Sal Is Concerned For His Friend

Hey, folks.

Sal's a little down in the dumps right now, seein' as his team just dropped a game. But what Sal's really worried abouts'got nothin' to do with him. He's thinkin' about somebody else today; somebody that's in a lot more trouble than him...

Popeye the Sailor Man.

Okay, okay, don't laugh at Sal, folks. I know it seems kinda crazy to worry about some old cartoon character when you're tryin' to make a run at the pennant, but Sal can't help it.

Here's the straight talk comin': Sal grew up lovin' Popeye. He used to get a big kick out of all the Sailor Man's crazy fightin' and singin' and talkin' funny. Sal loved the show so much that one year, for Halloween, he dressed up like J. Willington Wimpy and went around town askin' for hamburgers instead of candy.

It was funny.

But the thing that Sal always knew about Popeye was that if he didn't eat his spinach, he couldn't do his fightin' and he couldn't do his singin'. All he could do was his funny talkin' and, after a while, funny talkin's just not that funny, know what I mean?

So, when Sal heard about this spinach recall thing happenin', he got nervous for Popeye. Is Popeye gonna get Ear-cola virus, or whatever it is? Is he sick right now? And, even if he isn't sick, what's Popeye gonna do if he can't eat his spinach? Bluto's gonna own that town if Popeye's not able to punch his lights out usin' those overgrown spinach-filled forearms of his!

If anybody needs his spinach, it's Popeye. And we all suffer if he doesn't have it. Sure, Poopdeck Pappy's there but, seriously...do you guys think Poopdeck Pappy can do the job that Popeye does?

Nope...exactly.

Anyways, Sal's gotta get to eatin' somethin' (don't worry, it won't be spinach, that would be crazy!) and then get ready for another game. But, Sal just wanted to say that he's thinkin' of Popeye today and hopin' that whatever this spinach-mess is all about we fix it soon.