Doolittle is our Patron Saint, Tatis, Jr. is our Poster Boy
We talk with Clive Hsu, English language broadcaster for the CPBL, about how a high school guidance counselor gets the baseball gig, the importance of singing at the stretch, Pottymouth’s Lion’s BF, the Baltimore Orioles, and why everyone should be watching the CPBL. The As show us their good, their bad, and their ugly. Can the Cardinals come back from their outbreak? And what's in the river water in Ohio that makes their pitchers so good? Ep 147, 8/11/2020
Patti and the Pottymouth have a new best friend in Clive Hsu, English language broadcaster for the CPBL. We talk with Clive about how a high school guidance counselor gets the baseball gig, the importance of singing at the stretch, Pottymouth’s Lion’s BF, the Baltimore Orioles, and why everyone should be watching the CPBL. Did we mention the Os are at .500 and have a better record than the Red Sox and the Nationals?
The Oakland A’s show us their good (9 straight wins and excellent Matts), their bad (bench clearing brawl), and their ugly (Nazi salute by bench coach?). Still waiting on the consequences of that fight -- never insult someone’s mother, BTW -- and how those will match up with the whole Joe Kelly situation. We don’t deserve Sean Doolittle and we’re mighty ticked at the bad humans who drove him off of Twitter.
In pandemic news, can the Cardinals come back from their outbreak? How are we still playing this season? Marcus Stroman becomes our surprise opt-out of the week. The Cleveland players assure the world they will handle Zach Plesac breaking protocols “in-house,” while the team models appropriate response by dropping him in a car, keeping him away from the team, and starting quarantine. What’s up with the river water at both ends of Ohio? The Reds and Cleveland pitchers are killing it with Bauer, Bieber, Gray, and Plesac all over the leader boards.
Fernando Tatis, Jr. has become our poster boy for the ideal baseball boyfriend. At only 21 freaking years old, his numbers put him in contention for MVP, his pure joy in playing the game makes the world a better place, and he’s pretty good on the public health front. And good hair, too. In other boyfriend news, Joey Gallo is ripping it up, which we attribute to the superpower bestowed by hamate surgery. Pirates BF Gregory Polanco collides with teammate Phil Evans, resulting in season-ending injuries for Evans. Nick Solak homers off of Jo Adell’s glove, then the scoring changes to four-base error. But it lets us bring up Jose Canseco. Other notable NIcks, Castellanos and Markakis, are having a great time at the plate in addition to contributing to the 70s disco vibe of the unbuttoned jersey. In boyfriend-on-boyfriend mayhem, Christian Yelich scores an inside the park HR while Eloy Jimenez attempts to untangle himself from safety netting. Tim Locastro is fast and Joey Votto is salty and that’s how we like it.
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