Around The Horn
It's nearly halfway through the season, and we haven't done much in the way of discussing baseball. Shameful, ain't it?
Well, this headline caught my eye today, because it contained something unusual:
Bell Hits for Cycle in Phillies Rout
Wow. The Phillies routed someone? Oh, yeah, and some shmo named David Bell hit for the cycle. For those of you who don't know about baseball, and other such communists, here's a definition of hitting for the cycle, and a list of those who have accomplished this feat.
But the Phillies routed someone? Did they have to pull Lenny Dykstra out of retirement? Okay, so it was the Expos.
I haven't done a good job of keeping up with the game this season for a variety of reasons--no cable, no one I know here cares much for baseball, and Other Things keep coming up. So imagine my surprise when I checked the standings today and found the Phillies sitting atop the NL East. In other surprising and not-so-surprising news, the Braves are below .500 (yay!), the Red Sox are, of course, in second in the AL East, the Cards are on top in the NL Central (I'm sure you're happy, Nabil), and the Texas Rangers, having gotten rid of 250 million dollars worth of dead weight, are actually winning games. Who knew?
It's nearly halfway through the season, and we haven't done much in the way of discussing baseball. Shameful, ain't it?
Well, this headline caught my eye today, because it contained something unusual:
Bell Hits for Cycle in Phillies Rout
Wow. The Phillies routed someone? Oh, yeah, and some shmo named David Bell hit for the cycle. For those of you who don't know about baseball, and other such communists, here's a definition of hitting for the cycle, and a list of those who have accomplished this feat.
But the Phillies routed someone? Did they have to pull Lenny Dykstra out of retirement? Okay, so it was the Expos.
I haven't done a good job of keeping up with the game this season for a variety of reasons--no cable, no one I know here cares much for baseball, and Other Things keep coming up. So imagine my surprise when I checked the standings today and found the Phillies sitting atop the NL East. In other surprising and not-so-surprising news, the Braves are below .500 (yay!), the Red Sox are, of course, in second in the AL East, the Cards are on top in the NL Central (I'm sure you're happy, Nabil), and the Texas Rangers, having gotten rid of 250 million dollars worth of dead weight, are actually winning games. Who knew?
posted by Jude at 10:40 AM
