The Rally Monkey

Angels-Mariners had a good game tonight. Went with the roommate, a Seattle fan, saw Garrett, Vlad, Ichiro, Krod, and Percival. Angels won 6-5. The Angels had these hilarious bits they show when Seattle changed pitchers, one was clips of Spiderman, with all the city folk looking for the Green Goblin...then he finally comes down, and it's the Rally Monkey. The entire crowd goes nuts, and then they show the monkey jumping up and down. It's really funny. Then the next pitching change, they show clips from Signs, as Mel Gibson feels something creepy is going on, and runs around frantically in his corn fields, until he discovers...the Rally Monkey in the middle of a chewed up field. Once again, the clips of the Monkey jumping up and down.

So Garrett Anderson is probably my favorite guy to watch hit. He's got this smooth confidence up and the plate and he just steps up and strokes the ball. I think he was 4 for 4 tonight. Old people always talk about watching Ted Williams hit, that it was this amazing experience, like watching Picasso paint. I, of course, have no idea...but like Will Clark in the 89 championship series against the Cubs, Barry Bonds of the last couple years, Jose Canseco in his 40-40 year, sometimes there are ballplayers who rise way above the rest. I think Garrett is one of those, and oddly, not many people talk about him that way...yet. I grew up loving Don Mattingly, watching Wade Boggs, Canseco, and later on Griffy. Those guys were all dope...but for my money in a one on one dual with Pedro, Koufax, Randy J, whoever, I'd take Garrett right now. Now that's a bold statement