CC Pity Party

Here's a melodramatic piece by Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune. Life is SO unfair!

If you didn't like the CC Sabathia era in Milwaukee, you must not own a snowmobile or have ever taken a date to the Mars Cheese Castle.

[Whatever.]

For the rest of us, right thinkers all, it was a beautiful period in baseball history, a time-stands-still interlude when David stood on even footing with Goliath. But now back to regular programming …

[Boo hoo hoo.]

While Sabathia was happy in Milwaukee, going 11-2 in 17 starts, how could he tell future generations of tall, heavy-set Sabathias that grandpa had left $50 million or more on the table to stay in Wisconsin? He's just a man, after all, and all men can be money-whipped.

[I know! What an idiot! Taking an extra $50 million. Seriously, who would do that? In a related story, Phil Rogers took a 50% pay cut to write this article.

Also, "going 11-2 in 17 starts" has very little to do with "Sabathia was happy in Milwaukee." But let's just assume that he was because he pitched well. Well, that and his proximity to the Mars Cheese Castle.]