Karma and the evil forces of “Globogym”

OK. Who saw the movie Dodgeball? Well, we are huge fans here at the batters box. In order to understand the meaning behind this blog, you should rent the movie, then read this….

Recently the Batter’s Box, “AKA Regular Joes” has come across the evil forces of “Globogym”. The mean, evil, hideously ugly owners of this gargantuan place are trying to squash Regular Joes. Behold, the mean evil dragon breath owners and their pathetic henchmen will never take down the good girls at Regular Joes.

See ya Torre! What will the Yanks do?

Wow. When I turned on the tv last night, I couldn’t believe that NY would have to say farewell to legendary Joe Torre. After 12 years of faithful service, he will move on, tossing a one year, 5 million + incentive deal. Torre is a Yankee staple! Where will he go? Who will replace him?

I couldn’t sleep last night. Only $5 mil? What were they thinking?

Fall Ball is here!!!! Where does all the money go?

Well, fall baseball in baseball is in full swing. In our town, which I will not mention for fear of reprisal, there is one winter baseball league. This league has been around for years, and for those kids who just can’t get enough baseball, this is for them. The league charges almost $200 in fees per player. Sounds like it should be great, right? Well, we’ve had about 100 parents come in over this past weekend to buy their little players new pants and jerseys for winterball. Wait, didn’t the league provide uniforms? For nearly $200 per kid, they should! There are nearly 500 kids in this league. That’s $100000!!!! The uniforms they gave out consisted of the crappy pull up pants and a MLB t-shirt that didn’t fit. They couldn’t even ask the kids their correct sizes! It is a sad sad world when some thief is stealing nearly $100000. Shame on YOU!!!!

Batter’s Box caught the marriage bug!

Heather E. got ENGAGED last weekend! Finally! Go Peter!

Jen and Scott’s wedding was July 14th. Everything was great. Who will be next out of the batters box crew to get hitched?

Ryan’s Rants

It’s coming down to the final stretch of the 2007 MLB season and the Yankees are trying to find a way into the postseason. Early on, the Yankees struggled, it got to a point where they had no idea who would be starting the very next game. Well now they have seemed to fill in their gaps and are breathing down the Red Sox’s backs. Currently, they are 5 games back from the Sox, which at one point the lead on the Yanks was more than 10 games. They are also 1.5 games back from the Mariners, who somehow, someway have maintained a respectable record despite having no pitchers. This September will decide everything… who will take the AL East division? Furthermore, who will capture the AL Wildcard? Hopefully the Yankees can pull it out down the stretch and work towards yet another championship.

Right now the Yankees seem to have a steady 5-man rotation of Wang, Pettitte, Mussina, Clemens, and the rookie phenom Phil Hughes. Everyone is clicking, hitting and pitching well. Alex Rodriguez recently hit his 40th home run of the season, extending his lead for AL MVP.

I think that the Yankees’ recent move of bringing up pitcher, Joba Chamberlain was the best move they’ve made this season. Unfortunately, Joba is really a starting pitcher and the only spot they have for him at the moment is in relief. He has dominant stuff, averaging almost 2 strikeouts an inning on opposing hitters. I really hope he can take over as the future closer, replacing the best closer of all time, Mariano Rivera. Some people disagree with making Joba the future closer because he can be such a great starting pitcher down the road, which makes sense, but with prospect Ian Kennedy working hard in the minors, it may work out better if the Yanks transform Joba into the next best closer the big leagues have ever seen.