TWiB Notes: May 3–8

[Frayed Knot]

Acuna just took a HBP on the hand and was immediately yanked from the game game in a lot of pain.

That the previous pitch almost hit him too might make the rest of that game a bit interesting.

Currently 3-1 Phils

[Frayed Knot]

Braves tie up the game on Paoblo Sandoval's third PH 2-runz HR

[bmfc1]

I'd say that Washington fans can now have a smarter color announcer but it would be wasted on them:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/05/08/fp-santangelo-sexual-misconduct-allegation-nationals-broadcast/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/05/08/fp-santangelo-sexual-misconduct-allegation-nationals-broadcast/

[bmfc1]

Brad Hand coughs up the game for the 2d straight day as MFY beats MFN. Way to go Yankees!

[Frayed Knot]

I'd say that Washington fans can now have a smarter color announcer but it would be wasted on them: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/05/08/fp-santangelo-sexual-misconduct-allegation-nationals-broadcast/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/05/08/fp-santangelo-sexual-misconduct-allegation-nationals-broadcast/

I was wondering what the deal was with that. Nats keep going through color guys: first that idiot Dibble yapped his way out the job, and now this.

They somehow even managed to precede Dibble and FP with the bad, or at least unprepared, version of Ronnie.



I'll also add that I don't think Santagelo is baseball-dumb, I actually thought he made some good points often. His problem is the same as (pbp man) Carpenter's so I'm figuring

there has to be some direction of that booth from above: that they're too homer-ish and even that by itself wouldn't be so bad except it's a high-school-ish version of being homers.

You could justify it to a certain degree when the team was brand new in town as DC had been without baseball for 1/3 of a century so not only did they have to sell the new team in

town to the locals but they had to re-sell the sport to the area in a town where the football off-season meant that the Washington Post sports section cut back to only 85% Redskins

coverage. Relentlessly positive was maybe the needed formula. But it's been nearly two decades now and the game plan still seems to be telling you that what's falling on your

shoulders and soaking your hair is merely liquid sunshine for fear that you'll tune out if they say something even slightly negative. Their team, that market, and, yes, the guys in the

booth should be above all that.









I actually came over here to mention the Dodgers/Angels game late Saturday night. LAD took a 13-0 lead after 5 at which point the wholesale removal of players started (both sides

as Trout was out too). But then LAA put up a 4 spot in the 6th then added 7 more in the 7th. Oooops! Dodgers hung on to win 14-11 (they win the Damn thing!) but that had to be

nerve wracking. A more pedestrian 2-1 today last I checked.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Was watching the Rangers-Giants game. Texas's catcher is like, 7 feet tall, and Khris Davis just made the worst throw to the plate I've ever seen. It wasn't even funny bad, it was just bad.

[HahnSolo]

Baseball due for a no-hitter today?

[Edgy MD]

Hey, dudes, it's a new W.