Sunday, March 13, 2016

Post 100: Goose Gossage Hates Swag, Bat-Flips, Fun, Seatbelts, Bullet Proof Vests...

What happens when Goose Gossage tries to imagine what Honus Wagner would say about strength training? How about amphetamines?

Does Goose remember Dock Ellis, a contemporary of his? Dock and that whole "We Are Family" Pirates were the prototype swagger team, a team Goose played on in '77.

Is the premise that anything new that makes things more fun and/or safer are automatically bad? 

The disgrace! The disgrace being brought upon the hallowed game of steroid users hitting the shit out a ball baseball by players...expressing themselves?

Was it just me, or when you read the initial quotes did it sound like Goose was drunk? Like he's your drunken neighbor who won't shut up about Trump? 

The heart of the matter is this: 1) Are player celebrations essentially bad sportsmanship? and 2) Does this kind of sportsmanship signify the downfall of society?