"Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something." - Thomas A. Edison
"I have found that people who can successfully resist temptation invariably lead depressingly stunted lives." — C.D. Payne
"So don't weep for me now, my friends, because science insists that I have not died.
Energy just always changes state and I refuse to believe that human consciousness is the sole exception to this universal law."
- Mark Millar
"Do only butterflies die in flames? What about those devoured by the flames within them?" - E.M. Cioran

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Remember That Crow?

Yeah, well it was all bout Jeremy Sowers.  Prior to the 2007 season I predicted, for J, the type of success that Cliff Lee enjoyed in '08.  I think I went on record with "22-3 and a 2.25."  Ouch.  And now we have certainly hit rock bottom.  After struggling through minor shoulder issues last season, Sowers is on the shelf for the next 9-12 months after having rotator cuff surgery on his pitching shoulder.

I always believed that Jeremy had the right mixture of command and baseball smarts to make it big.  Eventually his undoing came via the scourge of over-analysis.  A Vandy grad, Sowers has admitted that some of his starts were detrimented as he tried to overcompensated for a prior poor performance.  Oh well, maybe the kid will get a shot somewhere else.  Yes, I would believe that his time with Tribe is over.

Here's a card from back in the day -


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