Put Your Shoes On, There’s Glass Everywhere

Kim Ng, the new GM of the Miami Marlins, has blazed a trail of firsts in her 30-year career in baseball: youngest person and first woman to win an arbitration case, youngest assistant GM, first Asian-American GM, and more. Her overqualification for the job is par for the course of women working in sports, as Pottymouth says, backwards and in heels. Ng, along with the first woman play by play announcer and a burst of new women coaches, gave us a welcome bright spot in an otherwise crappy 2020. Patti wonders if she may be a Marlin’s fan now. In contrast, the White Sox continue to stand by their questionable hire of Tony LaRussa with full knowledge of his second DUI (insert rant here). There is much eye-rolling at Jeff Luhnow’s suit against the Astros, even though his accusations of Manfred and Crane cutting a deal are completely believable.

It is award season and we couldn’t be happier about MVPs Jose Abreu and Freddie Freeman. Don Mattingly and Kevin Cash take home Manager of the Year awards, providing a non-zero number of good things coming from Florida. We use the Rookie of the Year award to Kyle Lewis and Devin Williams as an opportunity for previewing future boyfriends. Ohio girl Patti couldn’t be more thrilled with the Shane Beiber / Trevor Bauer Ohio sweep of the Cy Young. Pottymouth feels a little meh about Bauer and like all of us, wishes Beiber’s dominance hadn’t given out against the Yankees in the playoffs. Patti’s Reds BF Eugenio Suarez is honored in Venezuela, and we sure wish our stupid boyfriend rules didn’t rule out pitchers because Doo and Cole Tucker won us over with the simple use of pronouns.

It’s opening day for Dominican Baseball, and the Cespedes Family BBQ has it all spelled out in a guide that you can buy for a $5 donation to support youth sports and women’s shelters in the DR. They did the work so we can gloss over the details and just tell you who we like (pssst... it’s the Liones). See Pottymouth’s guide to winter baseball.

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