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Good boy, AL Central
A few weeks ago, the AL Central was officially adopted by The Grind. Got the papers and everything. Took it home, kept it warm, fed it right and doggone it if it’s not thriving and making us proud.
Good, AL Central. Good division.
Oh, they’re not going to lead the world in wins, beating up on each other the way they have. But with three teams — Tigers, Royals, Twins — tied for first and only 4 1/2 games separating top from bottom, this remains a division worth watching this season. Deserves a pat on the head, right now.
Even on an individual level, AL-C, as we’ve nicknamed the cute, little bugger, is shining. You’re looking at far and away the early favorite for the AL Cy Young award in Zack Greinke of the Royals, and you can check up and down the division and find fun players to watch, like Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera and Cleveland’s Grady Sizemore.
It’s all good in the AL Central. That handful of teams deserves a treat about now.
Yeah, attaboy. Good AL-C, good division.
Yakyu Haiku
That’s the American tradition of baseball in Japanese, and here’s an Americanized version of a Japanese tradition:
Stealing and sliding,
Running wild on a spring day –
Speed thrills, Mr. Met
Perspective No. 34
Baseball was back at Angel Stadium. Not all the way, but it was back Friday night.
Nick Adenhart wasn’t there but he wasn’t gone, either, and he won’t be gone. Not this year, not for a long time. He’ll always be part of this team, part of these players’ lives. Part of fans’ lives.
And by playing, his teammates did what they had to do: They moved on. Nowhere near ready to, nothing else to do but to, they moved on and did their thing, did what their friend dreamed of doing, and did.
Jered Weaver did the one thing he could do: As he said, he battled. He put it all out there. He honored Nick Adenhart with more than initials on a cap or scribbled on the mound. He did it by performing their shared art with everything he had — much like the kid himself did it Wednesday night.
Baseball moves on. It always does. And it will this year with the memory of another young man gone too soon — as it has in recent Cardinals seasons. And it moves on with more tough days to come. And more tears.
But baseball keeps on keeping on. And without ever talking to Nick Adenhart, you just know that’s how he’d have wanted it.
Yakyu Haiku
That’s the American tradition of baseball in Japanese, and here’s an Americanized version of a Japanese tradition:
Bullies the baseball,
But has that spring cherub look –
Miguel Cabrera
T time
Tony Gwynn said it every year. Paraphrasing:
Don’t talk to me about who shows up on Opening Day. Talk to me about who shows up the next day.
And the third. And so on. And he was right.
Opening Day winds up being populated by a lot of people you won’t see more than once or twice the rest of the year. They’re there for the event.
The folks who come back the next day and the day after that realize the event isn’t just Opening Day but everything that follows Opening Day, too. The marathon is the event. The miraculous comeback in May is the event. The blowout in August is the event. The whole thing is the event.
Opening Day is just like the birthday party.
So who showed up after Opening Day?
Brandon Inge did. Nick Markakis did. And Bonifacio! — Emilio did, two multi-hit games after his four-hit opener. Brad Lidge did, keeping his streak alive with another save to start off another season.
Miguel Cabrera and Josh Beckett did, although that’s sort of cheating saying Beckett since his was really an Opening Day start, delayed by a day. Cabrera didn’t get cheated at all with his two-homer game Wednesday.
Lots of guys showed up after Opening Day. Actually, they all showed up, and that was the point. Even if they didn’t do anything in any of these games, they show up trying to do something tomorrow. And keep on keeping on till there’s nothing left in October.
That’s what the Grind’s all about.
Yakyu Haiku
That’s the American tradition of baseball in Japanese, and here’s an Americanized version of a Japanese tradition:
Troy Tulowitzki,
Could this be a springtime sign?
Back to potential
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