Peter Gammons has an interesting blind item in his ESPN blog (Insider status req.):
The reason the 2002 All-Star Game ended up tied was that a pitcher on one of the two teams was imbibing in the clubhouse and was not in condition to pitch, hence the game ended.
In keeping with baseball superstition, we can only divulge that ex-Mariner Freddy Garcia is pitching VERY, VERY WELL today against the Angels. In fact, at writing he's only six outs away from a VERY, VERY INTERESTING pitching performance indeed.
One week after pissing off fans of evolution and above-average DH production by signing Carl Everett, the Mariners agreed to pay Jarrod (rhymes with "Herod") Washburn $36 million for his unique brand of stultifyingly mediocre pitching.
If your local sausage merchant, empanada slinger or Seattlest editor seems to have an extra bop in his bop sh'bop sh'bop today, it's because the Chicago White Sox won the World Series last night.
