Framing the Dialogue

Posts Tagged ‘baseball’

A New MLC

I would have expected the communist Castro to swing left-handed.

So what is “MLC” you ask.  It is Major League Communism and it has been in existence here in Pittsburgh for many years.  Major League Baseball has implemented a mini-communist experiment that would make Karl Marx proud “to each according to his needs and from each according to his ability” or as MLB calls it, revenue sharing.  This seems like a fair thing that the “richer” clubs pay more to support the “poor” clubs.  Maybe we should call this “Sports Justice.”

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America’s Tell

For those of you who don’t play or watch poker, a tell is something a player does that tips off his opponents to the quality of his hand.  A twitch of the eye, becoming too chatty, different breathing, or even becoming quiet all of a sudden can give your hand away.  In head to head competition allowing your opponent to  know your hand will ensure an eminent loss of chips.

I think that Americans can only hope that President Obama is one heck of a bluffer as he doesn’t seem  to be holding his hand close to his vest:

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Far Left Pitch

Sometimes the news writes itself.  President Barack Hussein Obama threw out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals’ home opener today.  He seemed to have learned and left his “Mom jeans” at home this time.  I searched for an hour for a shot showing the catcher scrambling to grab the errant pitch.  No luck.

Not surprisingly Obama threw the pitch to the far left of the Nationals’ player.  I was also wondering why Obama is wearing a glove?  And why the jacket?  It was like 85 degrees today.  Maybe he is a little thin-skinned.  You should be able to watch the video on YouTube.  Love the wingtips.  Not really a shoe for the “hip” president. 

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My Turn At Bat

Sorry this is not a baseball post.  Those of us living in Pittsburgh with the hapless Pirates; holders of the longest losing streak of all professional sports (17 years and counting) don’t talk about much about professional baseball.  Our president gave his first pitch at a State of the Union speech and apparently did not hit the strike zone.  I confess to not watching as I could not bear to see Ms. Pelosi popping up every 30 seconds, Obama’s use of the words “I” or “me” a gazillion times or his unusual speech pattern whistling his S’s.  The fact that he is on television every 17 hours giving a speech did not weigh in his favor either.  I played tennis on our Wii (I achieved “Pro” status during his speech).

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