Comments on: The Most Amazing Paragraph Ever http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/ Curiously Long Posts Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:34:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: A Strange Day for Kansas City Sports « KC Monarchy http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-73177 A Strange Day for Kansas City Sports « KC Monarchy Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:33:41 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-73177 [...] at least he’ll be there at the top to make excuses about injuries, or something (or lost eyeglasses).  Trust the [...] [...] at least he’ll be there at the top to make excuses about injuries, or something (or lost eyeglasses).  Trust the [...]

]]> By: Buchholz Surfer http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-71951 Buchholz Surfer Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:51:18 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-71951 Well I looked it up myself, which I should've done in the first place-- the Royals "saved" $2 million by drafting Moustakas instead of Matt Weiters. They're paying $3 million for two years of Willie Bloomquist, and way more than that for guys like Farnsworth and Guillen. Wouldn't it be worth way more than $2 million to have a young homegrown catcher with loads of potential who is already in the major leagues, rather than a guy who isn't hitting much in A ball? Shouldn't they "save" $2 million by not signing mediocre big league veterans, and instead go ahead and draft the best players they possibly can, instead of "saving" money by paying $4 million to sign their third or fourth choice? I guess I just don't understand the process. Well I looked it up myself, which I should’ve done in the first place– the Royals “saved” $2 million by drafting Moustakas instead of Matt Weiters.

They’re paying $3 million for two years of Willie Bloomquist, and way more than that for guys like Farnsworth and Guillen.

Wouldn’t it be worth way more than $2 million to have a young homegrown catcher with loads of potential who is already in the major leagues, rather than a guy who isn’t hitting much in A ball? Shouldn’t they “save” $2 million by not signing mediocre big league veterans, and instead go ahead and draft the best players they possibly can, instead of “saving” money by paying $4 million to sign their third or fourth choice?

I guess I just don’t understand the process.

]]> By: DodgerBulldog http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-71786 DodgerBulldog Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:00:16 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-71786 I went to Lima, Peru on vacation and heard they sold inexpensive prescription glasses. There is an entire optical district, about 4 square blocks, where every business sells glasses. They have hot looking girls outside trying to lure you in, just like at a strip club. Well, I picked the hottest girl and told her I wanted two regular pair and a third set as sunglasses. When she learned I didn't have a prescription, she hustled me over to the optometrist's office that serves all the businesses on the block. He gave me a complete exam and an updated prescription for 10 Peruvian Soles, about US $3.33. We went back to her shop and after I picked out three styles of frames we talked price. I knew she was trying to gouge me, so I threatened to take my prescription to the girl next door, even though she wasn't as cute. The price instantly dropped by more than half. I bought all three pair for 250 soles (USD $83.33). She promised they would be ready for one hour, so I went around the block for a cup of coffee and to sample the local ice cream. But it turned out that the hot girl lied to me. When I came back in an hour the regular glasses were ready, but I had to wait a whole more 20 minutes for the prescription sunglasses to arrive. The cutie explained that they had to come from a different lab. Total time elapsed: about 2 1/2 hours. Total cost for an eye exam and three pair of glasses: less than $87. This was in a third world country. So please explain to me again (and Eric Hosmer) how the good old USA and Wilmington, Delaware has the greatest health care system in the world??? Thank you! I went to Lima, Peru on vacation and heard they sold inexpensive prescription glasses. There is an entire optical district, about 4 square blocks, where every business sells glasses. They have hot looking girls outside trying to lure you in, just like at a strip club.

Well, I picked the hottest girl and told her I wanted two regular pair and a third set as sunglasses. When she learned I didn’t have a prescription, she hustled me over to the optometrist’s office that serves all the businesses on the block. He gave me a complete exam and an updated prescription for 10 Peruvian Soles, about US $3.33.

We went back to her shop and after I picked out three styles of frames we talked price. I knew she was trying to gouge me, so I threatened to take my prescription to the girl next door, even though she wasn’t as cute. The price instantly dropped by more than half.

I bought all three pair for 250 soles (USD $83.33). She promised they would be ready for one hour, so I went around the block for a cup of coffee and to sample the local ice cream.

But it turned out that the hot girl lied to me. When I came back in an hour the regular glasses were ready, but I had to wait a whole more 20 minutes for the prescription sunglasses to arrive. The cutie explained that they had to come from a different lab.

Total time elapsed: about 2 1/2 hours. Total cost for an eye exam and three pair of glasses: less than $87.

This was in a third world country.

So please explain to me again (and Eric Hosmer) how the good old USA and Wilmington, Delaware has the greatest health care system in the world???

Thank you!

]]> By: Kyle Farnsworth http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-71757 Kyle Farnsworth Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:19:52 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-71757 Well at least the Royals paid up for my glasses and laser accurate arm....... Well at least the Royals paid up for my glasses and laser accurate arm…….

]]> By: Buchholz Surfer http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-71722 Buchholz Surfer Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:06:43 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-71722 So how much did the Royals save by drafting Moustakas over Matt Weiters? A million or two? I'm just curious about whether they're paying Willie Bloomquist more money than the difference between Moustakas and Weiters. So how much did the Royals save by drafting Moustakas over Matt Weiters? A million or two?
I’m just curious about whether they’re paying Willie Bloomquist more money than the difference between Moustakas and Weiters.

]]> By: Mark Daniel http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-71714 Mark Daniel Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:15:45 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-71714 So the Royals go into the 9th tonight (Monday) down 7-6. The Indians score 2 to make it 9-6. Then it's 1st and 3rd with no out. I know a 3-run deficit is insurmountable to the Royals, but do they really have to concede that 10th run so they could turn a double play? I mean, they're not even pretending they have a shot at winning here. So the Royals go into the 9th tonight (Monday) down 7-6. The Indians score 2 to make it 9-6. Then it’s 1st and 3rd with no out. I know a 3-run deficit is insurmountable to the Royals, but do they really have to concede that 10th run so they could turn a double play? I mean, they’re not even pretending they have a shot at winning here.

]]> By: Ray Jay http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-71697 Ray Jay Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:28:41 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-71697 Help me out here. In the last year or two, a Royals player dropped a fly ball he lost in the sun because his flip-downs hadn't arrived yet. Who was it? And why is history repeating it's self? Help me out here. In the last year or two, a Royals player dropped a fly ball he lost in the sun because his flip-downs hadn’t arrived yet. Who was it? And why is history repeating it’s self?

]]> By: The Ghost of Steve Scheffler http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-71676 The Ghost of Steve Scheffler Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:20:57 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-71676 A bat or a batted ball...the object doesn't matter. That's what Moustakas gets for drinking Jobu's rum. A bat or a batted ball…the object doesn’t matter. That’s what Moustakas gets for drinking Jobu’s rum.

]]> By: Alistair http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-71651 Alistair Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:35:03 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-71651 Well... speaking from experience, it could be that his uncorrected eyesight is so bad and/or so strange that the one-hour places simply don't stock the right lenses. No one-hour place that I know of can get me new glasses in less than a week. With all that said, there must be _somewhere_ in the entire greater Philadelphia area that can get him new glasses in time. Maybe it's just that nobody is actually motivated to do it. (And really? He doesn't have an old pair that he uses as a spare?) Well… speaking from experience, it could be that his uncorrected eyesight is so bad and/or so strange that the one-hour places simply don’t stock the right lenses. No one-hour place that I know of can get me new glasses in less than a week.

With all that said, there must be _somewhere_ in the entire greater Philadelphia area that can get him new glasses in time. Maybe it’s just that nobody is actually motivated to do it. (And really? He doesn’t have an old pair that he uses as a spare?)

]]> By: Major Minor League News - Joe Dickerson Retires http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-71633 Major Minor League News - Joe Dickerson Retires Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:21:20 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/08/23/the-most-amazing-paragraph-ever/#comment-71633 [...] Dickerson’s decision to retire rather than rehab is perhaps not a huge loss for the Royal system, but it is emblematic of what’s become a lost campaign for the organization with regards to position player development. Improving or rising hitters outside of David Lough have been harder to find than Eric Hosmer’s new pair of glasses. [...] [...] Dickerson’s decision to retire rather than rehab is perhaps not a huge loss for the Royal system, but it is emblematic of what’s become a lost campaign for the organization with regards to position player development. Improving or rising hitters outside of David Lough have been harder to find than Eric Hosmer’s new pair of glasses. [...]

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