I really think most baseball writers simply don't like baseball.

"The next great baseball moment probably will come late in the 2013 season, when Alex Rodriguez hits home run No. 763 and is greeted at home plate, one cheater to another, by Barry Bonds."

The next great baseball moment will come Opening Day.

Not because it's Opening Day, crack of the bat, rebirth of Spring, green grass, blah blah blah.

But simply because there will be a situation with a tie game, two on, two out, seventh inning, 2-2 pitch. What pitch does the pitcher throw, Wallace Matthews? The #3 batter is on deck and the guy at the plate is 0-for-2 with a walk. What pitch does the pitcher throw? The tension is overwhelming. The entire game is probably decided on the outcome of this at-bat and the outcome of this at-bat is decided on the next pitch.

Or maybe somebody turns a sweet 3-6-3 dp.

Great, great baseball moment.


"Best of all, probably, would be if Bonds had to witness A-Rod's historic moment on a special closed-circuit hookup in his jail cell as he serves his stretch for perjury."

That would be best for everyone.

The DJIA fell another two-fitty today and nobody knows where Osama bin Laden is, but we should spend $500k to put Barry Bonds in jail.

Worst of all, Wallace Matthews is so fixated on homeruns, that he doesn't even care about MLB's other perjurers.


"In the week since I spoke with Bud Selig, I have thought long and hard about what the Omissioner can do to right the dreadful wrong he, his players and the players association have committed upon baseball.

After much contemplation, I came up with the answer.

Nothing."

Wow. That seriously required much contemplation? Are you mentally deficient?


I got a riddle for the asterisk crowd.

Let's say Clemens (on steroids) gave up a HR to Chipper Jones (assuming Chipper was on steroids): Does the HR count? Who gets the asterisk? Chipper for hitting the HR? Or does Clemens then get an asterisk if he strikes out Chipper in the next at-bat?

What about singles, doubles, triples, sac flies, and walks?

Why is it that only HRs get asterisks?

I don't mean to mock Matthews's pain, but it's quite clear that Bonds's .600+ on-base% in 2004 was aided by steroids. Where's the love for Ted Williams's single-season on-base% record? Nobody wants an asterisk next to 232 bases on balls?

I mean, you all claim to be Guardians of the Game and whatnot, but you only seem to know about 61, 714, and 755.

Matthews is going to miss a lot of entertaining baseball between now and 2013. But I don't think he enjoys baseball, anyway.