IdahoBert

Olson got out of that 5th inning without allowing too much damage.

Tork bomb

Carp bomb #3

That first round pick for the Reds Chase Burns carved up the top of our order at the Whitecaps game throwing 102 mph the announcers said.

That is scary.

Will Vest replaces Kenta Maeda.

I didn’t pay good money and sit out in the cold to watch this game be thrown away! Oh wait I’m sitting in the comfort of my own home. Never mind.

I was hoping that was the case. I really like the kid and I hope he can succeed, if not here then somewhere else.

Holiday in Cambodia from the Dead Kennedy’s for me.

Malloy — at least according to the box score because I’m not watching this game or paying close attention in general — appears to be playing like a AAAA player again. Of course he might be taking called third strikes that are really balls and the ump is an idiot.

Well, now they’re at six runs I’m not allowed to post anymore. See you all.

They should put cardboard cut outs in there like they did for televised games during Covid, or maybe they could get a series of those crash test dummies, a gaggle of Busters, like MythBusters used to have.

I’ve heard them before, but usually they don’t seem to go on quite as long as this one did, but I might be impatient and just wanted to hear about baseball.

Carp gone but foul?

Was listening to the “pregame” in the car and it was mostly a chat with a Blue Cross guy whose message was “hey we’re the good guys don’t shoot us in the back.” I kept muting it in the car thinking when I came back it would be over and the darn thing must’ve lasted 10 minutes.

Freeman (ankle) lands on 10-day injured list

The Dodgers don’t even have to play the Padres until June.

I had a Sporting News stat book of all-time great players when I was a kid and I was amazed that Joe DiMaggio played 186 games one year in the PCL and another year 172. Of course the PCL had the milder West Coast climate in its favor.

A 154 game schedule is rational, but not from the standpoint of money which always rules. I remember following the Roger Maris 61 home run season as a nine-year-old and being sucked into the drama of it all, but then later reflecting on it a couple years later knowing full well that an extra eight games had to happen for him to break it and it seemed a little dicey. But once again, money and marketing rule.

So they’re not doing a day off after opening day anymore in case opening day is a rain out so they can get that game in? Or is this only something they do or used to do at least if your actual first game of the season was at home?

Flood warnings? April in the D?

My son who’s 51 years younger than me and more in the mix of the world than I am has begged me to watch Seth Rogen‘s new Apple TV series The Studio and I’m glad I did. My initial resistance is how I tire at Hollywood’s autofellatioism which assumes that they themselves are the naval of the universe and something we all must care about and be fascinated by. But I have to say that aside from being almost Larry David cringe in the second episode, it’s pretty great, fast moving, and hilarious.

Well, that’s a disappointing way to end the game.

Bases loaded for Baez.