Drink Whiskey and Watch Juan Soto

<p>Continental treasure <a href="https://ftw.usatoday.com/2021/09/joey-votto-reds-fan-evan-roach-video-cancer-moment-mlb">Joey Votto</a>, Yu Darvish, and <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/melanie-newman-meets-young-fan">Melanie Newman</a> show us how to grow the game by focusing on the kids. It’s good to be a 10 year old baseball fan right now. Patti gifts Pottymouth a link to supercuts of the  <a href="https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2021/9/7/22660966/juan-soto-shuffle-walks">Soto Shuffle</a>, because it goes well with whiskey and she deserves it. <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/ryan-mountcastle-al-rookie-of-year-award-candidate">Ryan Mountcastle</a>, <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/blue-jays-vladimir-guerrero-jr-crushes-40th-home-run-marcus-semien-gets-closer-to-history-with-two-hr-game/">Marcus Semien</a>, and <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/wander-franco-exits-with-injury-after-extending-streak">Wander Franco</a> chase some history. <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-denies-telling-red-sox-to-stop-testing-for-covid-19-during-outbreak-wrong-and-inaccurate-214956719.html">Hunter Renfroe</a>’s sexy defense gets overshadowed by his assertions that MLB told the Red Sox to stop COVID testing, which the league denies, redundantly, and the team does not, particularly. MLB lags behind other professional sports leagues in vaccination rates, surprising really no one.</p><p><br></p><p>Our police blotter has a lot of <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32177143/atlanta-braves-marcell-ozuna-agrees-pretrial-diversion-program-lead-dismissal-domestic-violence-case">Ozuna</a> and just a little <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/09/10/trevor-bauer-leave-2021-season-playoffs/">Bauer</a>. Oracle Park workers are signing up for  picket duty in case conditions don’t improve at this Giants home stand. MLB’s Grit program  is seeking out the <a href="https://www.usabaseball.com/events/girls-baseball-development/about">best girl  baseball players</a> for participation in elite trainin