As has been widely reported, today is the 25th anniversary of the George Brett pine tar incident. Sadly, the hilarious freak-out footage seems to have been removed from YouTube. There's nothing quite like an enraged man wearing powder blue.
This week also saw the passing of Jerome Holtzman, the inventor of the "save" statistic. Thank you, Mr. Holtzman, for spurring a generation of idiot managers to avoid using their best relief pitcher in the 8th inning of a close game when the heart of the other team's lineup is due to bat. At least now I know that "wins" almost invariably means "subset of total blown saves" on a closer's stat sheet.
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Also, I heard his step-cousin once clubbed a baby seal to death--with a baby panda.
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