MLB
On Monday, the Blue Jays and Red Sox have a doubleheader. The first game of that doubleheader is the resumption of a suspended game from 2 months ago. Since then, Danny Jansen has been traded between teams. From what I've heard on the Jays TV broadcast, it's been confirmed that Jansen will play for the Sox in the resumption of the suspended game that he started as a Blue Jays 2 months ago, thus making baseball history.
My Blue Birds are at Wrigley Field today. I learned that the Cubs have a tradition of a guest person leading the crowd in singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" in the middle of the 7th inning. Today it was Stephen Colbert! But even without such a big name, I thought that was a really cool and unique feature of Cubs games. (Edit: Cubs also have a song for walk-off wins, which is pretty sweet.) In Yankee Stadium, they do a roll call in the top of the 1st inning while the Yanks are on the field. The fans cheer each players name 4x, interspersed with clap-clap clap-clap-clap, greeting all 9 players on the field (any maybe the manager too? Did it start this year?). I think it's brilliant - from business, fan enjoyment, and perhaps even competitive and player enjoyment angles. Anything else?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17604055 > https://www.mlb.com/ > > https://www.mlb.com/news/2024-all-star-game-rosters
