The Phillies Website has a cool story about Carlos Carrasco, who did pretty well in his start yesterday against the Cards. After leaving the game, Car-Car was running beyond the outfield and came face-to-face with Albert Pujols. The slugger congratulated Carrasco on his outing, then gave him a tip. He told the youngster that he was flying slightly open on his fastball and change-up, letting the batter see what was coming. That's why, said Pujols, I got some hits off you. I assume that Carrasco replied, Yes, sir, thank you, sir. The famous Pujols is on another team in another division; Carrasco is a rookie who has yet to make his bones in the bigs. They're not even from the same country, but Pujols went out of his way to give Carrasco advice. Gotta like that.
Just two weeks, give or take, till the end of spring training. For weeks now there's been way too much information about what goes on in Florida and Arizona. Way too many silly stories or tales of trumped-up controversy by journalists struggling to find something to say. The local rag here had a long piece about Joe Blanton installing a baby seat in his car. I mean, yawn. Bloggers, meanwhile, get shriller, while their sabermetric members suck the life out of the numbers they claim to love. Give me the keen enthusiasm of a Mrs. October any day.
