Bench-Clearing Brawls
first... a warm congrats to junior who finally got his 600th homer. think he can make it to 700? surpass bonds? i hope so!! for as many players as i like and greatly admire... no one else has a swing quite as pretty and perfect as ken griffey jr. it's just beautiful. so clean... balanced. stunning. so good for him. i hope he stays healthy and keeps going!
now... for the topic at hand: bench-clearing brawls.
i love them.
part of it's the adrenaline rush. part of it's seeing who throws punches and who gets beat up and how.
but i think the thing that i [as a woman] love the most is knowing that they're all running out there to fight for their teammate. it's men being men... not passively sitting around... but doing something brave when something's wrong. it's so, so good.
i also love it when managers get ejected for arguing with an umpire [standing up for their men!!].
it's weird to do what gomes and crawford did... they may have taken it a little bit too far. brutality isn't sexy. sissy-fighting isn't sexy, either. you know... slapping and clawing and stuff like that.
but... to run out there and show your opponent that if they wanna mess with your teammate that they have to go through you first... WOW.
men being men. when it's done with honor and passion... watch out. enough to make a girl's heart melt.
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ps... in an interview junior said that his dad was his hero and he grew up wanting to be just like him.
so sweet. i could almost cry. :)
I don't know if Junior has enough left in the tank. He's gonna be 40 next year and he always seems to get hurt. I give him an outside shot at 700, and pretty much no chance at passing Bonds
I would love to think that Griffey will keep going for a few years to get to 700 (which would probably take another 3-4 at least) but I seriously doubt his body can take it. And that he will be effective enough to keep getting playing time.
But as Chase's better half has said, it would be great to get to see that swing for a few more years.
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