I mean, I understand the story line.
It's opening day and that's what happened in his Mets debut.
I also think that this type of scrutiny just doesn't comport with baseball.
What happened in this particular at-bat? I swung and missed on a 99 MPH slider. I had 1/100th of a second to make up my mind. It looked like a strike for the first 1/1,000th of a second, so I started to swing.
Bonus: As far as I know, Whitaker has never been accused of statutory rape.
That's the thing with Pete Rose. You have to be more specific when granting him a pardon.
While we're at it, maybe Congress should get over the whole "you're gambling with World War III" thing and discuss Tommy John's HOF credentials.
Why not take this to the next level?
At the next general assembly of the UN, all the world's delegates should be presented with a dossier explaining that the mostly forgotten Bobby Grich has one of the highest non-steroid career WARs amongst those not elected to the HOF.
Grich has a higher career WAR than Andruw Jones.
That's surprising, right?
Right?
Hello?
Are the translators working today?
The article is behind a firewall, so I can't say for sure if Madden is ignoring the Orioles. But the headline is funny either way.