Browns signings and more...
- First of, LOVE the Eric Steinbach signing. Anytime you can replace one of the five below-average offensive linemen the Browns start with an above-average lineman; I'm all for it. Of course they tried the same strategy last year and it worked out about as well as the government's plan to lower gas prices - I'm still paying more than $2.50 a gallon at the pump and have started as many games for the Browns as LeCharles Bentley.
- I realize options were slim, but the news of the re-signing of "Hostess" Hank Fraley was disheartening to say the least. Anybody who has attended a game and seen how unflattering a football uniform looks on that man will not soon forget the alarming sight. He has passionate love handles with a gut more suited for flipping brats at a tailgate party than actually playing in the game on Sundays.
- The Cavs are doing their "beat the bad teams, come up short against the good teams" routine again. I just don't see anything in this team that makes me believe they are anything but another second-round exit this year. There is really no point in watching them play Detroit, Miami or Washington or any of the top four Western Conference teams on the road, unless you are some kind of a sick masochist or something.
- Spring Training baseball is pretty stupid. It is amazing how players differ on Spring vs. regular season performances. Some guys like Paul Byrd will toss goose eggs all through March, then surrender more earned runs in his first two starts of the regular season. Other guys are more consistent. Rafael Betancourt is a good example, although the home runs he surrenders in the Spring don't seem to travel as far over the fence as the regular season taters.
Some pitchers work on their change-up during spring, Betancourt works on getting his neck muscles limber for another long summer of watching opposing hitters smack his 89-MPH "heaters" as if the pitch insulted their mothers.
Having said all that, I will be attending a day of Tribe Spring Training in a couple weeks. Look for an update with pics when I return home.
- I realize options were slim, but the news of the re-signing of "Hostess" Hank Fraley was disheartening to say the least. Anybody who has attended a game and seen how unflattering a football uniform looks on that man will not soon forget the alarming sight. He has passionate love handles with a gut more suited for flipping brats at a tailgate party than actually playing in the game on Sundays.
- The Cavs are doing their "beat the bad teams, come up short against the good teams" routine again. I just don't see anything in this team that makes me believe they are anything but another second-round exit this year. There is really no point in watching them play Detroit, Miami or Washington or any of the top four Western Conference teams on the road, unless you are some kind of a sick masochist or something.
- Spring Training baseball is pretty stupid. It is amazing how players differ on Spring vs. regular season performances. Some guys like Paul Byrd will toss goose eggs all through March, then surrender more earned runs in his first two starts of the regular season. Other guys are more consistent. Rafael Betancourt is a good example, although the home runs he surrenders in the Spring don't seem to travel as far over the fence as the regular season taters.
Some pitchers work on their change-up during spring, Betancourt works on getting his neck muscles limber for another long summer of watching opposing hitters smack his 89-MPH "heaters" as if the pitch insulted their mothers.
Having said all that, I will be attending a day of Tribe Spring Training in a couple weeks. Look for an update with pics when I return home.
posted by Jon Sladek at 9:32 PM
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