What About Endy?

About a week ago, the Huffington Post alerted me to this article. To summarize, after his almost assured re-election, President Hugo Chavez might decide to restrict the rights of talented Venezuelans who want to play baseball in the US. "Das ist verboten!" Hugo says, although he says it in Spanish.

Oh, Hugo. Overall, you rate positively here at B&E. But my most recent previous post about you covered the weird sulphur smell comments you made at the UN, and now this. If you keep Endy Chavez from returning to the Mets, I might just have to name you Dickhead of the Week.

One other little thing about the article. The British are so cute when they talk about baseball. They say the most popular Venezuelan baseball player is Bob Abreu. Heh. Bob. Does anyone call him Bob? And is he really that popular?