The following notes
and musings are from someone who tells people having problems spelling his name
not to panic, “It’s Polish for ‘Smith’”:
I see the
recently retired Prince Fielder is going to have a cooking show, with the
tentative title of “Fielder’s Choice.”
My wife, guilt-ridden carnivore that she is, wants to know if there will
be any vegetarian segments, given that Fielder said several years ago he had
gone over to the side of nuts, berries and vegetables. Stay tuned.
Fielder no
longer has to worry about spring training, and he never had to worry about
catching on with a team the way pitcher Bobby LaFromboise has to. The 30-year old right hander is hoping the
Rangers will be his third major-league team.
Lefty Rob Zastryzny—I have no idea what he tells people trying to spell
his name—is still pretty young at 24 and still with his first organization, the
Cubs. If Zastryzny breaks camp with the
big-league club, maybe teammates will call him Z-Man. It fits.
A little before
Clare was born, I followed the progress of a Cleveland farmhand, pitcher Carl
Keliipuleole; all I can say is, if you have a hard name like mine, you’re drawn
to people with hard names. Keliipuleole
could’ve been the K-Man before all other k-men.
These are the
things I think about when the season is even too new for hope to spring.
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