Your Saturday Baseball Post

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For this Saturday it’s the last day in May, and my wife and I are on the New Jersey shore for a wedding (congrats Brett and Kelly!) where the Yankees fandom pretty much dominates things.

(And since I am a baseball weirdo) I think it’s really cool to walk this beach and think about a Saturday much like today back in the 1960’s when Mickey Mantle was going to be in the lineup over at old Yankee Stadium which is just a short hour and change away from here. I think about stuff like that and what I would give to build a time machine to go back in time and be right here in this part of the country on a Saturday when Mickey Mantle was in the lineup; you can bet I would catch that train and go watch him take batting practice even if I was by myself. These are the odd things I daydream about.

As for those of us who choose to live in reality, we’ve got a full slate of games today with the present day Yankees playing at one and some kid debuts for the Cardinals today. It’s going to be a banner Saturday in baseball.

Another May of baseball is in the books after today, then the real meat of the season begins. Enjoy your Saturday everyone!

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