The weekly baseball take...
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Observations
I am thrilled to see teams like The Tigers, Reds, and Diamondbacks having great seasons so far. They may not be there in the end but right now it's nice to have someone besides The Yankees and Red Sox to talk about.

Barry Bonds and number 715. Wow the sound of an entire nation of baseball fans yawning. The sad thing about Barry is that he didn't need the steroids and HGH to be great. The true irony is that in 1996 when I was hosting a sports talk show on the radio there was a small article in the sporting news where a reporter claimed someone had told him that over 50% of baseball players were on steroids. I don't know about the rest of the nation but in Syracuse my show was the only one that addressed the article. The irony? We used Barry Bonds as an example of a guy who didn't need steroids to be great. (we did however think Mark McGwire was on the roids at the time.) According to the book "Game of Shadows" Bonds didn't start using until 1998. Strange days indeed. Bonds was once used as an example of how to do it right and now he is the poster boy for steroid abuse. I guess he should have listened to my show.

Players I'll stop what I am doing to watch...

Ichiro
Albert Pujols
Vlad Guererro
Bernie Williams (what a class act it's sad to see him on his way out)
Derek Jeter
Jim Thome
Dontelle Willis

My favorite play-by-play guys

Vin Scully (the gold standard)
Jon Miller
Tom Hamilton (Indians Radio)
Bob Uecker

Baseball. Greatest game ever.

More later...