Mookie Betts and Jackie Robinson: As part of Jackie Robinson Day this year, MLB released a trailer for an upcoming short film about Jackie as a player and activist. Maybe an end of the season winning streak? Remember what Yogi said, “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.” And 12 of their last 15 games are against other losing teams. But in this oddball short season with expanded playoffs, they are still within 6.5 games of a wild-card slot. Their record as of this morning is 13-21, leaving them just 1.5 games above the worst record in the American League. The Royals have now played 34 games in this 60-game season. As Yogi would say, “We made too many wrong mistakes.”
They are something like 2 for 20 with the bases loaded. But many close games have been lost because of their failure to hit with men on base. The Royals and the Playoffs: The Royals have had their share of highlights and good performances. A tweeter quipped “There may be only 1,000 cardboard cutouts at Lucas Giolito’s no-hitter, but 20 years from now every cardboard cutout in Chicago will say he was there.” A similar crowd of cutouts in Chicago recently watched Lucas Giolito pitch a no-hitter for the White Sox. Sluggerr is shown working the crowd of cardboard cutouts. In the meantime, Royals fans are limited to an occasional glimpse of one super-fan at Kauffman Stadium. I’m sure MLB is closely monitoring soccer and football. A Yogi-ism that is not applicable to this: “Nobody goes there any more, it’s too crowded.” For their season opener in September, the Chiefs will have socially-distanced pods that add up to about 16,000 fans (22% of capacity). Last week, Sporting KC played soccer in front of about 2,300 fans (14% of the stadium). This has set the stage for an interesting contrast. I don’t mean to equate Charlie Finley to COVID-19, but attendance at MLB games this year has sagged…to zero. Charlie got his wish and moved the team to Oakland in 1968. This quote is from the 1960s, and Yogi was referring to the sagging attendance of the Kansas City A’s caused by Charlie Finley’s persistent efforts to relocate the A’s. “If people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody’s going to stop them.”
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