My Maine Man

It's no secret I have a big crush on John Maine, so I was happy to hear that he and the Mets avoided arbitration when he signed a one year, $2.6 million contract this week. Still, I loved John's comment when he had his contract renewed last year for $450,000, which of course is a huge salary except when you're a talented starting pitcher with the New York Mets. Never the less, his reaction to his contract last year was telling about his personality. When asked for his reaction, Maine said, "It's still a lot of money. I don't have to worry about paying my cell phone bill."

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See that thing that Gary Cohen said at the beginning of last season, about the Phillies being NL East champs?

Well, if that made us gag, the title the Phillies start this year with must make us throw up a little in our mouths.

Thirteen Days

I’m not interested in the outcome of the Super Bowl. I can go on about the various reasons American football doesn’t do it for me the way baseball does, but that’s another post. Never the less, I look forward to the Super Bowl every year, because it means that it’s no more than two weeks until pitchers and catchers report to spring training. The end of football is the herald of the rebirth of baseball, and that’s why I’m excited that the Super Bowl is this weekend. When the football game is over, it will be eleven days until pitchers and catchers report to camp. Oh, and there will be an hour long episode of The Office, which while not as exciting as the coming of baseball season is still pretty darn exciting.

Perhaps its the fact that I’m in Los Angeles, where it’s 80 degrees and sunny, but I feel spring coming, and am eagerly anticipating the opening of training camp.