I've been a Met fan since I attended my first game, June 1969, with my Dad, and I never knew his nickname was "Polar Bear" so don't don't worry too much. He's a rookie, has only spend half a season with the big club, so there's still time to learn about him. I didn't know he was taking part of the HRD until yesterday, and had no idea he had a legitimate chance of winning it.
Tonight we took Jake to obedience training class (we've taken a couple and have a couple more to go) and a woman came with her dog, a Yorkie mix, for her first class. The dog was named Stella, and I so wanted to holler "Stellllllaaaaaa!" when they came into the room.
Since I live in Charlotte these days - we went to see the Mets play the Braves in Atlanta in April - I got to watch the Braves broadcast. Turned on the game in the 8th inning. Bottom of the ninth, Braves have one out, Mets are up 10 - 0, and the Braves announcer says "Two outs away from a complete game shutout." Next pitch ends up in the stands past the right field wall, and the announcer says "Well, there goes the shutout." Next pitch Brave batter hits the second consecutive HR, and it was the end of even the complete game as deGrom gets replaced...
Our current Aussie (well, he's GF's dog, but I co-parent) is named Jake - he was a year old when we got him, and he came with the name. In GF's family, just about everyone has a middle name of Anthony or Ann - including me, so when the pup is being a stubborn, we call him "Jacob Anthony".
