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Wednesday, December 14, 2005

I’m not going to complain about being overworked today (not after complaining about being underworked yesterday), but the work load has been amped up appreciably, and I’m pretty sure I know why.

During the ten days between the time I got the letter announcing the audit and yesterday, I focused all my energy and attention on preparing for the audit. No, that’s not right. I gave whatever energy and attention I had exclusively to the audit, without thinking much about other things that I should have been doing. It wasn’t that I spent all my time on the audit, just that I didn’t spend any time on anything else. Because, you see, I had to get ready for the audit.

And now it all comes crashing down in an avalanche of unpaid bills, and spreadsheets the Boss requested a week or more ago. I knew I couldn’t get it all done today. That’s why I didn’t even try. That’s the other reason I can’t complain about being overworked. First, I moaned yesterday about how exhausting it is doing nothing. And second, I did it to myself.

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But I did take time out to do some shopping this morning. That’s one thing I put off while preparing for the audit, and I didn’t want to put it off any longer. I didn’t get finished, but I got close enough that I know exactly what I have to do to finish. When I’m going to do it? That’s another question with no good answer.

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If it’s true, as rumor has it, that the Giants and Angels might be working on a trade of players who didn’t live up to their big contracts (Edgardo Alfonso and Steve Finley), then I think it’s a deal that could benefit both players and both teams. The Angels could use a third baseman, and the Giants are looking for a left-handed hitting outfielder. Bingo!

Point two: Bill Mueller will be a good fit with the Dodgers, who also need a third baseman and a reliable number two hitter. He’ll probably play every day, which he wouldn’t have done if he’d signed (as rumored) with the Giants. He was a great Giant at the start of his career, and I’d love to see him back here, but I don’t blame him.

Point three: The U.S. government, in its infinite wisdom (cough), has decided that Cuba will not be allowed to send a team to the United States for the first World Baseball Classic next March. This is something that has to be worked out, if Major League Baseball wants the event to have any credibility. If it’s truly the most important international baseball tournament ever, then the Cubans have to be here. I’m not going to say politics and sports don’t mix, because that ship sailed as long ago as 1980 (or 1972, or 1936), but I am going to say they shouldn’t mix.

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"It might get done half-assedly, but all I really have to do is convince the Boss that I’ve given it my best effort. It’s just a good thing I don’t have to convince myself of that."

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