Out of curiosity, what was the slur? I didn’t see it mentioned in the article and I can’t watch the video here at work. Maricon? Culero?
“Maricon.”
I figured. It really is a word that Latino men will often call each other in jest, so that in and of itself really isn’t that big of a deal. But putting it on your face is colossally stupid. It would be like a black player putting “You’re a nigger” on his eye black.
14th consecutive extra-innings victory. That has to be a record. I’ve said it before: Buck Showalter is a sorcerer. Their record in extra-innings and 1-run games in unbelievable. It could be a fluke, but I choose to believe that it is partly due to the manager make all the right moves.
Longest streak since the 1949 Indians (19).
And they’re bringing up Dylan Bundy tonight.
I’m guessing he’ll be coming out of the bullpen if he plays at all, but that’s exciting news even if he doesn’t get in the game tonight.
This is worse, though, because a black player who wrote “You’re a nigger” on himself could at least point out that he, himself, is a “nigger,” and so was using the word to describe his own ethnic group.
Escobar is not gay, and was using a slur that describes a group he is not part of. It better approximates a WHITE player wearing something saying “You’re a nigger.”
At the press conference, Escobar - I swear I’m not making this up - said he had no problems with gay people, that “the person who decorates my house is gay, the person who cuts my hair is gay.” All he had to do was throw is a gay clothier and a gay choregrapher and he’d have an infield of gay stereotype friends.
Another night in Seattle without much offense. The Orioles and the Mariners are headed to extras tied 1-1.
The O’s swept the M’s in a three game series, but they needed 38 innings to do it. That’s about the most I could I ask for; the O’s kept pace with the Yanks, but they had to work extra hard for it.
A trivia question, for anyone who is so inclined to do the research (or knows off-hand). After taking a rather depressing glance at the standings this morning in relationship to my beloved Indians, I found myself wondering the following:
What is the latest in a season a team has been in first place in their division while ultimately finishing in last place?
This doesn’t answer your question, but on a related topic: the most epic collapses in baseball history.
(So these would be teams that went from 1st place to 2nd place in spectacular fashion…not all the way to last place)
1933: King Kong is in the theaters; work begins on the Golden Gate Bridge, Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany; and it was the last time Washington baseball was in the playoffs (until tonight).
Yay, Nats. Nice work.
Come on, Blue Jays, i know you’ve had a shitty season with all those injuries, but couldn’t you have managed at least one win against the Yankees? The Orioles could use a little help here.
Nats and Reds both clinch postseason berths with wins last night.
Go Reds!
See you in the NLCS!
Ummm…there’s some fellas out here on the Left Coast that might have something to say about that…but they would like to thank the Nationals for continuing the beat-down on the boys from LA.
Yes, we’ll see where the NLCS is played. And yes, thank you Nats for beating on LA.
I’m rooting for a BWI world series: Orioles versus Nationals. 
Starting to get a little nervous about the Brewers… but at this point a 2.5 game lead with half of the Cards remaining games against the Cubs and Astros should be enough to make the playoffs.
And we all know that anything can happen then.
That would be weird.