Here’s to Hoping Nobody Dies This Year
This is an image of Kevin Pillar’s blood being raked into the home plate batter’s box area.
Author: Alt Sports
The Fragrance of Alex Rodriguez’ Style of Commentary
A-rod’s broadcasting somehow reeks like exotic cologne.
It is so bad, but he somehow has incredible staying power.
How can you make a game be about you when you are announcing it?
Life comes out of the world, not into the world.
Working, Bleeding, Back to Working
Once upon a time a second baseman got smoked in the face by a rightfielder, both attempting to make the ball go into their glove.
There was blood.
He got back to work.
Another day at the office.
Another near-death experience.
2021 Collision Management
hypothesis: shifts are increasing collisions
rules:
- it is the job of the centerfielder to call off the the other outfielders
- it is the job of ANY outfielder to call off the infielder
- it is the job of the shortstop to call off any of the other infielders / basemen
- if there is discrepancy, the infielder (with experience) can also call off the other infielders, but that is a team / player / situation / decision decided beforehand, or generally recognized vantage point situation
Bonus observation:
KMOX radio out of St. Louis is hilarious
Danger – Mets Outfield Edition
Pujols’ Redemption
Pujols is cast out of heaven and is slowly descending from such a high place
as he goes down the cloud layers, he passes his fans, the players that came before him, and lands in the center of a circle of his new teammates
only the sports writers cant see him
the writers are robots measuring the decline
The Further Adventures of Albert Pujols
people are talking like he is dead.
really.
who knows what a 10-time All-Star and 3-time MVP is thinking about in his last year during a pandemic, when he has been the topic of conversation about decline for TEN YEARS (that’s one hell of a decline!)
maybe he is addicted to baseball?
maybe it’s the only thing his body can do?
can five homers and single in St. Louis revive his public soul?
for 10 years we have been hearing about this decline.
maybe he is the keystone lynchpin that connects baseball past to baseball future and he will be frozen and kept in the vaults of Cooperstown while a government look-alike assumes his day-to-day life.
on deck
this is one of those lessons that is easier to be reminded of when you are at the ballpark and you can decide where to focus your attention –
when you have the limited view that the TV broadcasts provide, sometimes you need to do some hunting to catch these behind-the-scenes foundations
unlikely double play
it’s a single up-the-middle!
no it’s not
now there are two outs
April, 2021 – Meta Observations
The Padres and the Dodgers are still playing each other even days afterward.
The Dodgers look tired.
The Padres looked bruised up.
That series will have long-term repercussions.
That same weekend and the following day, MLB players opened up the hearts and souls of america the same way the New York Yankees did after September 11th.
Just a beautiful vibe.
The players are responding to the live human energy well.
This is a performance art, afterall.
Lots of good rivalries.
We sympathize for pitchers.