If Aaron Judge gets to 61 home runs will he have to follow the team around and somehow sit in the stands until he ties, then breaks the record?
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All Chess Team
He is on the all chess team:
- Brent Rooker
- Ray Knight
- Max Bishop
- Mel Queen (the younger)
- Dave Kingman
- Shawn Green (closest I could get to pawn)
- Ryan Mountcastle
Peter Gammons once told me that in their younger days Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez would play chess against each other.
Mr. Mike and Tina Turner
I am saddened to hear about the death of Tina Turner, one of the greats of my youth. My thoughts go out to her family and friends.
Her death does remind me of one of the funniest bits I remember from the early Saturday Night Live. Michael O’Donaghue, Garrett Morris, Paul Shaffer, and the Mikettes give us a rousing and hilarious rendition of Proud Mary.
Spit Take
How do the Orioles celebrate doubles? With sprinklers!
WBC Quote of the Day
A good friend sent the following text:
Ohtani is amazing. But frankly, I’m a little disappointed with Yu.
Funny Agent
Scott Boras is on a roll. There are others, but this is his best so far:
There’s more at Janes’s Twitter feed.
And Now, A Word from our Sponsor
Mr. Ed is very happy tonight:
Hold the Garlick
Kyle Garlick hit two home runs Friday night. With six home runs in sixty at bats this season, announcers are working on a home run call for the Twins slugger:
Another Crossover
This might be the baseball tweet of the year:
The Mets could do worse and have. Swift has a history of influencing the game with her music. As an added bonus she can sing the Star Spangled Banner before each game and Take Me Out to the Ballgame during the seventh inning stretch.
Update: The Mets situation is so bad that a successful woman from the Red Sox front office won’t even interview for the job.
It seems to me that someone should do an intervention here. There’s no competition for the job. It would put a woman on the biggest stage of the world. For over twenty years people have pushed for more women in managerial roles in baseball, and now someone is turning down even an interview? She needs a Nichelle Nichols moment with Dr. King.
Nothing to do with Baseball
This is the greatest tweet ever:
Hendricks Has a Sense of Humor
Kyle Hendricks always looks very serious to me on the mound. It’s nice to know he can be funny.
In the end, teams spend a lot of money on pitchers to pitch. I suspect owners would rather not see these players hurt doing something other than pitching.
Wishes for 2021
I really hope Joe McCarthy gets traded to the Reds.
Onion Fantasy
Even fantasy commissioners are facing a backlash:
Closely following the negotiations between the players union and owners to be ready for any possible scenario, fantasy baseball league commissioner James Gagne admitted Tuesday that he knows his handling of the coronavirus pandemic will forever define his legacy.
Sports.TheOnion.com
We need a good laugh.
Palindrome Day
Whether you write your dates as mdy, dmy or ymd (as I do for clear sorting), today’s date is the only palindrome date of the century. 02022020, or 20200202. Being that it is also Ground Hog day, the Super Bowl half time show should have featured Weird Al and Bill Murray.
Baseball Falls Again
I’m very upset about what is replacing baseball as the National Pastime. 🙂
Christmas List
John Paschal at the Hardball Times presents Santa with his baseball Christmas list. We are in total agreement on one item: Stop the Drumming at the Oakland Coliseum:
So as you can see, Santa, I’m a friend of the funk. Give me a 4/4 beat and a cold brew and I’ll tap my foot till bursitis sets in. What I don’t enjoy — what I have come to loathe with the intensity of that mean guy in Whiplash — is the incessant drumming at A’s games in Oakland. I mean, seriously, Santa. If I wanted to hear bad drumming at bothersome volumes, I’d go see Stomp.
I know what you’re thinking, Claus. You’re thinking I live nowhere near Oakland and am not one of the 900 people who regularly go to games there, so why should it bother me? Well, it bothers me because the team I root for plays nine or 10 games per season at whatever they’re calling that coliseum these days, and frankly, I’ve grown weary of hitting the mute button.
But know this, Santa: In efforts to gather proof of my claims, I did watch an entire Rangers-A’s game last season with the mute button off. It’s the first time I’ve ever done so, and also the last — unless you deliver.
THT.FanGraphs.com
I have to believe there is some way of using broadcast technology to mute this out. I suspect for fans at the game it’s less bothersome, because there isn’t a play-by-play competing for your ear’s attention. Why don’t visiting teams just not mic the crowd?
It could be worse, I suppose. They could have someone playing a bass solo the entire game.
Nationals Dance Craze
Ben Clemens analyzes the leverage aspects of Baby Shark.
Anniversary Special
As this is the 50th anniversary of the Beatles farewell album, the cast of the famous British period show released a cover of the record, Downton Abbey Road!
Star Wars Update
The Day by Day Database is up to date.
Here is a post about the commercialization of Star Wars day:
Over time, it became a broader celebration of all things related to the famed space operas. And that’s fine. If we were in the mood to be nostalgic, we might watch one from the original trilogy. If we wanted to live in the present, we might watch one of the recent ones. If we wanted an escape, we might watch one of the two offshoot ‘stories.’ And if we were drunk, we might watch one of the prequels.Meh.com
But all that’s changed. We’re not gathering around the TV to admire the up-scroll of backstory, or challenging each other to do our best Chewie impression (RIP Peter Mayhew!). Why? Because it’s all about the merch now. Everyone’s lined up trying to get the new Nike Skywalkers, or camping out in front of the various stores offering big Mark The Fourth (Off) sales. They’re driving all over town looking the limited edition ‘Sexy Lifeguard 8D8’ action figure or the tie-wearing, courtroom-ready ‘R4-P17, Esquire’ stuffed toy.
Keeping Paste, or Tooth Decayed
Daniel Murphy came off the Illjured list to interfere with the dental hygiene race at Coors Field:
It’s a good think Murphy did not take the mound, otherwise he’d drill the tooth with a pitch.
Happy Pi Day!
It’s 3/14, the day we celebrate the transcendental irrational number Pi (?). In honor of the constant, the Yankees should allow players to wear the mathematical symbol of their choice, since they can no longer issue single digits. I’d nominate Gary Sanchez to wear i.
Lick the Pole!
This needs more retweets.
They’re Poets and I Didn’t Know It
My old employer, STATS, Inc. opened an office dedicated to ribald poetry.
Drum Line
The Brewers are percussing their way to victory. I just hope they avoid the bass solo.
Tweet of the Day
The Rangers had some fun with Bartolo Colon:
Bartolo Colon, rookie year. pic.twitter.com/5v2HLS4WDW
— BIGPLAY CLE (@BIGPLAYcle) April 3, 2018
Safety Precautions
According to South Side Sox, the White Sox will take extra safety measures to protect fans when James Shields pitches:
The White Sox have promised to go above and beyond to improve fan safety and enjoyment. ”Fans coming to the park shouldn’t have to worry about getting hurt. We want to create an environment they can enjoy,” the team said in a prepared release.
That’s why the White Sox have vowed to extend the protective netting all the way around the field on days when James Shields pitches, using a material so dense that no light or sound may pass through it.
”We expect this to be a real boon to attendance,” the statement continues.
Shields has not exactly covered himself in glory pitching at US Cellular Field.
Where No Closer Has Gone Before
Doug Jones will be in the new Star Trek series! I’m guessing his job will be to fly the ship slower than any other Star Fleet officer.
Poor Glove is Dead
The Astros players held a funeral for Carlos Beltran’s glove:
Wearing black Astros T-shirts, the players gathered in center field at Minute Maid Park and knelt in a semicircle around catcher Brian McCann, who delivered a eulogy while dressed in a black robe. The glove was laid to rest in a white shoe box, which Josh Reddick placed on the grass in front of three fake gravestones that were planted by George Springer.
Beltran, who hasn’t played the field in two months, pulled out his iPhone to capture McCann’s words on video. The 40-year-old laughed with the rest of his teammates.
The Movie
So will Lou Gehrig play Garrett Cooper in the 2040 version of Pride of the Yankees?