“That'll be five dollars sir,” the
brown little man behind the counter confessed.
“Er...” the white dude with a paid
shirt murmured while digging through his pocket while simultaneously
staring into the vortex of his phone.
I swear to god, these millennials could
not socialize correctly with a wall if they were forced to.
“Sir?” the brown little man asked.
“HURRY THE FUCK UP!” a black dude
behind me roared.
He was three times the size of everyone
in line.
My daily ritual was wake up, puff the
pipe a little and stroll up the 7-11 on Hillsborough and Nebraska and
essentially gaze upon everything and nothing.
“I...err...” the millenial
stuttered.
The off season had me by the balls.
“MAN YOU BETTER...” the dude behind
me roared.
I read yesterday how Mallex slammed
Tampa Bay indirectly at a press conference in Seattle about how there
are no fans in the stands in Tropicana Field. The simple reality is,
it's true and if you deny it, well, wake up!
The kid paid, I paid and back to room
301 I went.
While en route to my room, I had
already put down a couple of beers and was already feeling the buzz.
My uncle was kind enough to buy me a subscription of Baseball America
and the only way I could retrieve it was online due to my urban
outdoors ways of living. I puffed the pipe a little bit and found the
Rays had nine (yes NINE!) prospects in the top 100 throughout
baseball! Let's start from the bottom and work our way up shall we?
Knock! Knock!
There's
that package. I opened the door to find one of my degenerate
neighbors standing there, smoking a cigarette and reeking of stale
urine.
“Hey
man, can I borrow some? Let me just get a hit,” he pleaded.
Dude
had it bad.
“Sure,
come in.”
We sat
down, passed the pipe back and forth. Our minds trailed off and I
found myself staring into the screen again. Coming in at a hot 97,
first baseman Nate Lowe. Big burly left handed batter, the guy made a
serious adjustment in his swing and apparently is a plus defender.
Perhaps the better version of Logan Morrison? I think so. Brandon
Lowe found himself in the majors and also finds himself at 93 on the
list. I like him at 2B but with Joey Wendle not going anywhere, it's
going to be interesting to see where he slots in this year. Another
left handed batter and figuring it out on the fly. I like it! At 64
Vidal Brujan (yet another 2B!) still in the lower parts of the
minors, he'll only get better! Hot in at 62 the prized possession the
Marlins want (and better not get!) Ofer Jesus Sanchez. Homeboy is
athletic, durable and hits hard from the left side. He better not go
anywhere. 58 is 2018' draft pick LHP Matthew Liberatore who is making
strides and with Rays coaching, you can expect him to accelerate more
so this year. Number 56 belongs to C Ronaldo Hernandez who was
converted from an IF position into a catcher and well, it looks they
made the right move. Athletic and hits for power, who needs a
Realmuto anyhow? At 47 2017' draft pick, two-way-phenom Brendan McKay
pitching from the left side and at 1B, it's clear the Rays see him as
doing both. He's a good LHP and a plus defender at first (despite
some injuries) and struggled slightly to hit in HiA. Number 23 and
number 4 are the two who make this team truly a team that will go all
of the way. These two are, OUR DUDES. Number 23 is RHP Brent
Honeywell who seems to have an arsenal better than any army in the
world which includes a screwball. I saw him pitch in Miami in 2017'
while snorting a couple of bumps in the bathroom and in 18' everyone
knew his debut was coming and went down with Tommy John. No matter,
he will be back and strong. At number 4, the dude who came from
nowhere, who is seventeen years of age, short stop Wander Franco.
Switch hitter, power and speed and everything you want from a
franchise player. I cannot wait to see him live.
“Okay,
time to sleep,”
My
neighbor left, I black out and fell slept with a smile on my face.
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