It's On, Buster Olney

Friends,

Okay, so my fellow MFA'ers make a list of MLB predictions, as did I. We did this, of course, because we are just as informed about the game as Buster Olney (I know what OPS and VORP is too, pal). At least that's my opinion. Clearly, Buster (seriously...a grown man named Buster who isn't a boxer or an actual athlete?), didn't take kindly to us dipping our literati toes into the water. So, he decided to return the favor, and simultaneously one-upping us as well.

He wrote a book review for the NY Times. It is a baseball book (and one I think would be fun to read), but still, clearly the sentiment underneath this move of getting into what I think is, essentially, the best church bulletin ever, is "Hey, MFA students, stay outta my pool. Oh, and fuck you, too." Just like Tom Wolfe did.

So, now, we gotta up the ante. One of us MFAers needs to have a Dennis Quaid-movie style comeback as a relief pitcher (I say this only because I doubt our chances of getting into the game as a regular, but pitching...if David Wells , Sidney Ponson, and Bartolo Colon can do it then I think anybody can learn).

Well, I'm off to perfect these three pitches to get myself game ready by next spring. I might need a curve, but it I can perfect a split, I may not need it. Yes, I'll be all about pitching to contact and keeping it low in the zone. It's on, Buster Olney.

viva el mustache.