MLB 2014 season thread

To me, the Mets, Jets, Islanders, and Nets naturally went together.

But, yeah, the Knicks were always had a lot of Jewish fans.

 

My sister's husband (grew up in BK, but has lots of family on LI) is a weird mix: Mets-Bills-Knicks-Rangers. He's only Bills, though, because as a kid he decided he wanted to root for a team that actually played in NY state.

 

This is so true. My family isn't Jewish, but my mom's side of the family all grew up in Long Island. They were all fans of those three teams. And dating back to my grandparents, there was a definite Brooklyn Dodgers-Mets correlation.

 

You can't have your cake and eat it too. The Cubs demonstrated this the other day when an eagle-eyed Reddit user spotted the celebratory Wrigley Field replica cake thrown in the dumpster, still completely untouched, after the game.

The casual dumping of the cake reminded many of a previous dumpster incident last fall. While reporters waited for news that Dale Sveum was fired as Cubs manager on Sept. 30, an ESPN Chicago reporter found giant condolence cards signed by fans after the death of Ron Santo in the dumpster outside of Wrigley. The pictures quickly went viral and the Cubs apologized for the accidental disposing of the items in plain view of reporters.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/10834799/wrigley-field-birthday-cake-ends-dumpster-celebration

Pure class.

 

I'm an avowed Cubs hater, but this is silly.

What are they supposed to do? Have the cake out in perpetuity like Miss Havisham's wedding cake?

Certainly, they could have given it to someone, maybe a nearby shelter or something, but I don't think any sleep should be lost.

Same thing with Santo's condolence cards. What exactly should they have done with them? Zombie Santo isn't coming back from Seattle Sutton's to read them.

 

Giving the cards to Santo's family was a no-brainer.

The cake is more just a humorous symbol, but yeah, SOMEBODY could have eaten some. Just walk it up to the concourse.

 

Boxing it up in a way that it's not in plain view to someone standing by the dumpster would be a good start ...

 

I dunno ... maybe the cake sucked?

At the end of the day, it's a fucking cake. Nothing to get one's panties in a twist about.

 

It's Cubs-bashing. Come on!

 

I don't think you want to just start randomly giving away cake that's been sitting out all day, especially when it wasn't intended for mass consumption. Feels like a health hazard.

The picture was taken by the guy who did the dumping. It's funny, and I love trashing the Cubs any chance they get, but it wouldn't be a big deal if the organization wasn't already flailing around in a sea of bad PR.

 

A catch is a catch again:

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/mlb-makes-1st-major-adjustment-of-replay-era-tweaks-transfer-rule-042514

 

Thank God. That was making my blood boil to an unhealthy degree.