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Friday, June 06, 2003
More Sosa
Baseball checked 76 bats found in his locker, and they were untainted. Big deal...they didn't seize the bats until an hour after the incident, giving somebody ample time to remove any corkers. The Hall of Fame X-rayed 5 Sosa bats they have, and they were clean, too. Does that convince you of his innocence? OK, imagine you're Sammy, and you just hit homer #60 with a corked bat. The Hall of Fame asks for the bat. You gonna give 'em the doctored stick, or substitute a legal one? During home run record chases, Baseball puts authentication stickers on the balls, because fans end up with those, but they have no way (as far as I know) to make sure the bats players give them are what they claim to be. Baseball is taking a long time to figure out Sosa's punishment. I wonder if there's disagreement about just what should be done, or if they're somehow investigating further to see how long he's been cheating. UPDATE: He's suspended for 8 games, which he will appeal. That's a fair sentence, in line with precedent established by other corked bat incidents. Meanwhile, this guy clearly has a personal vendetta against Sosa.
MacHack
I get to give midnight keynote #2 at MacHack 2003, an incredibly great conference you should attend if you're any kind of cool geek at all. Hey, non-Mac nerds: come see how awesome a geekcon can be! Get your company to pay for it! My speech will be my hack. Any suggestions on what I should talk about or do? Send 'em along.
Wednesday, June 04, 2003
Sammy, how could you?
Any way you look at it, Sammy Sosa screwed up majorly by using a corked bat yesterday. He says he didn't realize it was corked. I find that hard to believe. One of the reasons you cork a bat is to make it lighter. How could Sosa pick up the bat and not realize it was different? But then, why would a guy who can hit the ball as far and hard as Sosa need a corked bat to begin with? Maybe his confidence needed a boost after all the troubles he's had this season. I don't think this taints his records. Hitting 500 homers is an incredible feat: corking a bat doesn't help you that much. But if he did it on purpose, it does taint his humanity.
Tuesday, June 03, 2003
New Blue
Blue Man Group has a new CD entitled The Complex. It's a departure for them, because most of the songs feature guest vocals, some from famous folks like Dave Matthews. Still, the music is the familiar and catchy Blue Man stuff with lots of percussion and invented instruments. I say: two blue thumbs up.
