
I am biased.
I play favorites.
We have two cats, I like one of them better than the other.
I also play favorites in this blog. Frankly, that's why I have a blog.
To play favorites.
For example, if you've followed this blog, you'll know that I disliked Luis Ayala and the other Luis Ayala (Saul Rivera) and Chad Cordero and Brad Wilkerson and...
In a league of his own...
Manny Acta.
But on the other hand, there are players and staff that I like. Frank Robinson for one. Brian Schneider is another. Of course, Alfonso Soriano was fun to watch.
Also on my list of favorites are Elijah Dukes and Josh Willingham.
So I'm glad to see that Dukes was signed for
another year. He got a 10% raise to $444k. I'm really hopeful that he can bust it out this season.
We hope that Elijah can find his way. He's definitely had his challenges. But it seems like he's beginning to shoulder some responsibility and look at things with more perspective. He's wants a big year, because he knows he'd be rewarded...and if he hits paydirt, he can help out his mom.
This can basically change the whole lifestyle of my mother. Putting up a big year can change her life a little faster than expected. It would be a good thing for me and kind of relieve the everyday stress off her, which she has gone through for the last 49 years.
Sad stuff.
The Prophet
lost his father this past Thanksgiving to cancer. But he had lost him for 14 years before that. When Elijah was just 12, a judge sentenced Elijah Sr. to 20 years in jail for killing a man who sold his wife (and The Prophet's mom) bad crack.
Now, he's got another year to prove himself. And another chance to help his mom.
HSB is pulling for you, Elijah.
Another guy that we like is
Josh Willingham.
He totally got the shaft from Acta. That cannot be denied. We like what Riggleman and Rizzo have been saying about him and we think he deserves a shot to be a starting outfielder.
With Morgan's range in Center, Elijah's arm in right, and Willingham steady in left the outfield should be the best it's been since coming to DC.
Let's play ball.