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| in our home we call these Springer MegaDingers |
My duties to the exquisite art of 講道館柔道 (Kōdōkan Jūdō) prevented me from enjoying Vladdy's first-inning homerun or indeed any of "the things" that brought us to a 3-3 score after three in real time; but I was very much ensconced in the game by the time Tim Mayza bailed José Berríos out of a sticky spot in the top of the sixth, and George Springer launched a truly sprung and dung Springer Dinger to blow the game open in the bottom half of that selfsame inning. Every Blue Jays starter had a hit (this seems to be happening kind of a lot!), every Blue Jays pitcher did at least fine, and there you go, seven straight wins, nine of their last ten, hottest team in baseball by kind of a lot. Could this have been prevented, or at least attenuated, had the Cardinals sent their full squad, including their two best players, who have opted out because of their reasons? It is hard to say; and also, I suppose, who cares. A lovely ovation for the great Albert Pujols, I would like to note -- the Cardinals announcers said it was the nicest such ovation for Pujols anywhere they'd been this year. Maybe this is because we see the Cardinals so rarely? Whatever the reason, it was a very nice moment, as was the long and sustained ovation from everybody (players out of the dugout, event) for the return of Buck Martinez to the broadcast booth. Great vibes all around!
KS
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