Schmaltzy Stuff

Stories like this one always choke me up. I especially like parts like this:

Edwards got autographs from many of the players, including Ty Wigginton and Reggie Abercrombie, and threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the game. Berkman was behind the plate to receive.

You know, if you're twelve, meeting any major-league player is cool. But for everyone else, it should go something like this: Meeting Berkman - awesome! Meeting Wiggy - neat! Meeting Reggie Abercrombie - you're still on the roster? I mean, I would always treasure a Jose Lima autograph, but only because he was so epically bad. If Reggie were to have one magical, lucky season that kept him in the league for years after he returned to previous suck levels, then maybe a Reggie autograph would be cool. But Reggie is no Lima.

I mean, that's worse than getting the backup catcher's autograph. Of course, Q's our starter now, and he might be starting in 2009, so a Q autograph might be kinda cool.