Youthful Exuberance and School Nights

<p>We make our World Series calls official. Pottymouth asserts Astros in five, with all the feels for the old guys (<a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/dusty-baker-won-world-series-astros-manager/fm8dq2odaroyy1cuyir4ifgn">Dusty</a> and Justin), and the promise of the youngsters (Mauricio Dubón and <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/from-santo-domingo-to-maine-to-houston-jeremy-pena-seemed-destined-to-play-in-the-world-series-just-ask-his-friends-083946436.html">Jeremy Peña</a>). Patti leans into the joyful and the scrappy of what FoxSports calls the “<a href="https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/2022-world-series-phillies-youthful-exuberance-has-helped-fuel-success">Greatest College Baseball Team</a> of All Time,” Phillies in 6. Fun fact about our skill in boyfriend selection, all runs in Game 1 were driven in by NCiB BFs. Hey, don't go looking for conspiracy theories regarding Martín Maldonado using illegal bats gifted by <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/astros-maldonado-used-illegal-pujols-005529245.html">Albert Pujols</a>. Safety is job one. Tony Clark, head of the player’s union, uses the moment to note this is the first World Series since 1950 <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34897746/union-head-tony-clark-sad-see-no-us-born-black-players-world-series">without a single US-born Black player</a> on either team. MLB youth programs to grow the game are encouraging, with 9 US-born Black players drafted in the first round, including 4 of first 5 draftees, most since 1992, but the lack of current players for kids to relate to make it an uphill battle. The dearth of Black managers and front office leadership is firmly under the control of MLB management where they can absolutely choose  who to hire.</p><p><br>Boyfriends with bats are all over the <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/silver-slugger-2022-finalists">Silver Slugger</a> nominees, and the <a href="https://fieldingbible.com/the-winners.asp">Fielding Bible</a> “Defense is Sexy” Awards highlight future Guardian picks. Pottymo