MIKE HARGROVE'S NEW TEAM HAS A GREAT NAME

by WCK, 100% Injury Rate

Some of you may be aware that Mike Hargrove is going to be back in baseball again. More than two months after abruptly stepping down as manager of the Seattle Mariners, Mike Hargrove has decided to take over a summer collegiate baseball team in southwest Kansas he played for more than 30 years ago.

And that team is the Liberal BeeJays. Yes, you read that right.

"Working with the BeeJays sounds interesting and exciting and fun," said Hargrove.

It certainly does. Now my juvenile sentiment aside, I'm sort of surprised they haven't changed the name yet. Yes the team resides in Liberal, Kansas, but I have never heard of a BeeJay. Is that a bird or something?

Anyway, I'm not going to go nuts on Hargrove. This is a three month a year gig working with great college baseball players. Some guys who have played for the BeeJays include Rich Harden, Troy Percival and Scott Hairston.

That's a lot better than the grind of a full major league season.