Connect Again: Colorado Rockies
The Rockies have a new City Connect uniform! Check it:
Apparently people don’t like this one, but I dig it. It’s definitely better than their “we just took the state license plate and put it on a shirt” City Connect from a few years ago. They’re very 80s.
I think this would go in the “S” tier with the Padres and the Rays.
Dodge ‘Em
Congratulations, Dodgers! Yes, you beat the Mets to get there, but you ultimately beat the Yankees and that’s what counts.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
FREDDIE
FUCKING
FREEMAN
He’s going to be my first pick in fantasy baseball again next year, FIGHT ME
LFGM
THE METS JUST BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF THE PHILLIES
I LOVE BASEBALL
METS DID IT AGAIN LET’S GOOOOOOOOOO
Look at this insanity. This is why Mets fans are nervous balls of anxiety, depression, and desperate hope.
NLDS TIME!
Third
I came in third place in fantasy baseball! That’s definitely an improvement over last year (seventh place out of eight) and ties my best placing two years ago.
Though it is kind of sad that I had freaking Shohei Ohtani giving one of the most ridiculous performances in the history of baseball and I could still only come in third, but my husband is an unstoppable, unmovable force when it comes to fantasy sports so there was no way I could have won, anyway.
MEEEEEETS!
OH MY GOD
So the Mets had a doubleheader against the Braves today to determine who was getting into the playoffs: the Mets, the Braves, or the Diamondbacks.
Because of course the Mets’ season was going to come down to a doubleheader with the freaking Braves.
The Mets needed to win one of the two games to advance and after being behind 3-0 in the top of the 8th in the first game, they did one of their miraculous late-inning comebacks and won!
This game was ridiculous, yo.
You could tell how much more relaxed Gary, Keith, and Ron were in the second game, haha.
LFGM!
What’s a sound that is carved into your memory forever?
Because mine’s this:
My mom watched a LOT of Braves games when I was a kid and the chop chant just brings me right back to when I was in first grade.
It’s pretty wild.
I’ll take it
I have no idea how that managed to work out, but I SOMEHOW made the playoffs (top 4 of 8) in fantasy baseball. That means I have a chance* of winning rather than having to play for one of the four bottom positions.
*I have no chance of winning because my freaking husband is also in the playoffs and he is unbeatable.
Sports Twitter
(No, I will never call it “X”; fight me, Musky Boy)
This is why Twitter is my go-to for all sports-related content.
Olympics: Paris 2024 Edition
Y’all, that was honestly the coolest opening ceremony I can remember watching. I love how they brought all the athletes in on the boats. I loved that they had Gojira playing and had all those pyrotechnics.
Hopefully Covid won’t rip through everyone there, but…who knows.
Sad!
Everyone up here (even Flames fans) were hoping the Oilers were going to do it after their awesome comeback against the Panthers, but they unfortunately weren’t able to do it in the 7th game.
It’s pretty sad that the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup was 1993. Yes, there are a lot more US teams, but come on.
Maybe next year.
Exciting Sporting Event is Exciting
So I don’t follow hockey or now much about hockey at all and I live in Flames Country, but…
GO OILERS!
YOU get a new jersey! And YOU get a new jersey! And YOU and YOU and YOU and…
Alright you NERD BASKETS, all of this year’s City Connect uniforms are out,* so let’s update the thingy.
I’m not going to repeat all my rankings from the previous post I did, but let’s just mention the new ones (which I’ve outlined in red in the above pic).
Tampa Bay Rays
I freaking love these, yo. There’s a skateboarding ray on them, what more can you want? The only reason these don’t beat out the Padres is because 1) those Padres colors are fire, and 2) the number on the back of the jersey is really hard to see from far away. If the outline were thicker and/or in lime green, they’d be perfect.
New York Mets
I think this is a really good jersey. I like the purple touches and all the little meanings behind the smaller details that you maybe can’t see from the picture. Also, I’m, y’know, a little biased.
Cleveland Guardians
Eh. They’re not bad. I like the font and that funky texturing.
Detroit Tigers
Why are they blue?
This looks like something a middle-aged dad would wear to go bowling. I guess it does kind of look like the wearer got run over, so…yeah. MOTOR CITY
Philadelphia Phillies
The two things I absolutely never think of when I think of the city of Philadelphia are 1) the color blue, and 2) a serial killer font. That 7 looks like a pipe wrench. I know they put the Liberty Bell on the hat, but come on. A gold/copper jersey with a big-ass black lightning-shaped crack going down the front of it would be so much more iconic.
St. Louis Cardinals
LOL “The Lou.” Apparently it’s a thing, and it’s like the only thing different about this City Connect Jersey compared to their usual ones. Do they have to put those damn birds on everything? Are they like glued to the bat? Put the birds on “The Lou” or, better yet, do what that Photoshop-wielding guy on Twitter did and put a giant toilet on the front and perch the birds on that.
(They’re still better than those god-awful Marlins jerseys, though.)
The end.
*Except for the Dodger’s second iteration, but I have a feeling it will be just as boring as the first one**
**IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ROLLED IN FUNFETTI CAKE. WHAT IN THE SHIT, DODGERS
FREAKING TAMPA BAY ARE YOU KIDDING ME
So I figured the San Diego Padres’ City Connect uniforms would never be dethroned as the best City Connect uniforms in baseball, but the Rays are giving them a run for their money.
The Tampa Bay Rays’ City Connects were revealed today and LOOK AT THESE THINGS.
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Those are SO COOL. I love the fonts, the colors, the freaking SKATEBOARDING RAY…all of it. The only way they could be better is if the green glows in the dark.
Edit: AAAAAAA IT DOES
DRAFT DAY DRAFT DAY DRAFT DAY!
Fantasy baseball draft day, I mean. I got to pick second, which was pretty nice because I got two picks almost right in a row each time.
Anywayz, here are my dudes:
Batters
- Francisco Alvarez
- Randy Arozarena
- Mark Canha
- Nick Castellanos
- Jake Cronenworth
- Freddie Freeman
- Andrés Giménez
- Gunnar Henderson
- Jonathan India
- Francisco Lindor
- Starling Marte
- Cas McCormick
- Jeff McNeil
- Cedric Mullens
- Shohei Ohtani (batting, not pitching)
- Joc Pederson
- Will Smith
- George Springer
- Jack Suwinski
- Justin Turner
Pitchers
- Yu Darvish
- Max Fried
- Kenley Jansen
- Michael King
- Adam Ottavino
- Kodai Senga
- Tarik Skubal
- Blake Snell
- Justin Steele
We’ll see how we do this year!
I want BASEBALL
That is all.
(Also, happy birthday, Sean!)
Yay Rangers!
I didn’t really know anything about the Rangers before the playoffs, haha, just because the Mets very rarely play them. But they were a fun team to watch (and of course they have Scherzer and deGrom now). Adolis Garcia is great, too; it’s too bad he got injured and wasn’t able to play in this last game.
Fantasy Baseball: The Results
So remember last year when I did so well with my fantasy team?
Yeah…not so much this year.
I didn’t come in last, though, so that’s good. I guess.
Fantasy Baseball:
Where the elite separate themselves accordingly, and the terrible are all approximately the same level of terrible.
Edit: now I’m winning, but that could easily change, haha.
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