A Boy Named Seo

Dr. Google is not terribly optimistic for a speedy return:

The thread title made me lol

I love Lindor. He's not been right early on, physically or mentally it seems. But he's a great player, seemingly a really nice and good-hearted person, and I'm sure "My Girl" is a tribute to his wife or daughters or both. He's the girl daddiest #girldad ever and I'm happy he's on our team. He represents the New York Mets really well.

I guess I'm optimistic that the team will play better because there's simply too much talent for them to keep being this unbelievably shitty. Before tonight, they have a 139 games left. To get to 85 wins and sniff a wild card, they need to go 78-61 the rest of the way, a .561 winning percentage. That doesn't feel outrageous. Gonna be a wild summer!

Lindor using “Stand By Me” tonight seems like a very direct message. Heard, Francisco, heard.

Soto returning to the lineup is like 80s movie parents who come home early to find the kids trashed the house

This is obviously the "Pete Alonso Sucks" thread. He went 2-3 with a walk yesterday, including a go-ahead 2-run homer in the 7th.

I really hope Pete doesn't go the way of Chris Davis (I still love that big, hairy baby), but the one thing that jumped out to me amongst all his early bad numbers is his bat speed. He's consistently been elite (at least 75MPH and 90th percentile and above for several years running). So far this year he's at 73.1, a 2.3 MPH drop from last year that moves him from elite to above-average (66th percentile). He's still strong enough to have elite exit velocities when he hits it, but if he bat is really starting to slow down...

When they announce McNeil, everyone in Citi should slam their hat and yell FUCK at the top of their lungs. A finer tribute you'll never see.

That's La Catrina. She's a prominent symbol for Dia de los Muertos. The candles seem to represent an ofrenda, which is a little shrine for departed loved ones. We have one in our house.

I met someone from Wisconsin today and asked her if people there say "Wisco" and she answered with a resounding, enthusiastic yes. She loved the new Brewers shirts. That one's probably my favorite of this batch, but I do think stuff like Wisco and BMORE and PGH are dumb. I think it should be said that the Rangers pandering to Hispanic fans with "TEJAS" should fuck right off after they pulled a statue of a racist Texas Ranger out of storage and propped it up in their stadium. They're the absolute worst org.

I like the details on the Rangers sleeves and inside the "T" on the hat, but it really looks like a college top. The purple-blue gradient on the Royals shirt keeps grabbing the eyes. That's a solid entry, I think.

I begrudgingly like these a lot.

These bore me to death, but they're still better than the all-black look they just retired.

I hadn't heard that one either. I love the font on Wisco anwyay.