustrating to watch, but fascinating.

Finally, at about the 30 second warning, the kid goes, “Ok, but what would you if you were a young black man living in the squalor of Soweto. What would you do if…”

Buckley reared back with that eyebrow and twisted smile, “Oh, well THEN I would be in the hills with the ANC!”

Apparently they are, or at least for the cameras. The NY Times printed a picture the other day of ARod practicing bunting. Joe G. is talking about a more “NL-style” of play.