Random thoughts on baseballduring the season’s first month

• What’s the over-under on Charlie Manuel losing his job? His team is terrible (due mostly to the Phillies not finding any useful arms for the bullpen), he fights a reporter and then moves his ace starter into the set-up role. I give him to the end of the month.
• Felix Hernandez, the phenom pitcher in Seattle, left the game in the first last night — which is not just bad for Seattle but for all of baseball. The kid is a monster.
• I find it funny that everyone was so concerned about the Mets’ starting pitching before the season — with cause — but no one seemed to worry about the Yankees. So, remind me, which team is it again that is trolling the minors for starters?
• The Cubs are awful. They will remain awful. And they deserve to be awful. They spent a lot of money to get some real nice players, but in each case they paid more than they should have. So, no sympathy from me.
• How much fun is it to watch Jose Reyes play?
• Jimmy Rollins, at least, is doing his part to live up to his boast. Too bad his teammates aren’t (well, too bad if you’re a Phillies fan).

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet