Interleague starts tomorrow. Even though they are in first place, I can’t get excited about the Padres. There’s no shared history, no storylines. Somehow NL teams don’t interest me that much, and even the NL players that intrigue me tend to be former American Leaguers - Clemens, Griffey. I know Pujols is destined for greatness, I think Prior-Wood-Zambrano-Clement-Maddux is one heck of a lineup, I know Dontrelle has an exciting delivery - but the words are “know”, “think”. When I watch the NL it’s all head not heart.
Speaking of the NL, Casey Fossum was a pinch-runner yesterday. There, another former American Leaguer. Funny, I never remembered him as so speedy.