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Ha!

This is really really delightful, especially given the not very good day. I’ve been having.

Double Dutch bus time

WIN And now time for the after the game handshake.

OMG

Zach McKinstry “Whoa whoa what you gonna do about me?”

Jace Jung singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jasson Domínguez. Colt Keith scores.

I remember seeing Gleyber Torres with our NWL short season Cubs A team the Boise Hawks when he was 17 and he already looked like a polished veteran. He was breathtaking to watch in the field. As I followed his career I was amazed at the power he exhibited that was seemingly absent at 17. That stuff about power being the last thing to come around I guess is true.

Dan said on the radio broadcast that they weren’t getting any of that data either so it may be something this venue can’t provide or some genuine glitch.

AtBat on my phone is not telling me what kind of pitch was thrown. Oh well.

As someone already said, Galarraga is more famous for how his perfect game was handled than if it had been called correctly. Honestly, the only perfect game I actually remember is Don Larson’s in the World Series — I think I was only four years old, so this is a manufactured memory — and that’s probably because he was a Yankee and everybody’s in awe of the pinstripes. Everybody and his mother knows Galarraga pitched perfect game. And what’s more he handled the disappointment quite honorably.

That was absolutely my first thought, that I didn’t want Riley in the outfield under inclement conditions on a subpar field.

Since this is being played in a college summer league ballpark I’m making the assumption that the drainage system may not what major league ballparks are able to offer and what MLB players are used to. I hope nobody on either team wrenches a knee or anything tonight. Of course, since so many of our guys are young their memories of lesser ballparks may be more vivid and their muscle memory for dealing with them more pronounced.

If anybody here has relatives in Williamsport, we might want to get a driveway weather report from them. It’s raining.

I thought you were a numbers guy, but you’re also capable of street poetry.

Indeed.

When I was a little kid in the early 60s, our Cub Scout troop went to Baer Field in Fort Wayne, Indiana where the then fastest rocket on earth, the X-15, was being showcased. And we begged the ordinary ground personnel to give us autographs and they were laughing about how silly it was, but they enjoyed doing it because we thought they were all future astronauts. It’s hard to relay now how the first astronauts truly were idolized. It was about heroism, national pride, and the idealized possible future that stood before us. It was pretty heavy stuff.

Me at the clinic an hour ago…. Well, I’m definitely not going anywhere today so I’ll be listening to this game on the radio. Tested positive. Relatively mild, only tired with a raw throat, but the whole family seems to have it. Pasta is the super spreader event. They’re giving me PAXLOVID™ so at least I won’t be communicative in 24 hours. GO TIGERS! It would be ideal if there were some inside the park home runs tonight. It would seem appropriate.

Unfortunately, I was living in Tucson, Arizona then. It would’ve been nice to relive the good old days

LIONS WIN

The Lions came back to defeat KC 24–23. This is a good day. Aside from the fact that my son tested positive for Covid and I’m stuck at home without symptoms avoiding him literally like the plague until he tests negative.

Completely agree. When he came back up this go round I thought he would be knocked around and he’s performed pretty well. He’s actually been a lifesaver.

Feel free to use it. I don’t get to see many Lions games on TV although in my heart of hearts I root for them. Because for me, “it’s all about the D…”