Does Suzyn = Kim Basinger?

We've all seen The Natural. When Bob Redford gives in to temptation, he loses his mojo. He strikes out a lot. He sucks (my guess is, Kim Basinger's character was doing the same, but that's hearsay). 

The message is clear: Beware the femme fatale. Stay clean, stay pure of heart, have ice cream floats with Glenn Close and your son. It's the only way to succeed at America's greatest game.

Which brings us to last night. Tanaka wasn't going to go 24-0 this year. Impossible. At least, we assume it was impossible. He's not facing a bunch of Carp out there this season (well, the Cubs are a form of dead fish in a way, but whatever). And it was his second time facing the Cubs, who said that kind of helped.

But what really happened? Really? On the road, a guy gets lonely. There are only so many restaurants to go to, so many undressing chicks to bird-dog from the hotel roof (hiya, Mick!). 

At some point, a young man wants a little company. A little female companionship. And it doesn't hurt if it's someone you see every day. Someone you're familiar with. Someone you already like. Someone who maybe is staying in the same hotel as you.

Like, say, Suzyn.

I have no evidence, no proof that any shenanigans went on between her and our ace. The mere idea does boggle the mind and stretch credulity to new limits.

However. Just...however...