The Mets held a press conference today to announce David Wright’s contract extension. It went about how you’d expect, until he put on a hat no one has ever seen before. Check it out, via Mets Bro:
I’m not a huge fan of the orange brim, but it’s fine for an alternate. And I like the new alternate jerseys a lot.
Via Emma Span:
I know it’s a costume and not a totem pole. Stop ruining everything, nitpicky guy on the Internet.
In addition to former Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert — who once employed my great-great grandfather Adolph Von Berg in a brewery a few blocks from my current home — a veterans’ committee elected pitcher/manager/umpire Hank O’Day and 19th century catcher Deacon White to the Hall of Fame today.
I mention all that here because Deacon White had a Hall of Fame mustache if I’ve ever seen one. It’s kind of amazing he wasn’t already in:
The back page of today’s New York Post:
It’s so good. The website is leading with “CAPTAIN MUNCH.”
Also, I think Jeter’s headline-grabbing weight gain might mostly be a bad picture and a shirt that’s too big, but whatever.
This is a good thing. Hooray for everything. High-fives all around:
Real-life friend and area rock god Josh sent along this GIF. It’s a man making a burrito in outer space:
In lieu of anything else to write about, I went to the AP wire to find a photo of Rickey Henderson to post. Problem is, there are way too many to choose just one. Here are some photos of Rickey Henderson doing stuff.
Here’s Rickey stealing a base in 1986:
Here’s Rickey Henderson celebrating breaking the Major League record for stolen bases in 1991:
Here’s Rickey calling timeout in 1999:
Here’s Rickey catching a ball in 2000:
Here’s Rickey scoring in 2000:
Here’s Rickey making a catch in 2002:
Here’s Rickey charming the crowd at a 2001 press conference:
Here’s Rickey hitting a home run in 2003:
Here’s Rickey sliding into home during a San Diego Surf Dawgs game in 2006:
Here’s Rickey wearing an awesome white suit at his Hall of Fame induction ceremony alongside Jim Rice in 2009:
Here’s Rickey posing with his own shoes at the Hall of Fame:
Here’s Rickey low-fiving Guy Fieri after homering in the All-Star Legends and Celebrity softball game in 2010. He also homered in the 2011 version of the event:
Here’s Rickey throwing out the first pitch before an A’s game in 2011, wearing… something:
A true dog of the people, the Chihuahua has tirelessly devoted his life to one thing – the pursuit of tacos. This kind of dedication has allowed him to heighten his natural skills of navigation, negotiation and general deviousness. Now he is putting his considerable talents to work fighting the ultimate evil in the universe. Because, he rationalizes, when the universe is free, the tacos are free. In the meantime, he’s confident he’ll get that Jedi mind trick to work eventually.
Catsmeat passed along this link to the promotional website the Yum! Foods restaurants used in a promotion coinciding with the release of Star Wars: Episode 1 back in 1999, via The Onion, via the ol’ Wayback Machine. It’s way too good to sit on until Tuesday. I mean:
Before all the trade hoopla went down last night, Drew Fairservice of Getting Blanked tweeted this GIF:
I don’t know when exactly this happened (though I know from Angel Pagan it was sometime this season) or how I missed it when it did, but I’ve made up for lost time by watching it roughly a million times. It’s like a GIF crafted by James Joyce in that you can experience it over and over again and still unpack new details. But unlike something crafted by James Joyce, it’s actually enjoyable.
Here are some observations on this GIF, listed in the order in which they were made:
– Retired NBA legend Dan Majerle makes a great grab on a ground-rule double at a Diamondbacks game in Phoenix.
– Dan Majerle made the catch with one hand and without moving any part of his body besides his right arm, holding a plate of food steady in his left hand throughout.
– Dan Majerle appears shocked, then impressed with himself, then a little bit embarrassed to have been so impressed with himself for catching a baseball at a baseball game, considering the magnitude of his athletic accomplishments.
– When Giants center fielder Angel Pagan throws his hands up — standard practice on ground-rule doubles — it looks in this case as though he’s just deferring to Dan Majerle, like he would otherwise continue chasing the ball but saw Dan Majerle there and realizes Dan Majerle’s got it.
– Dan Majerle, standing under an advertisement for a gym, doesn’t look a day older or any less fit than he did when he retired from the NBA a decade ago.
– Dan Majerle’s catch protects what looks to be an impressive spread of food behind him.
– Three-time NBA All-Star and Phoenix-area hero Dan Majerle appears to watch baseball games all alone in center field, favoring a wide, steady stance because Dan Majerle fears nothing. Upon first look it seems like the guy in the white polo might be standing with Majerle until the ball comes their way, but with further inspection it’s clear that the dude is actually a few steps behind Majerle from the beginning of the sequence. Even after the catch, Majerle’s admiring onlookers remain several feet away while they cheer his accomplishment. Dan Majerle just appreciates some space while he eats and watches baseball.
– White-shirt guy thinks the catch and Dan Majerle himself are hilarious. White-shirt guy will be telling this story for the rest of his life. Nothing Dan Majerle could do at this point would ever surprise white-shirt guy.
– After the catch and his initial reaction, Dan Majerle notices himself on the television to his immediate right. Presumably he also sees the smaller Dan Majerle on the TV seeing a yet-smaller Dan Majerle on TV, and so on into infinity.
– Dan Majerle’s party favors Grey Poupon mustard, obviously.
Enjoy your days. I’ll be here watching this GIF.
The trend needs to stop already, but I support this one instance of making someone’s name into something that people photograph themselves doing. From Taco Bell’s Facebook page, of all places, via Randy Medina:
Tedquarters 