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February 17, 2004
AN ALL-TIME FIRST
Can you believe it? I can't think of anything to write about today. Me speechless - that has to be a first!
I started a new job today, a move up within the company. Of course, any new challenge - especially when you're getting increased responsibilities - comes with boatloads to learn and people coming at you all at once... it's gonna be drinking from the fire hose for a few days. But - I feel good about it, and know that I'm the right guy for the job. So, onward and upward, I guess.
If you're a sucker for "cute kid" stories, go visit the Marine's Girl and check out the entry from Monday Feb. 16 entitled, "More Today." Sounds like her 8 year old is taking his orders seriously - to take care of Mommy while the Marine's away at war. Sweet kid - and brave mom. Tell 'em the Curmudgeon sent you to say hello and wish her Marine home soon.
Also, go check out this piece by Ray Glier on MSNBC.com, about how the A-Rod acquisition could actually blow up in the Yankees' faces, and how much of an utter jerk Rodriguez is. (And yes, you silly Yankee fans, I was saying the same thing when the Sox were going to get him... check my archives from December. I don't like Pay-Rod, haven't since he revealed his greed in leaving Seattle, and never will again - even if he'd signed with the Sox and won a Series with them. He's a greedy phony, and I'll say so even if he were to end up in Red Sox somehow.
Glier's lines that I agree with 150%: "Alex Rodriguez is an inconsistent, pampered baby. He was superb on the field for the Rangers, but he carped about this and that. You know his history. Before he signs the deal in Texas, he says he wants to play for a winner. Then he goes for the Rangers' money. No surprise, really. A-Rod says he would love to play for the Mets, his hometown team. He signs for the Rangers' money, a S252 million contract. The Rangers lose and lose, but A-Rod says he wants to stay and fulfill his obligation. In the background, he is talking to the Red Sox about a deal. After the Red Sox deal collapses, A-Rod is made captain of the Rangers and says again he is staying and committed to Texas. All along, he is telling people he can't stand the thought of going back to the Rangers. Then New York third baseman Aaron Boone jumps into a basketball game, gets hurt, and here is A-Rod again. Mr. Sincerity opens up a dialogue with the Yankees. Now look. The Rangers' fans are helping pay the salary of the rich-as-sin Yankees' third baseman."
"Alex Rodriguez does what is best for Alex Rodriguez. It says here, his marketing image should be sullied today and for the remainder of this contract; he is not above board. He says one thing and does another."
"It could be that Curt Schilling, Pedro Martinez, and Derek Lowe ruin everything because good pitching, as they say, trumps good hitting. But if the Yankees lose their October showdown with Boston, you can imagine who will get traded. Jeter. That's criminal. But so is another Yankees' shopping spree down the superstar aisle. A-Rod in pinstripes only fuels fans' resentment (General managers of other teams won't complain because if they had the money they would do the same thing). A-Rod in New York does not make the game better by having the best all-around player on the most famous team. It only shows this game is about the mercenaries and their agents, nothing more. More fans turn away."
What he said, man. What he said.
