Poor Matt Shoemaker. He got off to an amazing start this year, and then while playing a rundown his ACL blew out and he’ll miss the season. He’s suffered one flukey injury after another.
I think the NL East will come down to who can beat the Nats and the Marlins the most between the Mets, Braves and Phillies.
Yes the Yankees have injury issues. But I see it as an opportunity. There are quite a few guys from AAA getting some serious MLB playing time and will be all the better for it. And so on down the line, AA players getting to face AAA pitchers and so on. Urshela can play defense 1000x better than Andujar. Frazier and Tauchman are looking more comfortable every day. All good things come to an end, Sanchez will be back this week passing balls and making bad throws.
Sanchez doesn’t have any passed balls this year. Hopefully we’ll be able to carry him and his .732 slugging percentage.
It will be tough.
With all the Kate Smith controversy, hopefully some ball clubs will use it as a convenient way to finally dump God Bless America for good! Babies born on 9-11 will be able to vote, it’s really time to drop the phony patriotism.
It’s not phony, just out of place.
I can do without ritual ballpark reminders that I’m in America* and that there are still a considerable number of religious people.
*I think it was Robert Klein who had a gag about being at a MLB game and temporarily forgetting what country he was in, then having a :smack: moment when someone began singing The Star-Spangled Banner.
Of course it’s phony and not an expression of patriotism. It’s 50,000 people forced into a meaningless ritual because they happen to like baseball. The only song that should be played during the seventh inning stretch is Take me out to the ballgame.
I agree. One thing I hate about the super-duper hyperpatriotic celebration of perpetual victimhood 7th inning stretches is that it alters the pace of the game. The visiting pitcher has been sitting in the dugout for the top of the 7th and now has to wait a couple more minutes before starting his warmup until the phony patriotic bullshit is over.
Honestly, they can drop the anthem(s) at the start of the game, too. I’m there to watch a goddamn baseball game.
I agree with that- why do we play the anthem for sporting events anyway? Why not plays, movies, concerts, etc? It’s a tradition that needs to die. But at least the opening anthem doesn’t kill the flow of a game in progress.
When George Steinbrenner first imposed the hideous sound of Kate Smith singing God Bless America on his paying customers, he had the ushers rope off the exits until it was over. Need the bathroom or just want something from the concessions? Tough shit, go be patriotic. This is one of those minor annoyances that make me irrationally angry.
Poor guy, you have to put up with *two *of them at every game.
And since I’m living in fantasy land, can we also end the endless military and first responder tributes? What’s next, teacher tributes?
They don’t wear uniforms. Fascism is big on uniforms.
I should point out anthems don’t slow the game down, since, of course, they are scheduled to happen before the game takes place. So please get rid of 7th-inning nonsense first. But we really don’t need them, I’d rather see a few more minutes of guys working out or funny contests or something, and it promotes the wrong kind of patriotism, IMHO.
We don’t stand for the anthem at rock concerts, movies, or Ribfest. We can do without it at the game.
The Cards are having a good series against Milwaukee. And look at that! First place!
I just saw this clip from last night (I think). Yadier Molina, not known for his speed around the basepaths, managed to steal third. He benefited from a poor throw, but still. He got third base and seemed to have surprised even himself doing it.
Cubs pitcher Pedro Strop had a busy day. His car was stolen and he had to leave the police station just in case he had to pitch today! He got the save.
the divisions are nuts this year 2 teams on top and everyone else in the sewer…
well he was lucky there was a 3 run homer …
Yanks just won their 6th straight while still missing half the team. This is a nice little run.
But of course as we got Sanchez back, someone had to replace him. Clint Frazier went on the IL with a small tear in the left ankle.