Allan H. (Bud) Selig, Commissioner
245 Park Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10167
(212) 931-3800
Dear Mr. Commissioner:
I didn’t have high hopes for the debut game of the current Yankees/Royals series here in Kansas City. I did, however, have hopes. I hoped that the Royals, hot off their successful road trip, might make a decent effort out of the Clemens/Perez pitching matchup that kicked things off last night. And you know, they didn’t do half bad. Granted, Perez had a rough start and we fell down 4-0, but we were able to keep them at four runs for seven innings beyond that while chipping away at their lead with a couple of runs of their own.
It wasn’t until the ninth that the Bombers blew it open, the final 9-2. This of course, is unlike the way our bullpen has performed of late, but frustrating nonetheless. I admit that they’re the hottest team in baseball right now, and your boy Alex Rodriguez is tearing up the diamond everywhere he goes. Naturally, his up-the-middle base hit really turned things for the worst in the ninth, the dagger in the heart if you will.I can tolerate the massive payroll, unlimited talent and gargantuanly obnoxious fanbase that comes with the Yankees. I don’t like it, but I can tolerate it. Hell, I have for this long, and we’ve managed to beat them on occasion; we even swept ‘em here year before last. Those were good times. Anyway, what I can’t tolerate are the decent, better-than-average members of their roster that will someday grace the halls of a Pete-Roseless Cooperstown. Roger Clemens, Alex Rodriguez, Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter…how can all of these names be granted permission prior to Rose?
It’s an outrage, I tell you, a situation that must be tended to. I hope that you can at least share the vision I have of Rose linking some of these player generations in baseball’s hall of fame.
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