RyanBlog:entry:Jul 25, 2002

Technically, I *am* root for the home team. Weird, huh?
(I need a new pun here, huh...)

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July 25, 2002

The proper attitude.

Minutes after pitching the quickest nine-inning game in the majors since 1984 (in one hour, 41 minutes), Detroit's Jose Lima went out to the stands and did this: (quoting from mlb.com)

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He signed baseballs, hats, gloves, tickets, bobblehead dolls, shirt sleeves, reporter notebooks -- anything pushed in front of him, he signed. He took pictures holding babies and little kids, supported in part by the same arm that threw 78 pitches. Instead of meeting with the media, the media wandered onto the field to meet him.

"I want to give the fans what they deserve," he said. "Baseball's in jeopardy right now. But you know what? I sign on good days, bad days, when I get my butt kicked. I've had fans boo me, tell me I'm no good, tell me they should never have traded me. But a lot of fans supported me."
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I'd suggest that somebody should lock this guy in a room with Donald Fehr and not let them out until somebody changes his attitude, but I'd hate to risk losing Jose to the dark side of The Force (like Barry "the fans'll come back if we strike" Bonds).


| Comments (1) - Posted by ryan at 11:05 AM