In the final installment of our score keeping trilogy, Blake grades Patti and Pottymouth’s homework (totally on a curve), and answers the hard questions -- many of which could be solved by larger squares in which to note plays. If you haven’t done your homework yet,
get your scorecard and score the
September 3, 2019 Nats vs Mets game. See if you have the same questions!
In the post-apocalyptic world, baseball is played in an
Arizona-based BioBubble, and
basketball in Vegas. What could possibly go wrong? Many, many things. Ask the
Nippon Professional Baseball League. Surprising no one, even in this fantasy world, the
Minor Leagues still get the shaft.
The President met with commissioners of 13 professional sports leagues and associations (dare you to name them all), and painted a rosy picture of sports getting back to normal, which few believe. Safe versions of baseball are happening on Twitch, where actual MLB players are facing off on
MLB The Show. The
Chinese Professional Baseball League is playing now, in empty stadiums. Based on careful analysis of their team animal names, Pottymouth is throwing in behind the Lions and Patti says, sure, I’ll root for the Monkeys.
The pandemic baseball bright spot is
NCiB’s favorite chef, Jose Andres, whose World Central Kitchen has partnered with Nationals Philanthropies to use the vast kitchens at Nats Park to produce thousands of meals for the needy, every day.