LET’ S GO ASTROS!
C.: The Astros didn’t play a game last night, so we can’t talk about baseball today–
d.: Actually, Cal.E., that is the subject I want to address today. Although the Astros-Phillies game was postponed last night because of inclement weather, the World Series is still very much the main topic in sports news, since it's the time of year that it usually happens. You might guess that I have an ax to grind, and I’m sure that you know with whom.
Rob (he is NOT a)Man,Fred, is trying to make it seem like he likes the Astros team now, after two years of reminding everyone of the “sign stealing scandal” of 2017. Conspiracy theorists on the internet are now pointing fingers at Framber Valdez, saying he is doctoring the ball. These are, I'm sure, the same people who claim we never landed on the moon, and that the earth is flat. If someone wants to put a foreign substance on a baseball, why would he stand in front of the whole world (on television) and forty-plus thousand people in attendance and rub the ball without trying to hide it? How much sense does that make? Unarmed thieves don’t break into houses when the owners are home, and cheating pitchers don’t doctor baseballs in front of the opponent and everyone else. However, since it’s the Astros' pitcher, it’s assumed that he’s cheating. Thanks, Rob. YOU are the reason these people are saying things like this, although Valdez probably would be in the running for the Cy Young Award if his teammate, Justin Verlander, wasn’t the favorite to win his third.
What Rob did when he pointed his finger at the Astros is similar to what you and I encounter in the Human Kennel everyday with the inmates. They will say things like, “Sure, I killed someone when I knocked over that liquor store, but I didn’t mean to. He got in the way of my bullet. Besides, it’s not like I killed three people like that guy over there did. I only killed one person.” The person the first inmate points to will probably point to someone else, probably a child molester, and point out that he only hurt adults, not children. The cycle is never ending.
I believe Rob was trying to detract attention away from the fact that he hid the Yankees’ misdeeds for five years, then tried to have his letter sealed when a court demanded it be opened. Much of it was still redacted. It sounds like someone with a lot more to hide than he has stated, but he is too scared to come clean. Why?! Because the billionaire that owns the Yankees, along with a few other owners, control the commissioner’s every move. I’m sure of this. His actions make it obvious. To say that the Yankees only cheated “a little bit” is like saying that an inmate who only killed one person is a “minor murderer.” There is no such thing.
When I first started following the Astros thirty some odd years ago, it was said that, although they were talented, they would never win the World Series because they were too nice. Some referred to the Astros as a bunch of “choir boys” because they held church services in their clubhouse before Sunday afternoon games. That team never even went to the World Series. Perhaps the commissioner did the Astros a huge favor.
The Houston Astros are probably the most reviled team in the Major Leagues. They seem to thrive on the boos from enemy fan bases, and Philadelphia is known for being the place that boo’s the most. So, I will call my shot now. Astros in six.
C.: Okay, since you have had your say, d.c, I’ll have mine by singing the Astros fight song.
A one, a two, a one, two, three, four
Houston has the Astros
The greatest baseball team
They hit the ball from line to line
And homer in between
Their hitters are amazing
Their pitchers are sublime
They make Rob miserable by winning all the time
We’re the….Houston Astros
Houston Astros
Houston Astros number one, two, three four
Framber is the greatest
But Maldy’s bat was a sin
We’ll beat the Phillies in Philadelphia
And win the World Series again
We’re the….Houston Astros
Houston Astros
Houston Astros number one
d.: That’s all the time we have for today, folks. Please join us tomorrow for another episode of Cal.E.’s Corner
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