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The Dodgers Haven’t Lost a Game Since Will Smith Came Off the Injured List

My boy!

I can't find the footage of him getting hit by three foul balls during the second Giants game. They didn't show it at all in the highlights, so I was confused why he wasn't appearing for game after game. Dodgers went on a losing streak. Defence was atrocious in some games. Then ma boy comes back and we're back to winning. Yay! Yesterday's game looked like our streak was coming to an end; the new pitcher was showing his inexperience, but Muncy, whoa! His defence is meh this season, but he's made up for it with his homers!

Will Smith leads the Dodgers' batting average this season at .301. Go it, Will! That's ma boy!

In other news, a chat on CAI brought up this memory @ 20.57.

The Chipmunk is now a Mika Häkkinen fan.

We’re Doing So Badly in the World Baseball Classic

After losing 8-2 and 8-1 in our exhibition games, I was expecting an 8-0 loss to Team USA.

It was a 6-2 loss, which was actually not as bad as I thought. And also 6+2=8. Trayce Thompson, ma Dodger, got us off to a good start in the first inning with a solo home run, and our defence held up for a while.

hrh trayce thompson

Then it kinda went to pot, but we got this from D'Shawn Knowles.

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World Baseball Classic Has Started!

Watch highlights on the official World Baseball Classic channel.

I wish I could watch the full games, but at least we're getting highlights. Team GB is playing exhibition games today and tomorrow in the US, but I don't see the highlights anywhere 🙁 and it seems a certain 11x6 site isn't even showing them. Sucks.

Full 2023 schedule here. We're in the same pool as Team USA, we're done for. It's a shame there's barely any homegrown talent in Team GB. Most of our players are from the USA or the Bahamas. I don't mind too much if we get beaten by the yanks though; Will Smith, Mookie Betts and Trea Turner are playing for them, so I'll still be rooting for those players, if not the actual team. Anyway, if Team GB wins even one game, I'll be happy. We got one of ma Dodgers, Trayce Thompson, yay! ✨ And I'm hoping to see the London Mets live for at least one game this season.

I Visited the Mets’ Diamond!

Last month, I took the Chipmunk to Finsbury Park to play at the Mets' baseball diamond. It took us a while to find, but the great thing was there was literally no one there. The ungreat thing was I didn't have any equipment back then, there were no bases, and some selfish prat let their dog crap at first. But it was great fun practising slides on the sand.

slide king!

I have since learnt there is a reason why they use sand, and that you can't really achieve the same effect on grass. This was a fairly painful learning process.

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