I was watching the Texas Rangers/Seattle Mariners game today. And just couldn't wait to see Justin Smoak battle his former team! Or I had some scratch on it.. You pick. But Justin Smoak, who looked foolish in Major League Baseball last year (.218 batting average in 348 at bats last year), is actually riding a 13 game hitting streak with the Mariners.But what really caught my ear, was the announcers talking about championship rings. The Rangers received their ALCS championship rings the other day. I know they wouldn't be the first team to get rings for not winning the real championship, but what is the point? When would you ever wear a 2nd place ring? When would you ever take it out of your sock drawer to look at it? They went on to say that they gave a ring to anybody who was on the 40-man roster during the year last year. Obviously including Justin Smoak, who was traded for Cliff Lee. Smoak hit just .209 for the Rangers with a .4 wins above replacement players. I know it's a nice gesture to reward a player with a ring who helped contribute.. You know, if they did contribute.
But it's more funny that all those other players on the 40-man roster literally did nothing. At least a few probably didn't even get called up to the majors at all last year. So I really hope, when some career AAA player gets a Fed-Ex package to his home, opens it up to find a jewelry box, looks at it and says, "What the hell am I supposed to do with this?
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