Bring Them Back
If you are still wondering about the sentiment in Denver towards Jim Leyland, read Dave Krieger's column in the Saturday RMN. He pretty much sums it up as well as anything I've seen so far.
Dirtgate continues to be interesting. While everyone associated with baseball appeared to be minimizing the entire episode, the media at large and the blogging community was not. Rogers has not wavered from his claim that the substance on his hand was a mixture of dirt and resin ( except to add spit as an ingredient later) and LaRussa says he didn't believe it was dirt while the umpires don't know because they didn't inspect it. Bad Altitude makes a good point, since when are the umpires obligated to enforce the rules only when a manager requests it? If the substance on Rogers' hand was illegal, then he should have been ejected and suspended for the rest of the postseason. If the substance was not illegal, then they would have asked him to wipe it off and he would have continued to pitch. The latter is exactly what happened, by most accounts, but yet an element of doubt will forever trail Rogers and the Detroit Tigers, regardless of the outcome of the World Series. I'm guessing that the umpires now wish they knew and had taken that extra step of actually looking to see what the substance was on Rogers' hand. If they had, then Rogers would either be guilty or innocent, but dirtgate wouldn't be a topic of conversation. Instead, we can only speculate about Rogers, and the other Detroit pitchers for that matter, and the topic of dirtgate will continue to feed the media's hungry appetite.
We here at DITR are taking on a cause. It's not an important cause, but a cause nonetheless. Now that Vinny Castilla will be retiring, we believe it would be a great idea for the rockies to bring back the members of the Blake Street Bombers for a "reunion" of sorts and have a special day of recognition at a game during the 2007 season. Galarraga, Walker, Bichette, Burks and Castilla deserve a special tribute and the fans deserve the opportunity to honor players that were part of one of the most impressive offenses baseball has ever seen. In an effort to gather and document support for this cause, we have created an online petition. The goal is to deliver the signatures of the petition to the rockies at the beginning of the year to introduce the idea and encourage the rockies to pursue an event of this nature. If you agree with this cause, there are two ways you can help. First, go sign the petition and second, tell others about it. Let's work together and do our best to get these five players back together at Coors Field for one last time.
Until next time, go rockies!
Dirtgate continues to be interesting. While everyone associated with baseball appeared to be minimizing the entire episode, the media at large and the blogging community was not. Rogers has not wavered from his claim that the substance on his hand was a mixture of dirt and resin ( except to add spit as an ingredient later) and LaRussa says he didn't believe it was dirt while the umpires don't know because they didn't inspect it. Bad Altitude makes a good point, since when are the umpires obligated to enforce the rules only when a manager requests it? If the substance on Rogers' hand was illegal, then he should have been ejected and suspended for the rest of the postseason. If the substance was not illegal, then they would have asked him to wipe it off and he would have continued to pitch. The latter is exactly what happened, by most accounts, but yet an element of doubt will forever trail Rogers and the Detroit Tigers, regardless of the outcome of the World Series. I'm guessing that the umpires now wish they knew and had taken that extra step of actually looking to see what the substance was on Rogers' hand. If they had, then Rogers would either be guilty or innocent, but dirtgate wouldn't be a topic of conversation. Instead, we can only speculate about Rogers, and the other Detroit pitchers for that matter, and the topic of dirtgate will continue to feed the media's hungry appetite.
We here at DITR are taking on a cause. It's not an important cause, but a cause nonetheless. Now that Vinny Castilla will be retiring, we believe it would be a great idea for the rockies to bring back the members of the Blake Street Bombers for a "reunion" of sorts and have a special day of recognition at a game during the 2007 season. Galarraga, Walker, Bichette, Burks and Castilla deserve a special tribute and the fans deserve the opportunity to honor players that were part of one of the most impressive offenses baseball has ever seen. In an effort to gather and document support for this cause, we have created an online petition. The goal is to deliver the signatures of the petition to the rockies at the beginning of the year to introduce the idea and encourage the rockies to pursue an event of this nature. If you agree with this cause, there are two ways you can help. First, go sign the petition and second, tell others about it. Let's work together and do our best to get these five players back together at Coors Field for one last time.
Until next time, go rockies!
Labels: Blake Street Bombers, Jim Leyland, World Series
posted by Todd Nikkel | 7:19 AM
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