Now I really have to have faith in Bob Melvin. Blake Snell is a Giant. He will probably pitch for them this year. I have always hated watching him pitch. Of all the pitchers I have watched pitch,he gets top prize for looking as though the world was coming to an end while he worked and he seldom goes more than five innings. In my mind, that describes a reliever. But no, old school idiot, a reliever is a guy who goes all out for one inning. In many cases, if a reliever gets three guys out before three runs score, he gets a “save”. As we slip and slide through life, it’s important to remember that the meaning of many words changes over time.

Okay, everybody, tell your sons and daughters to get off their butts right now and start throwing. Take your time learning how to break those muscles and other body parts in to the grind of doing that. Tell them to put half of their early paychecks into a fund that will help them during rehab or perhaps when the contract isn’t guaranteed. There’s big money in goose eggs. But Bob Melvin managed Snell three seasons and together they almost got somewhere. So I guess I’m over my hissy fit about how MLB shafted the baseball fans of Oakland California, who were many and faithful. I’m back to raise Hell again. Maybe, when I wake up tomorrow, I will read about Rob Manfred retiring.