Talkin' Baseball (Part I)

Rumors have cropped up that Boston Red Sox owner John Henry could be buying a substatial portion of Roush Racing. Now, I became a Nascar fan to get AWAY from Yankees and Red Sox fans, but I guess we'll have to put up with it. After all, who knows where it will lead? Why, any team's owners could buy into a racing outfit, with any result...


Atlanta Braves (Owner: Time Warner)--Lots of Chase for the Cup appearences, but not many championships, then the bottom falls out. So basically, Jeremy Mayfield.

Florida Marlins (Jeffrey Loria)--Win the Cup! Sell the team! Win the Cup again! Sell the team again! Its J.D. Stacy all over again!

New York Mets (Fred Wilpon)--If you thought the Mo Vaughn contract was overpriced, just WAIT till you see what they're willing to pay for Ashton Lewis Jr.

Philadelphia Phillies (Dave Montgomery)--"And despite a 500 point lead going into Richmond, John Kruk Racing has STILL found a way to choke themselves out of the Chase!"

Washington Nationals (Wes Unseld)--They REALLY don't want to see a Busch race in Montreal.

Chicago Cubs (Tribune Co.)--Sure, they get lots of DNQ's. But they're so loveable!

Cincinnati Reds (Robert Castellini)--Everything was going great...and then Nick Lachey showed up.

Houston Astros (Drayton McLayne)--Mark Martin and Roger Clemens--think they have something in common?

Milwaukee Brewers (Mark Attanasio)--Finally, a place where Sauter brothers can be accepted for who they are.

Pittsburgh Pirates (Kevin McClatchy)--"Nobody told me I had to qualify. If there is qualifying, they better eliminate me out of the race and go ahead and do what they're going to do with me. I ain't never ran good in qualifying and I never will. If it is qualifying, then I'm going into 'Operation Shutdown.' Tell them exactly what I said. I haven't competed for a pole since 1991."

St. Louis Cardinals (William DeWitt)--At least they're used to seeing a sea of red t-shirts.

Arizona Diamondbacks (Ken Kendrick)--Work hard, win it all, lose interest, then sell. Just like Ultra Motorsports.

Colorado Rockies (David Thompson)--More offense than a Jimmy Spencer interview...with booze.

Los Angeles Dodgers (Frank McCourt)--Anybody who gives a job to a gereatric Rickey Henderson is good by me.

San Diego Padres (John Moores)--Would have to allign with Michael Waltrip Racing--after all, they already have experience working with brown and yellow.

San Francisco Giants (Peter Magowan)--Finally, we can get Kyle Busch on some steroids.


Part II Tomorrow