This is gonna be a glorious baseball centric edition to my blog.....
-So the Braves came to town on Wednesday. They were only in town for 2 days. Out of 162 games, while playing together in the National League, the Braves only make the trip to Phx for 2 games! Hello makers of the unbalanced, interleague schedule...you suck!!! Unfortunately the Braves lost both games to the lowly DBacks. To a normal fan, that would've been a depressing first hand situation. But to me, that's just the Braves being the Braves. The Braves won 14 consecutive Division titles and managed to eek out 1 World Series Title! 1 Fuckin Title!!!! As a Braves fan, you become accustomed to disappointment. It is what it is. While I would still rather be a Braves fan than an Indians or Royals fan....i don't wish the continuous heartache that I have endured on anyone. Sometimes its good to be a Cubs fan. lol. When you set your expectations low, its hard to be disappointed. But then like any baseball fan I realize two indisputable awesome existences of MLB.... 1. There are 162 games, not just 2 and.... 2. Thank god for the Wild Card cause even if the Braves don't overtake the Phillies, they are a shoo in for the WC! So I feel better, the birds chirp again, the world isn't spinning out of control, and I know October is a long way away...Everybody's got a shot...even the lowly Cubs. :) Almost forgot to mention, while hatin on the DBacks for two days this week, they did me proud by getting an 8th Grand Slam to beat the lowly Minnesota Twins tonight. The Twins are just plain evil. But the 1991 World Series and why Kirby Puckett and Kent Hrbek should rot in hell is definitely fodder for a another blog. And Pucketts blindness is what he deserved and Hrbek, You Shall Rue the Day! Im Jus Sayin.
-Now to tell ya how Fernandomania from freakin 30 YEARS ago came onto my radar!!!! At the park with my nieces. 35th and Dunlap park in Phx. Nice park. a little pond the city of Phx stocks every month definitely brings the repeat fisherman to the place. The ridiculous assembly of "jungle gym" material brings the family and children to this park. The group of rocks by the pond reminds me of the James River in Richmond. The kids LOVE playing on those rocks...A Mexican family plays next to me, my boy Steve and his two daughters. They have brought plenty of bats and balls and gloves. 2 male adults and kids ranging from 3 to 13. soccer balls, baseballs, tennis balls, softballs, and gloves. A family that plays and enjoys sports together is a family that stays together....A church cooks out. Free food and water. Took their moment to speak about the rapture and your soul. Couldn't blame em. Great marketing moment ya know....So the Mexican family has a 3 yr old who is RAKIN every 2 of 5 pitches! Got real talent. The hand-eye coordination by a 3yr old, who NEVER choked up on the bat, was just ridiculous! He's definitely got a future in sports. I wanted to instruct him SOOO BAD but didn't wanna over step my bounds. Talking to the dad and he says he is the next Fernando Valenzeula! or the next A-Rod....But if your Mexican and ya only gonna compare your kid to Hispanics... gonna to be that racist dad....then at least stick to Mexicans. A-Rod is Dominican-American.
Soooo Fernando is 1981. While I was 4 at the time and was completely aware of FernandoMania, you may not have known its cultural impact. A dude straight from the Mexican Leagues that took MLB by storm in his Rookie season! He was freakin money! With a high delivery and high strikeouts, he brought Mexican visibility to the MLB! It was a cultural phenomenon. Undeniable. BUT...Yovani Gallardo is a Mexican ace NOW....Adrian Gonzalez is one of the best hitters in MLB NOW, yes he is Mexican...but if ya really wanna compare your kid to a All Time Great...a guy who is actually in the HOF...a guy who in my opinion is the GREATEST hitter in MLB history....that's right...Teddy Freakin Ballgame was 1/4 Mexican...Ted Williams, the greatest hitter ever, was Mexican...hang your hat on that mofo...not a questionable CY Winner who averaged only 10 wins a season for his career!...seriously...a little cultural baseball education would be nice. Im Jus Sayin.
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