07-21-2022, 02:52 PM
Got to go to the Futures/Celebrity Softball game last week and the AS game Tuesday. A few observations:
-Pete Crow-Armstrong got the biggest non-Dodgers ovation during lineup announcement of all the Future's players, which was cool. He is a local kid, but the big hand was sort of surprising, and there were not a lot of people in Cubs gear around the park that day. I'm sure he had a lot of friends and family in attendance, but it even still, it was cool hear him get some much love. He also smacked a double to left in his 2nd AB.
-Speaking of Dodger Stadium being loud, the booing for the Astros players was the loudest booing I've ever heard at an event. Conversely, the applause for Bad Bunny any time he was on the jumbo trons during the celebrity game was about as loud as I've ever heard Dodger Stadium. Oh, and the second most popular celebrity by volume was Guillermo from Jimmy Kimmel, which was awesome because he's an incredibly supportive (and hilarious) dad at our Little League and my son had no idea he was famous until that day.
-The Cardinal SS prospect who threw the ball to first at 100.5 MPH has gotten a lot of headlines. Two things... you could TOTALLY tell in person how hard he threw it, I commented right away I've never seen anyone throw across the field that hard. Weird how 5-10 MPH can make such a difference. Second, he made a throwing error on a routine play like an inning later. None of the articles I've seen seem to mention that.
-Pete Crow-Armstrong got the biggest non-Dodgers ovation during lineup announcement of all the Future's players, which was cool. He is a local kid, but the big hand was sort of surprising, and there were not a lot of people in Cubs gear around the park that day. I'm sure he had a lot of friends and family in attendance, but it even still, it was cool hear him get some much love. He also smacked a double to left in his 2nd AB.
-Speaking of Dodger Stadium being loud, the booing for the Astros players was the loudest booing I've ever heard at an event. Conversely, the applause for Bad Bunny any time he was on the jumbo trons during the celebrity game was about as loud as I've ever heard Dodger Stadium. Oh, and the second most popular celebrity by volume was Guillermo from Jimmy Kimmel, which was awesome because he's an incredibly supportive (and hilarious) dad at our Little League and my son had no idea he was famous until that day.
-The Cardinal SS prospect who threw the ball to first at 100.5 MPH has gotten a lot of headlines. Two things... you could TOTALLY tell in person how hard he threw it, I commented right away I've never seen anyone throw across the field that hard. Weird how 5-10 MPH can make such a difference. Second, he made a throwing error on a routine play like an inning later. None of the articles I've seen seem to mention that.