Spring Training Games

It is hard not to get caught up in Spring Training games but we have to remember that these do not count. Every time a pitcher gets slammed we want to rag on him and every time he throws a scoreless outing we want to proclaim him a king. But these stats and standings do not carry over to the Regular Season so why care? Sarge and Schmidt were actually discussing this during the Phillies vs Orioles game yesterday. Why even have these exhibition games when they can just scrimmage each other, get in more work quicker thus shortening Spring Training? Well it is all about revenue with these games. Revenue is the reason ESPN covers these games and fools us into thinking they actually matter. Well fact is, the hitters probably do not even care after the first 10 games, they have their timing down well within 10 games then just take it easy trying not to hurt themselves. I mean they just stick around so that pitchers can build up stamina. As for pitchers, why should we not care about them? They are throwing pitches they will not throw even ten times in the regular season. Spring is a time to test new things out and pray something sticks, which it usually doesn't. So that home run you see hit off of a pitch you did not even know that pitcher had, just take a deep breath and remember...it doesn't even matter. That average of under .200 Ibanez has...doesn't matter. That 1.29 ERA of Kendricks...doesn't matter.

That is all I am going to leave you with to think about this week