Statues of popey guys

Look at that thing. Even I, an atheist, think it's dreadful. It's supposed to be a statue of Pope John Paul II. Here's the first paragraph of the AP story about the displeasure surrounding the statue.

ROME (AP) — He was pilloried by the Vatican for creating a sculpture of Pope John Paul II that some mockingly say looks more like Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini than the beloved late pontiff. Now artist Oliviero Rainaldi has a chance at redemption.

Some Italians have said it looks like a public urinal. A pissoir. (Oops, wrong country.) Makes you want to stop by and "use" it. But despite high hopes at the Vatican, here's what the artist says about his coming "remake":

Worst uniforms ever?

I did finally get to watch a baseball game. It was a Mets game from 1986 against the Astros. Whoa! Are these the worst uniforms you've ever seen? I mean, to paraphrase Fran Liebowitz, what did they turn down before choosing this design?

You can tell Major League Baseball has never met a gay man. Their TV shows look so bad -- like a high school kid put them together (no offense intended to high-schoolers). And the uniforms mostly suck. A few are nice, usually because they're simple, but there are tons of bad uniforms out there. However, nothing like these.

If they grabbed any gay man off the street and asked him for a design for a uniform, it would look better than what's out there today. Methinks they don't talk to gay people much. Anyway, it was fun to watch a game (but they're way more fun when you don't know who's going to win).

Only about two weeks till spring training! Woot!