Speed round: Intimacy is a great thing, and most fans would die for the lower-box seats that put you 40 or 50 feet from home plate. But let's make sure none of them actually die. Far too common these days is the sight of a fan, having been drilled by a foul line drive, being taken up the steps in a stretcher.
Bad For Ball. The time for those protective nets behind the plate to be extended down the lines is upon us. .
.. The Red Sox and A's are tentatively scheduled to open next season in Japan.
Good For Ball. The start of the war in Iraq robbed the A's of their chance to play there a few years back, and the Red Sox, with Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima, are a no-brainer. .
.. Diamondbacks second baseman Orlando Hudson is one of the most entertaining players in the game, on and off the field.
His season-ending injury is a killer in many ways. Bad For Ball. .
.. And finally, Ozzie Guillen struck a blow for last-place skippers everywhere when he got a five-year contract extension.
But that's not what's Good For Ball. That would be White Sox general manager Kenny Williams accepting responsibility for the team's poor play. He who builds it, wears it.
Nice. Mychael Urban is a national writer for MLB.com.
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