Sports: A Game Of Inches

We are four humble men who love sports, but hate sports commentary. Peter Gammons is our hero and John Madden is our enemy. If you were to ask us our purpose, our answer would be simple: "We are forever locked in Mortal Kombat for the souls of sports fans everywhere. Statistics are our science and 'the immeasurable character of men' is the obsolete religion of blind faith. Our job is to prove that God doesn't exist and that athletes are merely cold, metal machines with no hearts or souls."

What happened to Ascanio?

Last week the Cubs sent down Jose Ascanio and called up Jeff Samardzija. I wonder why? He has had some rough times since we acquired him from Atlanta a few years ago, but he was starting to look like he put it all together. It seemed like he finally realized how to pitch and use his great fastball instead of just throwing 98 mph. He had a 3.53 ERA in 14 games with 18 strikeouts this season. Does anybody know why he was sent down? I feel like they just wanted an excuse to call up Jeff Samardzija whom they seem to be in love with. In his last eight games he only allowed 3 runs scattered over the month of June. That isn’t shabby for a young reliever to develop. Hopefully he will get another chance soon.