It has come to my attention that tomorrow is, officially, National Cheesecake Day.
(wry smile comes to speaker’s face)
Sometimes they just make this too easy for me.
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What’s worse?
Losing a game 8-7 after giving up three runs in the last two innings? (By the way, this game was started by a three-time Cy Young Award winner.)
Or losing a game 19-3? (A game started by the winning pitcher in this year’s All-Star Game.)
Yeah, neither one feels too good, does it?
Read yesterday’s MLB scores and see whether you can figure out which two games I’m referencing. (Hint: they are the two teams I follow most closely.)
Last night I watched the Indians-Blue Jays game on this new website called “YouTube.” I have one of them there TVs that connects to the Interweb, so I was able to watch this computer channel on my television. Pretty neat, huh?
This is way the world is moving in 2019. “TV” is sort of not a thing anymore, and I’m sure within a few years will be a totally anachronistic idea.
The game? A great one, actually, in which the home team (Toronto) tied the thing with a home run in the bottom of the ninth, then won it in the bottom of the tenth.
The only thing missing was Marlins Man in the front row.
Next time.
My hometown Washington Nationals dropped two of three to the Atlanta Braves this weekend. Still, it was fun to see games that actually mattered this far into July. Don’t look now, but if the playoffs started today, the Nats would be in; they’ve actually got the best record among non-division leaders in the N.L.
It would be funny if this were the year, right?
And hey… remember when the Phillies were supposed to run away with the thing?
Proof again that you never know.
Golf world was quick to turn on Tiger Woods, eh?
Just three months after his historic win at The Masters, when Woods again became darling of said golf world, he was “old” and “cold” in his opening round at yesterday’s British Open.
Folks, he’s still Tiger Woods.
Remember those old TV commercials where people said, “I’m Tiger Woods”?
Well, this guy really is.
And methinks he’ll be playing as such today.
They tell me today is National Emoji Day.
Well…
👍🏻
Well, off they goat.
I guess the town’s new caprine employees will do good enough work.
But there they go… stealing jobs from hardworking humans.
Starting Monday my local town government will be employing goats to clear the vegetation from one of our public greenspaces.
This is what you do when your community has zero percent unemployment.
Zero percent human unemployment.
I was worried I was becoming one of those people who finds MLB’s annual Home Run Derby more interesting than the actual game the following evening. No, the game was awesome too.
Two for two, baseball. Nice job.
Someday I’ll tell my son about the “old days” of baseball’s Home Run Derby, back when it… wasn’t as good, actually, unlike most things that have changed over my lifetime.
Yes, the Home Run Derby in its current form is definitely made for the Selfie Generation. But the last two years have produced the greatest Derbies I’ve ever seen.
The Home Run Derby is one of the few places MLB has not lost significant ground in recent decades as far as fans and eyeballs and money. (Rightly or wrongly the gap between those who watch the Derby and those who watch the actual ASG keeps closing.) And if you haven’t heard, tonight there are one million more reasons to watch.
Not bad prize money for one night of work.