The Polar Bear, the Judge and the Mouth at the Meadowlands
Say it again:
Pete Alonso is the kind of home run kid in New York that
Aaron Judge was two years ago. And while we’re on the subject of Judge, maybe Carlos
Beltran was right, and No. 99 isn’t going to be completely healthy until next season.
Because right now, this season, he sometimes looks to be having a season as soft as soft ice cream.
Michael Tauchman came into the weekend with 37 fewer at-bats than Judge, ten more RBI, and eleven home runs to Judge’s 12.
I wasn’t aware until reading about Dave Gettleman at SI.com this week that the current Giants general manager had invented pro football.
I kept waiting for Gettleman to take credit for Tauchman and
D.J. LeMahieu and Gio Urshela and Cameron Maybin, too. Seriously?
When did any Giants general manager ever talk this much, or go this far out of his way to pick fights with the media?
Then there’s our guy Adam
Gase, and the story about him leaving the hospital after the birth of one of his children so he could go meet Peyton Manning at the Broncos’ practice facility.
“They didn’t even put my organs back and sew me up before he’s like, ‘you good?’”
Jennifer Gase told Dan Pompei of The Athletic.
Once she told her husband she was indeed fine, he said, “I’m out,” and went to meet No. 18.
This continues to be one of the most compelling regular seasons in the history of the New York Yankees.
And one of the most enjoyable for their fans.
Even if the Astros get them again in October.
Well, it only took five throws for Daniel Jones to start getting fitted for one of those yellow Hall of Fame jackets. Which is nice for the kid. Here is what Trump said about
Kaepernick on Friday: “Frankly, I’d love to see Kaepernick come in, if he’s good enough. But I don’t want to see him come in because somebody thinks it’s a good PR move.” Yeah.
That’s what it would be after this president acted as if Kaepernick were more of a threat to the republic than people in the caravans he constantly demonizes:
A PR move.
Got it.
Actually Kaepernick not having a job is because all the owners, including the ones Trump calls friends, are scared to death of the PR.
It is always worth pointing out that Tiger Woods, who withdrew from the Northern Trust Open on Friday, has had eight knee and back surgeries in a non-contact sport.
But as soon as he won the Masters, people suddenly decided that in the year during which he will turn 44, he was fit enough to go train with the Navy SEALs again.
I know how different the Mets’ season would look if
Edwin Diaz hadn’t taken a stick of dynamite to all those 9th innings.
But you don’t give up on a 25-year old with an arm that is still that live.
And a 25-year-old with a live arm under your control for next season.
You’d call Tucker Carlson a slob, except that it would be like moving him up in weight class.
And finally today: A happy 69th wedding anniversary to my parents.
Yeah.
That’s the correct number. As they read this, they’re probably getting ready to cook themselves up Sunday brunch. Still in their own home. Still together.
Never a love story better than theirs.