[Note: this year’s “Know Your Enemy” will take a few different paths. We’re not always going to examine the pitching matchups unless notable. We’ll look at notable scoundrels, oddities, histories, and other aspects that make our enemies interesting.]
I’m going to start this article that judges other people with a story about myself. Something that makes me cringe and makes my guts churn a little to think about, with that hot flush of shame that comes with remembering yourself, and wondering if it is your true self.
The year was 2005, maybe 2006. Travis Hafner, of the then-Indians, was mashing against the White Sox, as it seemed he did every year.