food
my mom’s 60th birthday celebration was today, and the food theme my dad did was “foods of her life” (from the various places she’d lived)
One of the things he did was get actual New-York-pushcart hot dogs, and the mustard, AND the onion sauce—*AND* since we were just in New York, he thought to bring a jug so he could even boil them in actual New York City water
I’d forgotten how good New-York-pushcart hot dogs are
Vin Scully. An incalculable loss for us, a gift that I ever got to listen to his voice go out over the air. Generations listened to him. He was the voice of the new era of the sport.
From Jackie Robinson to Fernando Valenzuela to Clayton Kershaw, he told the story of the game with a warmth, candor, and narrative talent that would make any writer jealous...all extemporaneously, with a seeming effortlessness that belied his understanding of the deeper meaning of the game
@kate he really never made a call about himself. Masterclass. The way he lets the moment settle as Gibson rounds the bases, the way he lets the moment settle when Aaron rounded the bases, just perfect. He got it.
Vin Scully died
in case you (for some reason) had *any* doubts that he was the best ever to do it: https://youtu.be/AiUPlTRUY_Y
this trill is about Julio Jones and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
what did *you* think it meant? comment below
"ESPN2 will offer a Statcast powered by Google Cloud alternate viewing experience alongside the traditional derby telecast. Jason Benetti will provide analytics-driven commentary with Olympic Gold Medalist Jessica Mendoza and MLB Statcast analyst Mike Petriello. ESPN2 will also have its own Statcast edition of Baseball Tonight hosted by Benetti, Mendoza and Petriello starting at 7:30 p.m."
LET'S FUCKING GO
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