In one of the most famous scenes in A Clockwork Orange, Malcolm McDowell is forced to watch scenes of horror and brutality on a TV screen over and over again. His eyes are forced open with a harness while a nurse impassively feeds him and keeps his eyes hydrated by using eye drops.
This is how the criminals of the future are forced to develop negative psychological reactions to criminal behavior.
Surreal, horrifying, imaginative stuff.
Now, in the seventh inning of yesterday's game, Ruben Sierra led off with a single. The Yankees had a one-run lead at the time and Tony Womack was asked to lay down a sacrifice bunt.
I know it's hard to believe, considering Womack has a slugging percentage of .263 this season -- why not just hit a Womackian drive off the short right-field fence and drive in the run yourself? -- but I guess the #9 hitter has to make some sacrifices from time to time.
What happened next was surreal and horrifying, but it was not my imagination.
Womack bunted foul for strike one. (The ball bounced off the plate, hit the stationary bat a second time, and rolled about ten feet into fair territory. This made it difficult to distinguish from a full-on Womack blast.)
Womack bunted foul for strike two.
Then, Womack grounded into a double play.
Can't this guy even bunt? Can't he even not hit into a double play?
Why are the Yankees allowed to show this to children on the public airwaves?
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