5/18 N1: The virus that is “baseball tools speak” entered new crevices when interim Orioles manager Tony Mansolino described his fallen boss this way: “It’s the most wins in baseball last couple of years, it’s a manager of the year.”
I’ve watched maybe fifty AAA games at the A’s present home, and I always felt the stadium played big. Setting aside that fifty games over two decades obviously isn’t much, I saw so few home runs over the years that I assumed it was the park suppressing power. I’ve seen three MLB games there this year—and I’m heading to this afternoon’s match with the Phillies in a couple hours—and wow does the ball fly. I saw the Martian’s three-homer game, and Pete Alonso looked like a man among boys, but the sound off Kyle Tucker’s bat and Seiya Suzuki’s were the loudest I’ve ever heard.
Long way of saying: I’m rooting for my team to end its losing streak, but I’m hoping to see Schwarber or Harper bomb the ball (if they play; I hope they play).
I’ve watched maybe fifty AAA games at the A’s present home, and I always felt the stadium played big. Setting aside that fifty games over two decades obviously isn’t much, I saw so few home runs over the years that I assumed it was the park suppressing power. I’ve seen three MLB games there this year—and I’m heading to this afternoon’s match with the Phillies in a couple hours—and wow does the ball fly. I saw the Martian’s three-homer game, and Pete Alonso looked like a man among boys, but the sound off Kyle Tucker’s bat and Seiya Suzuki’s were the loudest I’ve ever heard.
Long way of saying: I’m rooting for my team to end its losing streak, but I’m hoping to see Schwarber or Harper bomb the ball (if they play; I hope they play).