Baseball

[GoCubsGo]

Best baserunning ever!!

[Vrede too]

I'm sure this pissed off parts of their fan bases.

Giants' Gabe Kapler Skipping National Anthem Indefinitely After Texas School Shooting

San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler will be skipping the national anthem before his club's games until further notice.

Kapler told reporters Friday that he will not participate in the national anthem "until I feel better about the direction of our country" following the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two adults.



...

"Every time I place my hand over my heart and remove my hat, I’m participating in a self congratulatory glorification of the ONLY country where these mass shootings take place. On Wednesday, I walked out onto the field, I listened to the announcement as we honored the victims in Uvalde. I bowed my head. I stood for the national anthem. Metallica riffed on City Connect guitars.

"My brain said drop to a knee; my body didn’t listen. I wanted to walk back inside; instead I froze. I felt like a coward. I didn't want to call attention to myself. I didn't want to take away from the victims or their families. There was a baseball game, a rock band, the lights, the pageantry. I knew that thousands of people were using this game to escape the horrors of the world for just a little bit. I knew that thousands more wouldn't understand the gesture and would take it as an offense to the military, to veterans, to themselves."

Kapler also criticized how police officers in Uvalde, Texas, responded to the scene and put pressure on politicians to enact stricter gun laws, writing, "We aren't free when politicians decide that the lobbyist and gun industries are more important than our children's freedom to go to school without needing bulletproof backpacks and active shooter drills."

... In addition, the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays used their social media accounts during their matchup on Thursday to raise awareness about gun violence and its impact in the United States. The Rays also made a $50,000 donation to Everytown for Gun Safety....

[Ulysses]

Oracle Park, where the Giants play, is said to be second best.

[O Really]

Also eligible for the "Can't make this up" category:
"Attending an Oakland Athletics game is looking more like punishment than entertainment at this point.

A photo went viral this week of a concession stand item apparently for sale at RingCentral Coliseum, the home of the A’s. An Oakland fan said that the stadium was selling a packet of hot cocoa mix and a cup of hot water for $4 … and you still have to mix it yourself."

https://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/o ... coa/597745

[GoCubsGo]

Also eligible for the "Can't make this up" category:
"Attending an Oakland Athletics game is looking more like punishment than entertainment at this point.

A photo went viral this week of a concession stand item apparently for sale at RingCentral Coliseum, the home of the A’s. An Oakland fan said that the stadium was selling a packet of hot cocoa mix and a cup of hot water for $4 … and you still have to mix it yourself."

https://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/o ... coa/597745

Ewww...all that and a cellar dweller to boot.

[GoCubsGo]

(Don't shoot the messenger!)

[Vrede too]

(Don't shoot the messenger!)

Bummer for SD, but what's up with LA's little dance?

[Ulysses]

Looks like LA got hit in the head with its own weight.

[Vrede too]

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/standings/

San Diego 27-14 .659, 1/2 game out of the NL West lead.
28-14 .667, still 1/2 game out of the NL West lead.
30-17 .638, 3 games out of the NL West lead thanks to a 4 game LAD win streak. Ut-oh.
San Francisco 22-18 .550, 5 games behind in the NL West.
22-19 .537, now 6 games behind in the NL West.
25-21 .543, 7.5 games behind in the NL West.

Loser Derby
Chi Cubs 16-24 .400 17-24 .415
Lost by 1 to the ChiSox in 12 . 19-27 .413
Baltimore 17-25 .405, AL East cellar. 18-25 .419
Stomped by the BoSox 12-2 . 20-29 .408.
Oakland 17-26 .395, AL West cellar. 17-27 .386
Beat GoCubsGo's ( ) Texas by 1, a 1-3 home stand. 20-30 .400

Not going well for any of our teams.

[GoCubsGo]

The sooner the automated strike zone arrives, the better.

https://www.si.com/mlb/2022/05/18/mlb-i ... m-triple-a

[Vrede too]

Even worse :



After the game he went home and yelled at kids to get off of his lawn.

[GoCubsGo]

Hmmmm,

Rats may not be the only problem.

Are there more gulls than fans?

[Vrede too]

Hmmmm,

Rats may not be the only problem.

Are there more gulls than fans?

Not far from Bodega Bay.



Ut-oh.

[Ulysses]

Hmmmm,

Rats may not be the only problem.

Are there more gulls than fans?

LOL, when I attended junior high school in SF, out in the Avenues, we generally had to fight off the seagulls when we ate our bag lunches in the yard. They were relentless.

[GoCubsGo]

Hmmmm,

Rats may not be the only problem.

Are there more gulls than fans?

Not far from Bodega Bay.



Ut-oh.

As the crow flies.....

[Vrede too]

As the crow flies.....

True. It's farther for a rat, feral cat or disgruntled A's fan.

[GoCubsGo]

True. It's farther for a rat, feral cat or disgruntled A's fan.

Never seen that!

[O Really]

Fun Baseball - Savannah Bananas

https://thesavannahbananas.com/

[GoCubsGo]

Fun Baseball - Savannah Bananas

https://thesavannahbananas.com/

Only missing one thing.

[Vrede too]

Never seen that!

That was way better than I thought it was going to be, thanks. It does have a horror score vibe.