Andre Ethier is playing motivated this year. In an otherwise so-so start for a seemingly so-so team, it would be a highlight. For a so-so team knee-deep in ownership-MLB shenanigans, it is a godsend. Anything to take our mind off that soap-opera nonsense.
What a job he is doing....He hit safely in his 24th straight game on Wednsday, making it a record for the month of April. His overall stats are pretty impressive also. Coming out of the gate with a .381/.451/.560/1.011 line is nothing to sneeze at, and to think he really hasn't completely found his power stroke yet is downright mesemerizing. Let's see if he can keep it upo for a whole season.
The Rockies have seemed to have jumped out to an early lead......if their young guys all mature and stay healthy, ist may spell doom for the rest of the so-so (I use that word alot) NL West. The Dodgers, Giants and Diamondbacks are all hanging around .500, and the Padres are learning that when you let your stars go, you're not always going to be like the early 2000's A's. I'll bet Jed Hoyer is reading Moneyball and digging up Paul Di Podesta's resume...
It is testament to how rock-bottom it was that the MLB taking over things from McCourt is seen as a positive step. This is the same MLB who sold out the Expos as a favor to Jeffery Loria, who is curently trying to find ways to de-stabilize the Marlins. Selig can really pick em, but at least this time he is owning up to it and cutting out the cancer. Mc Court is nothing however, if not a dirty street fighter type who would sell out his grandmother to win a fight, so brace yourselves.
Selig's guy Tom Scheiffer is saying all the right things for the fans, and we do remember the last team the MLB took over was the Rangers last year- the ones who ponied up for Cliff Lee, beat the Yankees, and made a good run before going down to the Giants.....not bad at all.
Almost makes you want to risk a beating to go to the ballpark.
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