Chavez Ravine

Strider is a good porn name.

Maybe they save on transaction fees if they bundle? In any case, the Hanser Effect should steady things for a while.

Jonah Hill is smiling.

Mike Yastrzemski’s hammy didn’t survive the trip to Mexico City. He strained it on a diving attempt to save the game in the 8’th. He had slammed into the wall earlier trying prevent a Nelson Cruz triple (yes, Nelson has a .849 OPS in 62 at bats). Alex Cobb didn’t seem to mind the altitude, except that he might have tweaked something. No official word yet.

I like how his last straw was the cancellation of SoxFest….which apparently was due to “several factors” https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/fans/soxfest

As someone who has spent (often uncomfortable) time in the bleachers of Memorial, Camden Yards, and Dodger Stadiums, I can say that there can be sometimes a fine line between hilarious drunken ribaldry and a-hole behavior. But mostly it’s a-hole behavior.

Seems like a prudent investment if you are trying to build cred among the mothers (and sundry hanging on cousins) of 12 year old kids in the Dominican Republic.

It has been a movement since 2016: https://tht.fangraphs.com/mlbs-ponle-acento-campaign-is-a-step-in-the-right-direction/ But I am unsure if MLB teams routinely try to proactively get it correct, or if they depend on a starry eyed young kid to tell them the correct pronunciation. As far as I can tell, it can be either Canó or Cano. If it is Canó they should change the uniform...or vice versa.

Everyone seems to pronounce his name Canó, but on the jersey it is Cano. Are we all just slightly mispronouncing his name or does he like the added oomph?

I think the petulant behavior stemmed from the fact that they believed they had the Nats crammed down their throats in the first place, and MLB was just scheming ways to make the O’s miraculously merge into a single Nats market. They thought the RSDC was a puppet of the commissioner. So it has, and always will be, a chip on shoulder, existential grind.

Cano!!!!

Traded for cash.

I’m sure we will be yelling at the robo umps, or their handlers, or the matrix, in 2035.

A shape shifting Jesus! https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/shapeshifter-001361

No, it’s a more boring version of Remy. Joe Castiglione I think. Lots of whining about the umpire without the colorful phrasing.

As is often the case, the Red Sox Spanish language team is much better…perhaps because I can only understand like 30% of the words.

I think the Justin Turner facsimile pine tar shirt was among the top selling Dodgers gear.

I like to listen to other team’s radio play by play for the variety and the different perspective, but the Red Sox team are dreadful.

I agree. Cano has some nasty. The trick is can it stick for a while?

Meh. It wasn’t a sterling example of umpiring, but it mostly worked. Sort of like test firing a moon rocket.

Coulombe is electric!! (Sorry)

The White Sox are perennially disheartening.

That had to be it…some mumbled universal magic phrase.

That’s the next frontier: the Space X Astros, the Ozempics (formerly known as the Dodgers)…

Fisher could save moving costs if he just renamed the Aviators the Athletics.