MLB '07 (Go Dodgers!)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Gotta be happy with 2 out of 3 from the Padres.

Watched the whole game yesterday. It was the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers. There was a ceremony before the game that I missed, and the Dodgers all wore #42 for the game. Vin Scully told the story of a game in Cincinnati at which Robinson had received a death threat letter at the stadium. In the clubhouse, everyone was obviously in an uneasy mood because of it, unsure what to do, when the left fielder came up with a great solution. "Why don't we all wear #42, then whoever it is won't know which one's Jackie." That broke the ice (think about it for a second) and that's why the team yesterday all wore #42.

Meanwhile, during the game the ESPN broadcasters had a continual stream of people in the booth to interview. Jackie's widow Rachel Robinson, Hank Aaron, etc. In theory it was great, but it was nearly the whole game and after a while the interviews just became a drone of talking, hearing the same stories over and over, listening to Joe Morgan kiss everyone's ass and pretend that he's a personal good friend of everyone who came in. Ugh, it would have been much better if they kept it a little shorter and spread the talking out.