Pardon the Interruption

"Pardon the Interruption" is probably my favorite show. I got to see it last night for the first time in like 3 months. Tony and Michael, I've missed you. Its two guys that argue about sports. Great show. Last night, they were talking about the new ballot for the baseball hall of fame and how Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, and a couple other of the steroid crew. They were discussing whether they would get voted in. What? No way should they be voted in.

If you acquire hall of fame stats by cheating, is that really legitimate? What are people thinking? If that's OK, then let me set up a T-ball stand on second base and hit home runs from there. Why not count those? I could get into the hall of fame. I saw Barry Bonds play in for Pittsburgh at the start of his career. I still have the box score. He was batting lead-off. He was a skinny, fast, lead-off hitter. Not a home run hitter. Babe Ruth never hit lead off. Somehow in the latter part of his career, he becomes gigantic, bobble-headed freak and starts hitting unheard of numbers of home runs.  Have you seen him? His head is about the size of one of those inflatable guys in the Macy Thanksgiving Parades. Give him a little helium and tie some ropes to him and he could be in the parade along with Kermit and Popeye. He said he was lifting weights. How does lifting weights cause your skull to get bigger?

Meanwhile, my little Pete is still on the permanently ineligible list for betting on baseball while he was a manager. Exactly how much does a manager have to do with the outcome of a game anyway? Most the time they are just hanging out in the dugout thinking, "Man, I've got good seats". If anything, betting on your team would give you added incentive to win. Pete should actually be rewarded for betting on baseball. Add that on his plaque at Cooperstown as a positive stat. "All-time major league leader in at bats, hits, and times beating the point spread."