There were the Southwest prelims for the 1977 Laff-a-Lympics where the Muppets matched up against the Scoobie Doobies in beach volleyball. Garfield world have been there but it was a Monday.

Would be interesting to hear what the officials' options were there. The broadcast was late to communicate the dead ball, and while the lead runner was barrelling home I thought the call was "sour grapes".

I personally can't wait for another one of Joe Davis's inning-long tales of Shohei Ohtani's scrappy climb through the amateur ranks. There's no way any of the other 17 people involved in the game are of any relevance to the audience. That soulful voice? Give me more.

I can't get enough Davis Schneider either. Before the post-game-1 segment, I suspected he had a weird funny side.

Yeah that's a hot jacket boss

Agree. I knew it was going to be a great game and it didn't disappoint.

If the city was invested in preventing accidents, they'd have sharp speed bumps. This would inconvenience the thee-not-me Seattle voter though, so we have expensive performative ineffective humps.

If you put bad drivers into two buckets, absentminded and aggressive, neither are deterred by these humps. Good drivers are more likely to slowly lumber over them, but bad drivers won't because they either don't register or disrespect them.

Some good drivers disrespect them too. I am in that camp.

Didn't forget how the Ms ate up Jays pitching in each of the games they won. Tomorrow is can't miss baseball.

Minus 2 plus 1. That stab to end the inning was hot stuff.

How does the early inning conversion factor apply to Mariners third basemen? 🤓

The narrative would play out better if he was the Fingerless Horseman

it is the 2nd inning

Those humps are kind of pointless tbh. It's certainly a nice gesture. The old guard Seattle voters enjoy performative public works. It makes them feel heard without inconvenience.

Philadelphia has also prepared a printable roster of its weekend of sports thrills for the office bulletin board. Your printer must have a dog-crap-and-your-blood cartridge though (they sell them at Staples).