Many people who aren't baseball historians like me don't know the history of the Rule 5 Draft, so I thought I'd give you all an education, free of charge. What most people don't realize is that the Rule 5 Draft was bargained for in the major leagues when the Players Association first realized that the average IQ of a GM is 5. Hence, the name of the draft.
Can you believe that I didn't receive one single solitary FA offer, yet 35 players were just selected in the Rule 5 Draft? One GM drafted a guy just because his first name is Zoltan, and that was the most logical way to pick one of these crappy Rule 5 players. There were also a Cookie and a Skeeter drafted. I also saw a Buddy in there. And, get this, San Diego drafted The Fonz; how old is he, about 67? Whoa!!
These GMs will now begin a flurry of activity to try to send these guys down to AAA or back to their previous teams. The WW will now be flooded with most of these useless players, and all I can say about that is ROFLOL. All of these useless players got a nice bump in salary, but they better not blow their money, because that's about the end of the line for all of them.
For those of you that I know want to talk to me about pitching for your franchise, I'll get back to you when I damn well feel like it, and not a moment sooner. If you really want to know how I'm doing, don't call me. Instead, just ask your wife. And your grandmother.
Between you and me and the lamp post, I plan on being back pitching as soon as I know my latest Lidocaine/B12 shot has cleared my system.
Friday, January 11, 2008
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