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Cockcroft: Hot Stove Starts Up

By Tristan H. Cockcroft
ESPN.com

Thursday, November 1, 2007

You know, when it comes to cooking, I've never been one for preheating. Sure, every recipe suggests "preheat oven to 400 degrees" or the like, but I'm the impatient type. I'll turn on the oven, pop that food right in and tack on an extra minute or two on the timer, figuring it'll all even out in the end. After all, who likes waiting? Apparently, the baseball world agrees with me. Hours after -- OK, technically hours before, thanks to A-Rod -- the Boston Red Sox polished off their World Series ...

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