Epic Baseball Viewing

Bonds On Bonds debuted last night on ESPN2. Weird show. Somehow Bonds was followed throughout the entire year prior and through last season... through the entire season! The best thing about the show is the documentary style format used where the producers edit in other interviews with baseball people the likes of Peter Gammons, Dusty Baker and Jon Miller. These snippets are to the point, bold, truthful looks into the controversy surrounding Barry Bonds. Bonds himself seems to have put up an emotional barrier that he displays in public and around the media. But he lets these barriers down in the comfort of his own home, even crying in one scene [linked above] when talking about the pressures of living up to his family tradition. Another great bonus is the f-bombs dropped in every other sentence Bonds busts out. Ballplayers curse almost as much as sailors, and it was refreshing to see.

After watching the episode, I think Bonds agreed to do the series to unmask himself and show that he is a human being who is an extremely hard worker, enormous ego, inherited talent, and in some ways I think Bonds thinks he might win back the populous that's (apart from SF, where he's still adored) turned on him amongst the steroid scandals, rumors and backstabbing. Very interesting watch.

As Devin branched over into sports blogging and noted... Kenji Johjima homered for the 2nd straight day. Yes, he's on pace for 162 homers to shatter Bonds' record*. I think Vegas moved the over/under from Christmas to the All-Star break as to when Train will purchase his own Johjima jersey. The M's offense came alive last night, followed by Eddie Guardado almost giving the game back to Los Angeles in the 9th. They should trade Guardado and move Rafael Soriano into the closers role. Soriano took out Vladimir Guerrero in the 7th inning with some filthy stuff.

And finally, the 5th of April. The Lodge's own train, Jordan S. Lovato, aka "J-Train", aka "Lovato", was born on this fine day. When the "Lovato" chooses to come out... it's not only special, but it's an event. Jordan, may this year be filled with laughter, love & many epic memories. Happy Birthday, Train. Hopefully you'll give the gift of the "Lovato" back to us this week as we celebrate your existence.