Monday, November 9, 2020

The Dodgers are champs of Covid, and other Monday links

Nine members of the Dodgers have Covid, likely the result of Justin Turner's third-grader decision to swap sweat in the clubhouse after the series. (Nobody ever said ballplayers are smart.) I still wonder how Turner turned up positive during the final game; weren't tests supposed to be done in advance? Warning: This includes lengthy rationalizations from MLB and Turner. Nobody skimps on the wordcount.

Draw a bath and calm thyself with a gloriously hopeful update on rock-ribbed Yankee super-teen Jasson Dominquez, now  17, who has yet to experience a professional curve ball. Nope. He didn't go to Staten Island last year and hit .150. He hung out at a training facility. Fun facts: He's now 210 pounds and drives a Honda Accord. His tireless workouts include overturning tractor tires and swinging a cement bat. Cross your fingers, everybody, and lean into the hope... 

To trade or not to trade Luke Voit? This spineless post embraces both sides and, as always with these thumb-suckers, everything boils down to what the Yankees could get in return... Which. We. Do. Not. Know. For the record, I believe the Yankees this winter should put everything on the table, and that includes anyone named Aaron.  Pitching wins championships, and we are a desert.  

The Staten Island ferrets? Why did the Death Star suddenly abandon its single-A team? According to this, the Yankee front office hated the team's name - the result of fan-voting - the Staten Island Pizza Rats. They're accused of letting their stadium turn to crap and - though I find this difficult to believe - the franchise supposedly hadn't bought new game jerseys in eight years. Eight years? Is that a thing?

There could be 300 million earths in our galaxy. Why why why did we end up on the one where the Yankees are owned by Hal Steinbrenner? 

11 comments:

ranger_lp said...

Well I can see why the Pizza Rats would be a good name...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPXUG8q4jKU

JM said...

Ah, the Pizza Rat. Simpler times.

And here's the football season summed up in one headline:

Another tough loss has Washington at 2-6,
but it’s too soon to give up on NFC East title hopes

What a pathetic division in the league of parity. Which, obviously, is not quite as paritous as it seems.

Anonymous said...

I have a now highly collectable limited edition Pizza Rats cap. Saw them a couple of years ago. Great ballpark. Fantastic view of the city. They will be missed.

That said, it was an all day excursion. I had to take planes, trains, and automobiles.

Doug K.

Alphonso said...

Sounds like our super 17 year old may become another Tim Tebow ) playing with tractor trailer tires, etc al ).

God forbid.

13bit said...

Hal is cheap, he doesn't care, and he hates the Yankees.
Brian is a moron who knows nothing about baseball, but he thinks he does.
What could possibly go wrong?

DickAllen said...

Well, JM, things could be worse: you be a NY Jets fan

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HoraceClarke66 said...

True, Doug K.: from many points in the city, it is literally easier to get to Philadelphia than to parts of Staten Island. I know, I've done it.

That said, the Staten Islanders—and all of us—are being robbed here. The city ought to offer the park to the Mets to put another team there, just to fuck with the Yanks.

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