Is it me or have the 2010 MLB playoffs started to resemble a reunion of the cast of Hair? San Francisco not only features the long, straight locks of Tim Lincecum, it also features several relievers whose beards suggest that they plan on spending the off-season studying to become Hasidic rabbis. Closer Brian Wilson's beard is so dark and so thick that it looks fake. Of course, those four games against Atlanta couldn't get any hairier, so we'll see how San Francisco weaves its way through Philadelphia.
Tampa is finished after falling to Texas last night. That means that Matt Garza and his chin whiskers will be seen no more until spring. Garza's growth is best described as Amish with Attitude and is so pointed and menacing that it looks as if it might go off by accident.
Philly will be advancing thanks in part to wooly Jason Werth who looks, well, unkempt to be polite about it. He can swing the bat, but apparently, he can't operate a comb.
Then, of course, there's the ultimate in head spinning head appearance in the person of the Reds' Edinson Volquez. He not only has his hair braided, he also wears a doo rag under a cocked, flat-brimmed hat. The braids are one thing, but the hat obviously offended the Baseball Gods so dramatically, that they caused Cincinnati to lose to the Phillies. Of course, the Reds' anemic (and that's being generous) attack and their woeful defense didn't help their cause, but I'm sticking to my own theory.
No one scores worse in the hair department than the nation's Minnesota fans. After watching the Twins lose their 7th, 8th, and 9th straight playoff games to the Yankees, those poor people have pulled most of their hair out.
In any case, hair's to the . . . I mean here's to the Championship Series!
Matt Garza's facial hair...yeah, it's pretty much all I can stare at whenever he's pitching...it seems to have a life of its own
Posted by: Jennifer | October 14, 2010 at 12:17 AM