Dichotomy

There are some times when I read something and know that I want to write a post about it, but can't decide whether to be over-bearingly smug and cynical, or to just play it straight. Today's article about Kyle Stark's plan for the minor league system is a great example. It's an awesome read and it really sounds like Stark has some exciting stuff planned for re-shaping the Pirates' miserable minor league system (at least, as exciting as this stuff gets to fans that don't get to see the day-to-day progress of it). I mean, people have been saying that things are going to be different, but Stark actually lays things out and says, "This is what we're going to change and this is how it's going to be better." That's some exciting stuff.

And yet, there's one paragraph that I so desperately want to make so many jokes about:

Dr. James Andrews, the surgeon who has taken the knife to the arms of so many of the Pirates' former first-round draft picks, last year began a program of biomechanical analysis at his American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Ala. In the procedure, high-speed motion cameras use extra frames to film a pitcher's delivery and detect anything that might raise a red flag. The Pirates will begin sending pitchers there, six at a time, this summer.

I want to say "Looks like we're throwing up the White Flag (not Vogelsong!) and sending the pitchers to Andrews six-at-a-time before they even get hurt." Then again, breaking out the Mythbusters high-speed camera to make extra sure that pitchers' deliveries aren't injuring them sounds pretty freaking sweet.