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Jackie Robinson & George Shuba, Opening Day April 18, 1946
© Mike Shuba, from the webpage The Undefeated from an article by William Weinbaum

What does it all mean? Tracing great events and legacies back to simple moments floating ephemerally in time, waiting for the moment to enrich our understanding of humanity. Through good and bad times.  For richer or poorer. Greatness and scorn.  We live in our moments and pass along to the next, hoping to hold onto the greater fo these and pass along the erst, yet some return to bring either destruction or construction.  In this case, let us say we as fans of baseball should always grab hold of moments like this no matter when they reveal themselves again; such as the light traversing the cosmos they bring revelations through time that may stir even greater events in our own time.

This article, written by William Weinbaum for ESPN’s The Undefeated, touches on such light, describing the powerful significance it has in store. Thank you, Mr. Shuba and Mr. Robinson, for this touching and informative moment, and thank you to Mr. Mike Shuba and Mr. Weinbaum for your diligence in rediscovering and bringing this moment along with the memories and lessons it conveys back to tour time.

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1 rbj   ~  Apr 16, 2021 6:11 pm

Ah, an opener.

2 rbj   ~  Apr 16, 2021 6:15 pm

Not good

3 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 16, 2021 6:23 pm

Great stuff, Chyll. The top half of tonight's 1st....not so much. JFC!

4 rbj   ~  Apr 16, 2021 6:25 pm

Phew

5 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 16, 2021 7:00 pm

I am sick and Fucking tired of the rays already. Ugh!

6 rbj   ~  Apr 16, 2021 7:42 pm

Some offense would be nice.

7 rbj   ~  Apr 16, 2021 7:55 pm

At this rate, the pitchers could throw a shutout and the team would lose 0 to -1.

8 Evil Empire   ~  Apr 16, 2021 7:59 pm

It's time to change managers.

9 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 16, 2021 7:59 pm

The rays are just too good.

10 mhoward120   ~  Apr 16, 2021 8:01 pm

Instead of Cessa, just put a white flag on the mound.

11 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 16, 2021 8:06 pm

That error won't matter.

12 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 16, 2021 8:23 pm

This is one of the worst games have watched in years

13 mhoward120   ~  Apr 16, 2021 8:24 pm

I think this team just wants to be humiliated.

14 yankintexas   ~  Apr 16, 2021 8:28 pm

[9] Maybe we are just terrible? I mean, Cashman has a wealth of resources at his disposal and yet has to fill significant parts of the roster with "hope he pans out" types, knowing full well none of those guys ever works out.

Meanwhile the Dodgers still showing the world, if you are going to spend don't be cheap and the Rays, if you are going to be cheap hire guys who can actually coach/manage players for the better instead of just hiring inexperienced puppets for the analytics department to control. [rant over]

15 Bronx Boy in NC   ~  Apr 16, 2021 9:49 pm

MLB just switched to the Padres game and the pitcher is David Weathers’s son?!?

How old am I?

Is anyone in MLB not a former MVP or WS champ’s son?

Will someone find the carbon monoxide leak in the Yankees’ clubhouse already?

Head reeling on a Friday night.

16 rbj   ~  Apr 17, 2021 12:09 pm

How about a win today?

17 rbj   ~  Apr 17, 2021 12:40 pm

Grumble

18 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 17, 2021 12:52 pm

Yo, RBJ. Holding the first down. Rejoice! A hit with risp!

19 rbj   ~  Apr 17, 2021 12:53 pm

Thank you Le Machine.

20 rbj   ~  Apr 17, 2021 1:24 pm

Yuck.

21 rbj   ~  Apr 17, 2021 2:09 pm

And Gary’s out of the game

22 OldYanksFan   ~  Apr 17, 2021 2:18 pm

Monty certainly reminds me of Andy.

23 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 17, 2021 2:23 pm

No way is that a dp. Yikes.

24 Bronx Boy in NC   ~  Apr 17, 2021 2:38 pm

Fuck this. Mighty Joe Young is on TCM.

25 rbj   ~  Apr 17, 2021 2:39 pm

Yay, Odor. Need guys on base though.

26 rbj   ~  Apr 17, 2021 3:38 pm

Pathetic

27 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 17, 2021 3:58 pm

Your 2021 NY Yankees! Fucking Bollocks!

28 Evil Empire   ~  Apr 17, 2021 3:59 pm

[14][9] I agree that the roster construction suddenly appears poor. But this is the team we've got and the Yankees need a manager to motivate them. I haven't looked to see who's available to manage them -- and I need to do that -- but I'm ready to see Boone fired.

29 Chyll Will   ~  Apr 17, 2021 8:40 pm

[28] Bam Bam’s available, the Mets let him go because Rojas wanted to hire his own people. He should have been hired in the first place, but I guess his winning the World Baseball Classic championship as a manager and winning three MLB championships as a hitting coach put him at a serious disadvantage vs a guy who once hit a pennant-winning home run against ancient overblown rivals, likes to hoop off-season and is “good with kids.”

PS: that pick-up basketball game is the reason why the Yanks went and got one Alex Rodriguez, so take that any way you like...

30 Evil Empire   ~  Apr 18, 2021 11:08 am

[29] I feel very torn as a fan. I know Boone needs to go. I want to root for the Yanks today, but if they get swept by the Rays -- at home and with their ace on the hill-- and fall to 5-10 I'd have to think that should be enough to get Boone fired.

I'm an Alabama fan and we're all glad in retrospect that Coach Mike Shula wasn't able to get Tim Tebow. As John Sterling would say, sometimes you really do have to lose the battle to win the war.

I'd be okay with Bam Bam, Willie Randolph, or Buck Shower.

31 rbj   ~  Apr 18, 2021 12:10 pm

Au revoir, Jay Bruce.

Nice start, Cole.

32 rbj   ~  Apr 18, 2021 12:13 pm

Good God, the Townies new special uniforms are hideous.

33 mhoward120   ~  Apr 18, 2021 12:29 pm

Good catch, Aaron. But 31 pitches already?!?!

34 rbj   ~  Apr 18, 2021 12:29 pm

Nice catch, Judge.

35 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 18, 2021 12:32 pm

Stanton goes boom.

36 rbj   ~  Apr 18, 2021 12:33 pm

Nice homer, Stanton.

37 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 18, 2021 12:47 pm

More solid defense. Oi!

38 rbj   ~  Apr 18, 2021 12:53 pm

Well, aside from crappy hitting a a lot of crappy pitching, at least we have crappy defense.

39 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 18, 2021 12:55 pm

W.T.F?!?! CLINT!
Fucking Horseshit baseball everywhere.

40 rbj   ~  Apr 18, 2021 1:44 pm

Hey, a RISP hit!

41 rob_smith_51   ~  Apr 18, 2021 2:05 pm

If the Rays didn't own the Yankees, they would be really bad. Like where the Yankees are now.

42 mhoward120   ~  Apr 18, 2021 2:47 pm

On the other hand, the Knicks are playing well.

43 rbj   ~  Apr 18, 2021 2:56 pm

Ugh.

44 mhoward120   ~  Apr 18, 2021 3:00 pm

Forget about calls to the bullpen. I think it’s time that George placed a cemetery-to-cemetery call for Billy Martin.

45 rbj   ~  Apr 18, 2021 3:04 pm

That’s a waste of a weekend.

46 Evil Empire   ~  Apr 19, 2021 8:43 am

[44] The Yanks started 6-10 under Yogi in '85 and George called on Billy and they finished 91-54 from there and nearly won the east. Of course, the 2005 Yankees started 11-19 and went 84-48 from there and won the east without firing the manager. Of course, that Manager had the halo of 4 World Series titles in his hip pocket. Aaron Boone doesn't.

47 mhoward120   ~  Apr 20, 2021 5:11 pm

Feels like tonite is a must-win game even though it only closes out the first tenth of the season.

48 rbj   ~  Apr 20, 2021 6:01 pm

Need a win.

49 rbj   ~  Apr 20, 2021 6:15 pm

How about competitive ABs.

50 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 20, 2021 6:44 pm

Are Kay, Cone and O'Neil getting all nostalgic because the team has been so boring? I'm writing a report on pharmaceutical products and it's more interesting than this game..

51 rbj   ~  Apr 20, 2021 6:57 pm

Two walks, DP and K. Yup, that’s the Yankee way.

52 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 20, 2021 7:14 pm

Lucas Luetge..? Who?

53 rbj   ~  Apr 20, 2021 7:18 pm

Nice, Gio.

54 rbj   ~  Apr 20, 2021 7:48 pm

Not good.

55 rbj   ~  Apr 20, 2021 7:52 pm

Phew!

56 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 20, 2021 8:01 pm

The pitching is coming through, but the batter as not changes a bit.

I support the "pick the line-up" out of hat approach.

57 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 20, 2021 8:01 pm

[oops] "batting has not changed a bit."

58 rbj   ~  Apr 20, 2021 8:02 pm

I just don’t like the “three true outcome” approach to hitting. String together a bunch of hits that don’t leave the yard.

59 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 20, 2021 8:03 pm

[50] This Yankee team will keep you focused on work for sure.

60 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 20, 2021 8:05 pm

[58] We have 2 guys that do that....maybe Gleyber sometimes, too. Too many that can't or won't.

61 rbj   ~  Apr 20, 2021 8:12 pm

Jim Steinman has died. Wrote Bat out of Hell and Total Eclipse of the Heart, among many others.

62 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 20, 2021 8:13 pm

[61] Amazing talent. Didn't he write every song on that first Meatloaf album?

63 rbj   ~  Apr 20, 2021 8:14 pm

[62] I believe so. The BBC’s homepage story hints at that.

64 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 20, 2021 8:18 pm

I checked in just n time for the bases loaded no out scenario. And Clint at the bat! oh, boy.

65 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 20, 2021 8:18 pm

May I suggest that this has been best game of the year, win or lose?

66 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 20, 2021 8:21 pm

Nice. Now more.

67 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 20, 2021 8:23 pm

It's not what you want.

68 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 20, 2021 8:26 pm

Paul's right, they are being way too cautious on the base paths.

69 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 20, 2021 8:27 pm

Thanks, braves pitching.

70 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 20, 2021 8:27 pm

Finally, a smart AB.

71 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 20, 2021 8:34 pm

Nail biting time. (Used to be lights out time)

72 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 20, 2021 8:43 pm

Rejoice!

73 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 20, 2021 8:44 pm

Noice.

74 rbj   ~  Apr 20, 2021 8:45 pm

Nice win.

75 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2021 5:44 pm

Good start for Klubot

76 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2021 6:00 pm

It would be nice to see him get through the 6th inning.

77 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2021 6:23 pm

Frazier! Nice play.

78 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 21, 2021 6:28 pm

I am a big fan of the 6:30 starts. The offense can show up at any time.

79 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2021 6:38 pm

Almost through the glove.

Yeah, l like the 6:30 time too.

80 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2021 6:53 pm

So the offense is still AWOL.

81 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 21, 2021 6:56 pm

[80] Hey Boat! Are you at your new office?

82 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2021 6:58 pm

[81] Actually, I am home right now. I generally don't head in until around midday. Had a bike accident the other day and bruised my ribs, so I have to bus it.

83 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 21, 2021 7:00 pm

[82] Oh yikes, bruised ribs hurt like hell!Be careful on that mama-chari!

84 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 21, 2021 7:05 pm

Dreadful inning..
I didn't know Sandoval was still in the majors

85 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 21, 2021 7:07 pm

This is a rather important out to get here the bases juiced.

86 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2021 7:08 pm

Looks like they're gonna lose this game.

87 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 21, 2021 7:16 pm

Garbage. Complete garbage hitting.

88 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2021 7:25 pm

[83] I have a mountain bike, thank you very much. ;>)

89 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 21, 2021 7:33 pm

Jazz Grandad on the phone here saying 'release Stanton and get some good players, more like Urshela. He's a good player' :)

90 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2021 7:35 pm

This team is pathetic.

91 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2021 7:43 pm

A bunt. Can any Yankee bunt?

92 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 21, 2021 7:45 pm

Death by a thousand cuts.

93 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2021 7:47 pm

Grrrr.

94 yankintexas   ~  Apr 21, 2021 7:49 pm

Kluber and his 2.00 WHIP basically makes him an opener or whatever you call a 3/4 inning and a cloud of dust pitcher. On second thought that's basically everyone minus Cole and Montgomery. The bullpen is going to be burnt come July

95 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 21, 2021 7:52 pm

JFC, Gleyber! Just go to the dugout. That deserves a benching.

96 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 21, 2021 7:53 pm

yankintexas. You spelled Memorial Day wrong, ugh.

97 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2021 7:53 pm

Maybe we should file a missing offense report.

98 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 21, 2021 7:59 pm

Tired of Clint Frazier and his 'potential', get a damn hit this season maybe??

99 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2021 8:01 pm

Now that they are finally taking Ian Anderson out, I just got the earlier Jethro Tull references. Doh!

100 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2021 8:02 pm

[98] "A walk's as good as a hit."

But is it really?

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101 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2021 8:03 pm

Coney just did it again. At least the announcers on on.

102 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 21, 2021 8:04 pm

FFS!

103 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2021 8:05 pm

I was expecting a weak grounder to short, but yeah, pretty much the same thing.

104 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 21, 2021 8:06 pm

Really terrible start to the season..I'm going to focus more on the Padres until the Yankees start playing better.

105 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 21, 2021 8:12 pm

Wow, Kay just ripped into Gleyber for not hustling. O'Neil mentioning Buck Showalter..coincidence??

106 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 21, 2021 8:28 pm

I don't know what took Kay so long! JFC. This team sucks right now.

107 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 21, 2021 8:32 pm

Dreadful, but we shouldn't expect more when key ABs are going to Roughned Odor and Brooks Kriske (who??) are throwing bullpen innings..

108 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 21, 2021 8:35 pm

Oooohhhh. 6:00 o'clock start on the morrow. Hope that doesnt fuck up the offensive rhythm.

109 rbj   ~  Apr 21, 2021 8:40 pm

Well of course Gio has a back injury. It’s 2021

110 Bronx Boy in NC   ~  Apr 21, 2021 8:44 pm

Down 4 late against a new pitcher? Yes please do hack first pitch.

111 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 21, 2021 8:53 pm

Well there's that. Good job, Clint.

112 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 21, 2021 8:54 pm

Barf.

113 Evil Empire   ~  Apr 22, 2021 2:02 pm

6-11. Please fire Boone.

114 mhoward120   ~  Apr 22, 2021 4:28 pm

It’s really not a whole lotta fun to approach a Yankee game with resignation.

115 rbj   ~  Apr 22, 2021 5:09 pm

I like the 6 O’clock start.

116 rbj   ~  Apr 22, 2021 5:20 pm

Painful, Ford.

117 rbj   ~  Apr 22, 2021 5:24 pm

Don’t swing at ball four. Twice.

118 mhoward120   ~  Apr 22, 2021 5:34 pm

That didn’t take long. I feel like a masochist watching this.

119 mhoward120   ~  Apr 22, 2021 5:38 pm

This is shaping up to be an all-time Yankee Classic.

120 rbj   ~  Apr 22, 2021 5:40 pm

Ok, game over.

121 Evil Empire   ~  Apr 22, 2021 5:46 pm

I've been saying Boone needs to be fired for at least a week. In my view, certain managers win wherever they go because they motivate players and I don't see that with Boone. So, I have a couple of questions:

(a) I get that players play - not the manager - but that doesn't mean anyone can manager. But if you think Boone is right for this job, why?

(b) What does Boone have to do to get fired? 6-11 hasn't done it. Would 8-20 do it? How about 12-35? If not that, do we have to suffer through 64-98?

This looks like a terrible baseball team, but I know they're not and that's why I blame the manager.

122 Evil Empire   ~  Apr 22, 2021 5:46 pm

[121] (a) that doesn't mean anyone can manage, rather.

123 rbj   ~  Apr 22, 2021 6:11 pm

A RISP hit? Are the Yankees allowed to do that?

124 Bronx Boy in NC   ~  Apr 22, 2021 6:12 pm

Has Judge always done that mini-Sheffield rocking/timing thing at the plate? Just caught my eye.

[Moment later]

Not helping, in any case.

125 rbj   ~  Apr 22, 2021 6:16 pm

Tied up! Indians can provide bad defense too.

126 rbj   ~  Apr 22, 2021 6:25 pm

And they can be just as bad hitters.

127 rbj   ~  Apr 22, 2021 7:26 pm

Ok, German settled down. I’d go to the pen though.

128 rbj   ~  Apr 22, 2021 7:40 pm

Odor with another RISP hit.

129 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 22, 2021 7:48 pm

Atta boy, Clint! Right down the fucking chute. Strike 3 looking. sigh.

130 rbj   ~  Apr 22, 2021 7:50 pm

Clint, Clint, Clint.

131 rbj   ~  Apr 22, 2021 8:06 pm

Higgy!

132 rbj   ~  Apr 22, 2021 8:43 pm

Yay, a come from behind win

133 mhoward120   ~  Apr 22, 2021 8:51 pm

As I said, a Classic.

134 rbj   ~  Apr 23, 2021 6:19 pm

MLB.tv not working for me tonight. “Video failed to load.” My internet connection is fine.

135 rbj   ~  Apr 23, 2021 6:34 pm

Ah, now it’s working, for a Monty shit show.

136 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 23, 2021 6:59 pm

No doubter.

137 rbj   ~  Apr 23, 2021 7:02 pm

Ah, the going for bourbon ploy worked.

138 rbj   ~  Apr 23, 2021 7:12 pm

Stanton!

139 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 23, 2021 7:14 pm

Yowzers!

140 rbj   ~  Apr 23, 2021 7:55 pm

More Stanton go boom!

141 rbj   ~  Apr 23, 2021 8:10 pm

Yup, take Monty out there. Sorry you’re not in line for the win, but that was a bad first inning.

142 rbj   ~  Apr 23, 2021 9:22 pm

One.

143 rbj   ~  Apr 23, 2021 9:30 pm

Yankees win!

144 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2021 5:38 pm

Shaping up to be a pitchers duel.

145 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2021 6:31 pm

Hicks with the stick,

146 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 24, 2021 6:37 pm

Hodor!

147 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2021 7:19 pm

Cole for the 7th

148 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 24, 2021 7:49 pm

Hidy Ho! Looks like that this was a good one.

I've just seen a few innings, but does Kay have a bro crush on Cole or what? It's kind of embarrassing.

149 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2021 7:50 pm

Hmm, not good.

150 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 24, 2021 7:51 pm

Shit, maybe I shouldn't have turned this on. Get him outta there.

151 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2021 7:57 pm

Phew.

152 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2021 8:01 pm

Insurance, please.

153 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2021 8:15 pm

I guess not.

154 rbj   ~  Apr 24, 2021 8:16 pm

Woo hoo!

155 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 24, 2021 8:31 pm

That was real nice.

156 rbj   ~  Apr 25, 2021 12:25 pm

MLBN on. Annoying. Four guys talking through the game.

157 rbj   ~  Apr 25, 2021 1:16 pm

Gio!

158 rbj   ~  Apr 25, 2021 1:17 pm

Belly to belly!

159 rbj   ~  Apr 25, 2021 1:36 pm

Boo!

160 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 25, 2021 1:36 pm

I love a good shutdown inning! Oi!

161 rob_smith_51   ~  Apr 25, 2021 1:56 pm

At least they got rid of the small screen on MLB network.

162 rbj   ~  Apr 25, 2021 2:28 pm

I had to switch to the Yes feed. Plays havoc on the batter though.

163 rbj   ~  Apr 25, 2021 2:35 pm

It is a house money game.

164 rbj   ~  Apr 25, 2021 3:12 pm

Heluva catch!

165 rbj   ~  Apr 26, 2021 6:12 pm

Not a good start, Devi.

166 rbj   ~  Apr 26, 2021 6:39 pm

Nor that

167 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 26, 2021 6:50 pm

I'm writing a boring report this morning and have the Knicks - Suns on in the background, Yanks - O's doesn't seem very enticing..

168 rbj   ~  Apr 26, 2021 7:19 pm

Phew,

169 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 26, 2021 7:33 pm

Matt Harvey...??

170 rbj   ~  Apr 26, 2021 7:38 pm

Cy Harvey. Longest outing in two years. RISP hit!

171 rbj   ~  Apr 26, 2021 7:49 pm

Huh, white Chik-fil-A ad in the batter’s eye spot in the outfield. I thought that was verboten.

172 rbj   ~  Apr 26, 2021 7:52 pm

Sigh, balk.

173 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 26, 2021 7:53 pm

JFC! A Fucking Balk!?!? Are you Fucking kidding me!?

174 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 26, 2021 7:57 pm

Scoobie Foo, Don Knotts, Barbie Fife. Come for the Yankees, stay because of Cone. Lol....

175 rbj   ~  Apr 26, 2021 8:04 pm

I’m stuck with the O’s broadcast. Bland guys.

176 rbj   ~  Apr 26, 2021 8:11 pm

Blegh, getting beat by these O’s.

177 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 26, 2021 8:40 pm

Oh, Judge.
Oh, Ump.

178 rbj   ~  Apr 26, 2021 8:47 pm

Stupid loss.

179 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 26, 2021 9:05 pm

Judge fail. Replay fail. Why Fucking have it. Grrrrrrrrr and
Booooooo.

180 rbj   ~  Apr 27, 2021 6:11 pm

Hey, a sac fly

181 rbj   ~  Apr 27, 2021 6:28 pm

Goodbye Tauchman.

182 rbj   ~  Apr 27, 2021 6:46 pm

All rise

183 rbj   ~  Apr 27, 2021 7:01 pm

Higgy joins the party

184 rbj   ~  Apr 27, 2021 7:46 pm

Klubot for the sixth.

185 rbj   ~  Apr 27, 2021 7:52 pm

Get him out, now.

186 rbj   ~  Apr 27, 2021 7:54 pm

Phew, but that wasn’t easy.

187 rbj   ~  Apr 27, 2021 7:57 pm

Stanton! But can we have men on base for these homers?

188 rbj   ~  Apr 27, 2021 8:13 pm

Nice catch Judge. Motion for extra bases denied.

189 rbj   ~  Apr 27, 2021 8:14 pm

Wait, Klubot out for the seventh? He’s pitched one inning the past two years.

190 rbj   ~  Apr 28, 2021 6:23 pm

Ah, so that’s why Ford is in.

191 rbj   ~  Apr 28, 2021 6:36 pm

Nice glove, Higgy

192 rbj   ~  Apr 28, 2021 6:47 pm

Gio,!

193 BobbyB   ~  Apr 28, 2021 6:59 pm

Maybe bats are back?

194 Ara Just Fair   ~  Apr 28, 2021 7:02 pm

Bench fucking Frazier. Jesus fucking Christ!

195 rbj   ~  Apr 28, 2021 7:02 pm

I think the warmer weather helps.

196 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Apr 28, 2021 7:04 pm

The O is finally waking up, but what’s with all the terrible baserunning? That stat is crazy, 13 outs on the bases already..??

197 rbj   ~  Apr 28, 2021 7:25 pm

A second sac fly

198 rbj   ~  Apr 28, 2021 7:26 pm

Clint, Clint, Clint. First pitch?

199 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 28, 2021 7:30 pm

Germán is ON.

200 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 28, 2021 7:45 pm

of course, after I write that he loses the no-hitter

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201 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 28, 2021 7:51 pm

Jazz, did Acme give you a day away from the salt mines?

202 rbj   ~  Apr 28, 2021 8:15 pm

Finally, Clint!

203 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 28, 2021 8:24 pm

I hope that gets Frazier out of his funk

204 Boatzilla   ~  Apr 28, 2021 8:42 pm

Well played game. If we can get at least one more starter to dominate and pitch more than 5 innnings...well, thing could turn around.

205 rbj   ~  Apr 28, 2021 9:00 pm

Very nice. Strong starting pitching, good offense, no stupid nonsense.

206 rbj   ~  Apr 29, 2021 12:10 pm

Well had my first shot now laundry and day baseball.

207 BobbyB   ~  Apr 29, 2021 1:35 pm

More bad baserunning. That had to be on the 3rd base coach!

208 rbj   ~  Apr 29, 2021 1:36 pm

Runs please

209 rbj   ~  Apr 29, 2021 1:38 pm

Thank you Odor

210 rbj   ~  Apr 29, 2021 2:15 pm

Whelp, tending to laundry and walking the terrorists had the wrong effect.

211 rbj   ~  Apr 29, 2021 2:43 pm

crap

212 rbj   ~  Apr 29, 2021 3:11 pm

Gleyber!

213 rbj   ~  Apr 29, 2021 3:23 pm

Extra innings.

214 rbj   ~  Apr 29, 2021 3:35 pm

Boo.

215 BobbyB   ~  Apr 29, 2021 3:39 pm

Suck eggs! Bummer Torres double bounced out. DJ was already a step from third.

216 Evil Empire   ~  Apr 29, 2021 3:41 pm

Would it be too much to ask Tyler Wade to learn how to bunt?

217 Evil Empire   ~  Apr 29, 2021 3:46 pm

[216] Baltimore's players know how to bunt.

218 Evil Empire   ~  Apr 29, 2021 3:57 pm

[30][46][216][217] I realize I am writing in a vacuum about this and doubt I'll ever see a response, but perhaps when the aliens arrive someday and are sifting through the records of our existence, they might come across this and learn that at least one Banterer believed that Aaron Boone needed to be replaced in 2021 because he was a terrible manager.

Bunting has been out of fashion for a long time, but it's important in certain moments, not the least of which is MLB's contrived extra innings rule. Executing the bunt was the difference between winning and losing today.

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