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Thursday, March 4, 2010

How to honor me

Some Republican wants to put Ronald Reagan's face on a $50 bill. Apparently he loves ol' Ronnie so much he wants to keep him in his wallet so he can sit on Ronnie's face all the time. Dude, just grab a photo, find a room, and be done with it already.

Anyhoo, it got me thinking about how America can honor me better than it already is. I mean, all I have is a museum, a youth baseball league and some parks and streets. The baseball MVP Award isn't even named after me, which I may have mentioned before.

I would like the $20 bill. Considering all I've done for America, I don't think it's too much to ask for. Who even remembers Andrew Jackson anymore except that he's on the $20 bill? I mean, I know he fought in the Revolutionary War and married Pocahontas, but how many World Series did he win?

Alternately, someone could build a baseball Mount Rushmore and put me in the George Washington position. I would take that. And who would I want alongside me? Well, I would want my friends, of course, but the question is who deserves to be alongside me.

That's a toughie. There's only four spots. Let me think for a minute.

OK, here's who the baseball Mount Rushmore should include:

1. Me. I revolutionized baseball, after all.

2. Jackie Robinson. He revolutionized it too.

3. Walter Johnson. We need a pitcher, and he's the best there ever was, other than me (sorry Cy -- just be happy with that award).

4. Probably Connie Mack. Guy managed 50 years, he deserves this.

Apologies (not really) to Cobb, McGraw, Landis, Rickey, Mays, Marvin Miller, and all the rest. I've only got four spots.

Who do you think should join me on Mount Babe-more?

2 comments:

  1. 1. You get the first spot, of course. Your HR records may have been broken (with a * for single-season), but I argue that no other home run hitter would ever have been as good a pitcher.
    2. The non-HR-hitter's spot goes to Sam Crawford, the all-time triples leader with 309, not to mention a considerable number of inside-the-park home runs. Apologies to Ichiro Suzuki and Ted Williams.
    3. The pitcher's spot goes, in my opinion, to Greg Maddux, with apologies to Mordecai Brown and Mariano Rivera.
    4. The wild-card spot, I'd leave vacant for now. It currently goes to Yogi Berra for 10 world series championships, but Albert Pujols may take this spot over if he hits another 400 or so home runs and isn't using steroids. Also for consideration: Sadaharu Oh, who hit 868 home runs in the Japanese major leagues, but never got to play in MLB.
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  2. A random collection, but I can't really argue with spot #1. Nice job thinking outside the box on the other three.
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