Quote of the day
"The only way I won't play tomorrow is if I wake up and I'm dead." -- Detroit catcher/DH Victor Martinez, who appeared to be injured while circling the bases after a home run. He remained in the game (as the DH)Daily blurb
I’ve gotta confess, I’m not quite sure what I should be doing in this blurb-space now. Typically, October is a month of preseason NBA activity and fantasy hoops drafts, with NFL action overlaid on the weekends. But with the NBA out of commission, finding something relevant to comment on during the mid-week is proving difficult. I guess we have post-season baseball, but that so heavily covered elsewhere that I don’t find it to be particularly blurbworthy unless something unusual happens.
The most interesting activity in baseball may be the apparent movement of Theo Epstein from Boston to the Cubs. If that happens (and the rumors are now pretty strong), it will be interesting to see if Theo tries to bring in Terry Francona as the manager. It’s not clear what their relationship was as things fell apart in Boston last month, but if they could take the Cubs to the promised land, their curse-breaking prowess would be cemented and celebrated forever in baseball lore.