Nah man, Not quite finished
yet, so let's get right to then as its time to put the IN back IN the Softball INsider as the season is almost here.
The first piece of INsider news is that everyone has been INside because March has been unseasonable cold. The INclement weather may have stopped the action
on the field, but what it has done is made the softball hot stove blazing hot. The hottest INsider Information has been
emanating from the creme of the creme leagues - Central Park Big Apple.
You your read that
right, the Big Apple League is back on the blog and I ain't holding
back. Despite the idiotic, self absorbed political,
manipulative, back stabbing nature of their pitching rules being
jockeyed back and forth among league members at nausea, with the cunning
and deceit of a tobacco Industry lobbyist on capital hill, I still
love this league. It's the competition, the bragging rights, the history, the
friendship, the enemies, the venue. Like a loyal sucker I keep coming back year
after year.
But let's forget their
pitching mess for now (they have been warned for years) let's get down to the
real INsider worthy issue driving the league right now
- Recruiting. I've long said that when it comes down to Recruiting Ethics you can forget it and this year it's been no holds bar gangsta style recruiting IN the Big
Apple League.
For years poaching players policy IN this league has been taboo,
but not this year. Why? Many reasons
- Egos - Players think they are Josh Hamilton Represented by Scott Boras
- Everyone wants to Win at all costs. Any cost. Fuck Loyalty. Win
- Existing Teams folding - talent pool expands. Divide and Conquer
- New Teams joining - Divide and Conquer
- Familiarity Breeds Contempt
- New Champion - teams smell blood
- Charter &Legacy Franchises don't like losing and are IN all out recruiting assault mode
- Age - We ain't getting any younger
- Ghetto, Goons, and B96 business make player movement a nature process.
- All the Above
Hell I am one the most
ruthless cutthroat recruiting bastards out there. IN this league you have to be
as softball remorse gets you nowhere. The competition is stiff and your competing against dynasties, money, loyalty, narcissists, and liars. I like it, that's just the way the game is. However, the longer the off season
has gone the more I realize like a small market team in baseball I cannot compete against the big market teams as :
- I have never won - Close only counts in horseshoes and handgrenades
- Personal factors - loyalty, convenience, morons
- Economics - $$$$$$
These factors are stacked against me and gives others the INside track, So instead of staying on the outside, it's time to look for
solutions from withIN and think differently.
More on that on another edition of the INsider.
It's going to be a great season.
Till next time
