Partly because of my association with the Baseball Hall of Fame
and partly for any number of other reasons, people ask me my opinion of the Hall’s
recent non-election.
Appropriately, I will use the words of Brian McNamee, Roger
Clemens’ trainer and alleged drug source/injector:
“It is what it is.”
For any etymologists in the crowd, here’s an interesting
blog on the phrase itself: http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2008/02/it_is_what_it_is_but_what_is_it.html
