We all have our windmills

Everybody has that one topic that make them rage at the unfairness of it all.

Well, not me...I have several.



But, nothing gets Jeff Johnson from the Cedar Rapids Gazette going with a full head of steam like the Kernels-Angels partnership.

OK, we get it, Cedar Rapids Kernels. You like the Los Angeles Angels.

No, you absolutely LOVE the Los Angeles Angels. This is a bro-mance of the strongest kind.

The Kernels recently renewed yet again their Player Development Contract with the Angels, extending the Midwest League’s longest marriage. The Kernels’ PR machine has cranked out more and more press releases on the Angels in the past few months.

Then there’s the upcoming Hot Stove Banquet. Former big leaguer Bobby Grich is the featured speaker. Oh, yeah, he used to play for the Angels.

Two of four members of the club’s 2010 Hall of Fame class are Angels: second baseman Howie Kendrick and GM/former minor-league head Tony Reagins. Enough already, Kernels. No matter how hard you try, Cedar Rapids will never be an Angels town. Not now, not ever.

Terrific organization, but very few around these parts care about it.

The fact that you are inducting Reagins and Kendrick into your Hall of Fame ahead of some very obvious omissions is laughable. Not nearly as laughable as Shawn Wooten going in in 2002, but that’s another blog post for another time ….

Read on for some omissions and for all the members of the Cedar Rapids Kernels Hall of Fame.

Let me be clear...Jeff is a very good writer and it is always a treat to talk to him when the Rattlers are in Cedar Rapids. In fact, he just helped me with a little research project on why a 1960's Foxes game in Cedar Rapids was postponed...(Football...Canadian Football was involved).

That's why I am using the 'mehring the jerk' tag on this post.