IGT, 2024-04-14 (actually 15) PIT@NYM, Chasing the Break-Even Point

[kcmets]

Jackie Robinson Day seems to have snuck up on me.

So did 4/15

[Edgy MD]

Well stated.

[Edgy MD]

Jane Son needs to hold up her QR code to the camera better.

[Cowtipper]

Houser doing just as well as we could expect so far!

[Cowtipper]

I don't like "violations" in baseball. Violations are for foofy sports like soccer. Something about there being "violations" in this sport just doesn't sit right.

[ashie62]

I believe Gare quoted my WHA reference on Sterling and the Raiders

[Edgy MD]

The Mets can really honor Jackie Robinson with bunt hits followed by tearing up the basepaths.

[Edgy MD]

Butch Huskey in the house!!

[metirish]

I don't like "violations" in baseball. Violations are for foofy sports like soccer. Something about there being "violations" in this sport just doesn't sit right.

I've never heard the term violation used in soccer. Maybe US soccer ball it is, certainly not in the games I watch have I ever heard a commentator use it

[Fman99]

SNY getting it right on commemorations this year, so far. First the Al Downing interview (taped, I know, but still) and now Butch.

[Frayed Knot]

See ESPN, you CAN conduct an interview during a game while still showing the game itself!!
And these are important discussions as opposed to shrinking the game to 1/4 screen
or even flat-out ignoring it for frivolous and self-serving nonsense.

[Cowtipper]

I don't like "violations" in baseball. Violations are for foofy sports like soccer. Something about there being "violations" in this sport just doesn't sit right.

I've never heard the term violation used in soccer. Maybe US soccer ball it is, certainly not in the games I watch have I ever heard a commentator use it

No, just the general sentiment of there being "violations." Not necessarily the word being used. We're not dealing in traffic tickets, we're dealing with sports. Violations in sports seem a little too ... bureaucratic.

[Frayed Knot]

Major League ballplayers named for major league ballplayers:
O'Neil Cruz (Paul)
Jeter Downs (Derek)
Mickey Mantle (Cochrane)
Willie Mays Aiken (duh!)
Ryne Sandberg (Duren)
Robinson Cano (Jackie)

[Edgy MD]

Bob Aspromonte, Tommy Brown, Carl Erskine, Jim Gentile, Fred Kipp, Sandy Koufax — Jackie Robinson's remaining living Dodger teammates. (Erskine is 98!)

Presumably, he still has a Montreal Royal teammate or two out there. Maybe even a UCLA Bruin.

[MFS62]

This is his 11th year with the club. And during that time he has had hits against the Mets at an inopportune time.

Fuck.
Later

[Cowtipper]

Sigh...

[Fman99]

Yeah not trending so good thus far

[Edgy MD]

Major League ballplayers named for major league ballplayers:
O'Neil Cruz (Paul)
Jeter Downs (Derek)
Mickey Mantle (Cochrane)
Willie Mays Aiken (duh!)
Ryne Sandberg (Duren)
Robinson Cano (Jackie)

I think I read somewhere that Hall of Famer Ken Griffey was named after somebody too.

[Cowtipper]

And yet things can turn on a dime.

[Cowtipper]

Major League ballplayers named for major league ballplayers:
O'Neil Cruz (Paul)
Jeter Downs (Derek)
Mickey Mantle (Cochrane)
Willie Mays Aiken (duh!)
Ryne Sandberg (Duren)
Robinson Cano (Jackie)

I think I read somewhere that Hall of Famer Ken Griffey was named after somebody too.

Ken Boyer I think.

[Frayed Knot]

The pop-up parade with runners on continues.
And everyone has been a contributor.

[Edgy MD]

God bless Álvarez. He'll take pitches with runners on, but you can tell from his body language that he hates it.

[Edgy MD]

I tend to think every player named Nolan or Ryan is named after Nolan Ryan.

Especially if they're white. Doubly especially if they're white and from Texas.

[metirish]

Joe spiked it , that was different

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

D to the J