Thursday night, Dr. Anthony Fauci might've just topped him....
That might've been a bad omen for the World Series champion Nationals, who lost, 4-1, to the Yankees in 6 innings due to rain.
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Players from both the Yankees & Nationals, as well as the Giants & Dodgers later in the evening, took a knee before the playing of the national anthem.
Of course, that won't sit well with President Trump, who ripped Giants manager Gabe "Welcome Back" Kapler earlier this week, as Trump refuses to back down from his claim that the kneeling disrespects the flag. As far as the sports leagues are concerned, no, it doesn't. It's been all about fighting racial injustice & inequity right from the go, but Trump subverted the message to appeal to the closet bigots that make up his voter base. Trump, who was booed out of Nationals Park during last year's World Series, will throw out the first pitch before tonight's Boston-Baltimore game. Personally, I can't wait to hear the reaction.
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The National Hockey League is expanding into Seattle, and the franchise there will go by the name, "Kraken".
What's a kraken, you ask? Well.....
Can you picture a kraken, a type of octopus, on skates? I can't. I don't get the logic of the choice, either.
Well, it's not like Dr. Fauci, who's even older than Mr. Trump, is being sought after for his slow curve …
ReplyDeleteI've heard tell that Mr. Trump is planning to do a similar ceremony at Yankee Stadium in the near future.
I've also heard that someone once handed Mr. Trump a baseball, and he spent the next several hours trying to open it. :-D
Fauci is, what, pushing 80, maybe?
ReplyDeleteTrump used to own a football team. I'd think he'd know what to do with a baseball. He'd have a harder time auditioning for To Tell The Truth......
Kneeling before the anthem (as opposed to during it) kind of hollows out the message a little, but it's the thought that counts I suppose. MLB clearly wants to eat their cake and have it too, trying to please both fans on sides of the argument; that's the only reason why I can see them showing players taking a knee and displaying a big Black Lives Matter pre-game presentation and then inviting America's #1 foaming-at-the-mouth bigot to throw the first pitch a few weeks later. That should make for an interesting spectacle.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of cake, Trump will probably just eat it all before during the pre-show.
I'm reading that President Pampers will be at Yankee Stadium next month. Actually, they should lock him up at Bellevue, and have Alec Baldwin take his place. The marks wouldn't know the difference.....
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