Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Helen Lovejoy
All these Randy Johnson rumors have me very concerned. I’m not keen on giving up a huge chunk of our young pitchers. I do not want to lose Molina. But considering the fact that the Cards have a Very Old Outfield (with not much help for that in the minors apparently) and a Long Term or Free Agent Infield, it looks like it would have to be a pitching-for-pitching swap.
But those are minor quibbles. What really has my panties in a twist is the potential to see this headline: “Big Unit Lands in Busch.” Yes, it’s crude, but you just know that every pithy writer out there is going to try to get it past their editor, and at least one will probably succeed. Won’t Walt please think of the children?
If the home team does somehow manage to trade for Bird-Killer without including the entire Memphis organization, I’ll miss whoever was traded, but only until Johnson kills his first bird as a Bird. Or until his first no-hitter, whichever comes first.
But those are minor quibbles. What really has my panties in a twist is the potential to see this headline: “Big Unit Lands in Busch.” Yes, it’s crude, but you just know that every pithy writer out there is going to try to get it past their editor, and at least one will probably succeed. Won’t Walt please think of the children?
If the home team does somehow manage to trade for Bird-Killer without including the entire Memphis organization, I’ll miss whoever was traded, but only until Johnson kills his first bird as a Bird. Or until his first no-hitter, whichever comes first.
