I don’t worry too much about the Seattle Mariners players productivity in spring training but Ichiro, the hitting machine, is making the cactus league more interesting by putting up a goose egg after 21 at bats. Larry Stone made me chuckle this morning with his article about the no hit streak.

Ichiro hitless? It’s like Paris Hilton going dateless, Jon Stewart going quipless, Eliot Spitzer going escortless.

Zing! I’m sure I-chi-ro as fans lovingly refer to him in these parts will get his share of knocks down before the real baseball season starts in a couple weeks. From his quotes in the article neither he or manager Mclaren doesn’t seem worried about the situation.

As for Spitzer and escorts…
Did you see the pictures of ‘Kristin’? Good looking, yes, but worth $1,000 an hour and breaking the law? No thanks. If Spitzer had a hooker fetish why didn’t he fly to Nevada where prostitution (in some places) is legal? If you haven’t seen Spitzer’s press conference where he resigned his position as New York Governor, check it out below or via YouTube here.

Note the expression of his wife, who scores big points for standing by her man in troubled times. I couldn’t help wondering: did she know?

Do you have a problem with legal prostitution? I don’t. Yes, even for people who are married provided the spouse gives consent. This subject came up on a talk show awhile back and a guy called into say he traveled north to Canada to be with prostitutes at his wife’s urging. Apparently the act of having sex was too painful for her due to medical conditions and she made an agreement with her husband that made this acceptable. Permissive use. Yes, he always used protection, unlike Spitzer who apparently wanted to go bareback. Dumb.

What consenting adults choose to do in their personal lives and marriages as long as it is legal doesn’t bother me. I think the world would be a better place if we stopped trying to make moral decisions about other people’s personal lives. This goes for politicians too when they are in the right, but that doesn’t apply in Mr. Spitzer’s case. What he did was stupid and wrong. Even worse for his family if these escorts were without his wife’s consent and knowledge.

Update Friday 3/14/08 7:38am PST: Ichiro got his first hit yesterday and is now batting .040.

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