October 31, 2008

  • Halloween Wrapup

    Well, the World Series has yet again not gone my way. You’d think I’d be used to it by now. At any rate, all that’s left for the Total Amateur Analysis until next April is to occasionally chime in on any relevant offseason moves. First thoughts: I don’t want any of our “big guns” to be traded, especially Magglio, but if they MUST trade somebody, I’m a little surprised no one’s brought up Carlos Guillen’s name. He’s only signed through the end of 2010, he’s a decent run producer, and his ability to play multiple positions (first base, third base, left field, and possibly shortstop) would make him attractive to far more teams than Magglio (who can pretty much only play right field). Also, it doesn’t make much sense to trade Magglio for another team’s young catcher or shortstop when the front office has made clear that they think very highly of Dusty Ryan and Cale Iorg, both of whom could be starters in the next couple years. As far as free agents go, apparently Scott Boras has been trying to push Jason Varitek on the Tigers. I do NOT want Varitek. I know he’s got the reputation of being good with pitchers, but he’ll be 37 years old, he had a horrible year offensively and he can’t throw. I also don’t want Eric Gagne, Joe Borowski, or Chad Cordero (though Cordero’s problem is that he just can’t seem to stay healthy). I know the Marlins are willing to listen to deals for Kevin Gregg, and he’s a pretty hard thrower, but he can get himself into trouble with walks and he actually lost his closer’s job late in the season. Those are all the thoughts I have for now. In addition, the site will be reverting to the Phantom design in the new few days, so you’re all gonna have to bid farewell to the Pudge picture, cuz it’ll be gone for good, most likely. Also until April, most of the stuff I’ll post will primarily not be related to baseball.

     

    In Other News: As usual, I’m stoked about Halloween. In terms of decorations and costumes, my mom usually will either go totally overboard or not do much at all. This seems to be one of the more “subdued” years (although she did carve a bunch of holes into a pumpkin and stick a bunch of mice made out of polymer clay into the holes to make it look like the pumpkin was infested with mice). I got a pretty good haul of Halloween candy purchases at both Kroger’s and Wal-Mart, although I’m now kinda wishing I hadn’t bought the bag of “Gummi Body Parts,” cuz they don’t look that appetizing. Meanwhile, tonight I am looking forward to handing out candy (You think 5-year olds like Gummi Body Parts?) and watching Garfield’s Halloween Adventure at some point (that’s kinda become a tradition of mine ever since I found a file of it online). I’ve also discovered the X-Entertainment website and its Halloween Countdown, although I’m still plowing through the archives and I haven’t read the current countdown at all. But that site is why I’ve gone on a yogurt binge. And it’s kids’ yogurt, too.