I was at an indoor beach volleyball venue where my daughter was playing, and in the men’s bathroom above the toilet I saw this:
Hilarious.
Category: Sports
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Damn Yankees
As a Yankee fan, game 5 was painful to watch. Jason Stark called it “very possibly the craziest World Series clincher ever“. I think he’s right.
How many other teams have ever had a game in which they …
• Blew a five-run lead (or larger)
• Coughed up at least five unearned runs
• Stuffed three errors into the ol’ box score
• And included both a balk and catcher’s interference in those festivities?
Of course, the answer is that this has happened exactly once. Last night.
Eventually I’ll look back and remember what a fun season it was. But that game will sting for a while.
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A Judgian Blast
On May 2nd, Aaron Judge was batting .197. It was probably his worst start of the season slump, and the media was full of “is he washed up?” articles. Later in the season, the press was harping on his personal record 16 game homerless streak. Judge said the same thing during both:
It’s just baseball, I’m feeling fine, and the results will be there.
Maybe the press should listen to him. He’s now hitting .325 and leading the league in OPS, HRs, RBIs, OBP and walks. And he’s hit a home run in each of the last five games.
If you aren’t a Yankee fan, the post title is a reference to our now retired radio announcer, John Sterling. He had corny catchphrases for everyone’s home run trot. I think it started with Bernie Williams (“Bern, baby, Bern”).
John Sterling came back for this final homestand to make a guest appearance announcing, so we got to enjoy this:
The best part was the reaction on Jazz Chisholm’s face…
People can hate the Yankees all they want, but Judge is a joy to watch.
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Messi!
Our nephew got tickets to see NYC FC v Inter-Miami and hopefully see Messi play, so I got tickets as well. We had good seats by one goal, and it happened to be the goal Messi warmed up at.
Management was also on the field, so we saw Beckham…
This free kick was almost a goal (Suarez to his right)
Messi played the full match, set up a goal in the second half, and then the home team made a tying goal in the final minute of stoppage time to send the locals home happy. About as entertaining a game as a 1-1 tie can be.
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Messi not Messy
Good article by M.G. Siegler (who you should follow)
Well, I didn’t see Apple’s long cultivated ‘Services’ narrative going in this direction. Earlier today, it was announced that Lionel Messi, the world’s greatest soccer player,¹ would be leaving Europe behind and joining Inter Miami.² This matters because the biggest name in fútbol (soccer), and arguably in all sports, is coming to America.³ But it also matters because he’s coming to play in the MLS. A league that has an exclusive television deal with Apple. And as such, Apple apparently helped lure Messi over with an extraordinary offer: a cut of revenue from new subscribers to their Season Pass service.
That’s right. Apple is using the world’s highest-profile athlete as lead gen.
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Nestor
Nestor Cortes has become my favorite Yankee. First of all, he’s one of those athletes who is obviously having fun, which is fun to watch. It is a game after all. Crazy windups, bubble gum showers and, oh yeah, he can pitch.
Fast, or slow?
And he plays smart:
And his bubble gum showers after a walk-off win are legendary…
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Slow…
But was is a strike? A funny way to end a great weekend of Yankees baseball…
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