Diary of the Hot Stove Blues

So the regular season is just memory now, and pitchers and catchers don’t report for three months.   The confetti has settled in Philly.  The last of the champagne-soaked jerseys have dried, and the flipped cars have all been righted.  The Hot Stove is lit. Ladies and Gentlemen, we have reached the months of News-Free News. There’s plenty of action now, sure, but it’s all behind closed doors.  Instead of news, we get hearsay parading as fact, conflicting reports published in tandem, recycled news reprinted with a headline change to freshen it up, and a good solid dose of pure fiction.  We read it.  And watch it.  And listen to it.  And gnaw our own ankles in frustration, and then read some more.  It’s a special time.  And it’s only just beginning… ------- A Diary of the Hot Stove Blues, November 2008 Day One : Go Phillies!  The celebrations for my newly adopted team are barely over, but ... (link)