Jane Tuesday

For me, Barry Bonds is the greatest living player now. What he did pre-PEDs is enough, even if you discount everything after. 🤷‍♀️

To be fair, I think they picked the teams a couple of years ago. And the Cardinals do have several Black top prospects that either aren't quite up yet or went back down to work on stuff. We also have a Black RP who's out for the season. I'm not as familiar with the Giants, but they have a Black SP (Jordan Hicks) that's pitching tomorrow, and a guy on the IL that they tried to bring back early but MLB wouldn't bend the rules for them. All that said, it definitely highlights the lack of Black American players, and why events like these are important. I'd love to see this become a yearly event with different teams cycling through.

No idea, and I feel like I've read every article leading up to this game. That was beautiful. And we won! Hopefully it becomes a yearly thing, and hopefully there are more than two Black players next time. 🤔

It's so sad that he won't be able to see the Rickwood Field game. They had already announced he wouldn't be attending in person, but he was looking forward to watching on television.

Am I supposed to be hoping that Cressida can somehow pull it off? Because I am. That's honestly the only story I care about at the moment. They've twisted Eloise's character so far this way and that to fit the plot, her motivations are completely nonsensical. She does continue to be a horrible friend, so yay consistency? Colin just isn't magnetic enough to be a lead. The actor is okay, but the characterization is just awful. In the books, he's supposed to be witty and observant. And I know, these aren't the books and that's fine, but he's just a dullard. There's been a flashing neon sign over Pen and Eloise all season that Something Is Going On, and he just tips his head, parts his lips in a vacant smile, and accepts whatever they tell him. I don't know if it's a function of trying to be a more female-driven show, but he's wallpaper. Pointed collars and contouring makeup are not personality traits. Hopefully now that he *finally* is asking some questions, the actor will get some decent dialog to work with. Why are the Mondriches still here? I was *way* more interested in them running the club than being nouveau ton. I guess the modiste is the only "normal" person now?

That teaser kind of made no sense. (Spoiler tagging, but only talking about the teaser.)

Buster Olney got hacked today...

A huge lie is a huge lie. Am I to believe Pen wouldn't lie to him about other stuff? Because I don't. In both cases, he'd be marrying somebody who was perfectly happy keeping him in the dark about literally the most important thing in their lives. And to be clear, I was totally on board with her outing Marina.

Pen wouldn't allow Colin to marry Marina without knowing the truth. But she's okay if he marries *her* without knowing the truth? Team Eloise on this one. It has nothing to do with feminism, and everything to do with protecting her brother from a lifetime of unhappiness.

The Dodgers have achieved the impossible. They've made me root for the Yankees.

I'm not even a Yankee fan, and I think of Jeter as "the Captain". (Probably because of an ad they run incessantly for MLB the Show when I stream games on MLB.) 😆

This isn't the first time MLB has pulled in records from a long-gone league. From thehill.com... Cobb probably would have had no issue with this. Much of what is believed about him - spread far and wide in the Burns documentary - is suspect at best.

The article linked here pretty much incapsulates my thoughts on the Lopez story. (Although I'd argue tossing his glove isn't that big a deal.) Hopefully another team gives him a shot. I'd have no issues with him being a Cardinal.

Can C.B. Bucknor go next?

I'm halfway through this (2nd) episode, and this is boring AF. Maybe I'm just distracted? But the first two seasons completely held my interest. I'm forcing myself to pay attention to this. Hopefully it picks up.

My TV isn't that fancy, so I guess I'm still SOL. 🤷‍♀️ Although apparently there aren't blackouts, so I can watch on MLB.tv (in theory).

Yep, he's less than an hour from downtown Tampa, a little more than an hour from downtown Orlando. I get that she'd have to start over building a client list, but I'm sure there's any number of quality salons within easy driving distance.

Dark day in St. Louis. Legendary manager Whitey Herzog has died at 92. So sad that it was so cold that he wasn't able to come onto the field one last time on Opening Day.

How can you not be romantic about baseball?

Jackson Holliday getting called up to the bigs. It seems like yesterday he was tagging along after his dad. Where does the time go? I guess the Orioles are now officially my AL team for the season.

I'm fine with them changing Eloise's story, but I'd also be totally fine with them doing her book story, but with different names. Would it really matter if she started writing to her dead cousin Melissa's husband, Felix? The one thing I definitely DON'T want is a continuation of the Theo "relationship". It's boring, clichéd, and WAY too unrealistic, even for this show. Then again, Show Eloise is boring, clichéd, and WAY too unrealistic, so they could skip her romance altogether, as far as I'm concerned.

The Foul Territory guys were at Mets camp today. I didn't watch too much of of because the Mets aren't my team, but you might find it interesting. Xavier Scruggs has recent long-form interviews with Pete Alonso and Harrison Bader (❤️) on his YouTube channel, too. The Bader one was great, which led me to watch the one with Pete, who I was pleasantly surprised by. I love the new crop of digital shows giving the players more of a voice.

The Royals apparently still have the larger NOB letters, so there's absolutely no reason every team can't have the same. That wouldn't fix the flimsy fabric, but at least I'd be able to tell who the heck is on the field. Spring training games without visible names are tough. lol My biggest issue is with the fabric. They just look so cheap. Wrinkly and kind of damp looking. I know they're trying to use more athletic-type fabric, but I just don't think that works with baseball uniforms, which are more structured than other uniforms. They look like pajamas to me. Like a little kid wanted to dress like his favorite ballplayer for Halloween, so his mom took a pair of white PJs and her cricut and whipped him up a uniform.