The longest laugh of the today goes to Freddy Garcia allegedly testing positive for marijuana use during the World Baseball Classic. Apparently, smoking weed also means you lose 3-4 MPH off your fastball, adding a few pounds, and some of his mound demeanor.
"You talk to Freddy off the field, and he's the same way: laid back. He doesn't look like Venezuela. He looks like he's from California, I guess," says Ozzie.
I suspect a plot by Brandon McCarthy to break free from bullpen duties. All it would take is an unsuspecting IM conversation:
BMacSKILLZ: u ther?
FG34Calcetines: sup
BMacSKILLZ: wutcha doin
FG34Calcetines: internet poker its the bombbbbbbbb
FG34Calcetines: wanna play
BMacSKILLZ: no thx
FG34Calcetines: ok
FG34Calcetines: wut u doin?
BMacSKILLZ: eatin for the 5th time today
BMacSKILLZ: i want Oz to have a cool signal 4 me when i come out of the pen
BMacSKILLZ: the goatee thing didnt fly, i guess
BMacSKILLZ: anywayz
FG34Calcetines: thats cool man i can talk to him
FG34Calcetines: hes mi gente cuz of my wife
FG34Calcetines: he gonna listen to me cuz we're from Tierra de la gracia
BMacSKILLZ: s'ok
BMacSKILLZ: listen, there's gonna b a hydrant flushing next week
BMacSKILLZ: near my place, gonna be beer, ppl chillin out, food, hookahs and stuff
FG34Calcetines: hookaz are awesome
