Stitches on the Fast Ball

The Boston Red Sox are about to acquire  Frank Napoli, 31, from the Texas Rangers on a three-year contract totaling $39 million ... that's $13 million a year for a catcher/1st baseman in the twilight of his career whose batting average last year over 100 games was only .227 ... wow is that squishy!  OK, so he also hit 24 homers, but only had 56 RBIs ... just another utility player (in my opinion ... see: Bloomberg Story) of which the Red Sox are currently overloaded.

The economics of playing baseball sure have changed since the days of Curt Flood and the introduction of free agency.  As a result, if a dad wants to take his wife and two children to a major league game in a big city ... like Boston ... he has to be prepared to shell out at least $400 easily.  Insanity!  So, you fathers of young boys, forget about computer science, engineering, and medical school.   Instead, teach well you sons how to read the stitches on the fast ball (or recite glibly from a teleprompter.).