Game 244 - Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals

September 2 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO
ESPN

Wednesday was Rick Sutcliffe Night, which sounds like something that would happen at an American Legion, but no: broadcast booth of a Major League Baseball game.

Rick, you're up.

1. Sutcliffe: "I love the story of Evan Gattis. You know that some day it's gonna be a movie."

Who knows? You?

Gattis fought through depression & drug addiction and became a big league baseball player, which is great. I'm just not as convinced as "Sutty" (nickname patented by family friend Joe "The Machine" Benson) that the man's story will be made into a MOVIE.

2. Some more Sutcliffes:

"Without Bryce Harper, they're (Washington) the Philadelphia Phillies."
[silence]
"Right?"
[silence]

3. On the Nationals - "they can't afford to lose another game"

30 games left. Washington needs to go 30-0.

26-4? Not good enough. [insert one of three standard golf jokes] !


Other Sutcliffes:

"He's got that champion in him"
"And Max Scherzer will put the train back on the track"
"Heart of a champion"
"He left everything he had out there on that mound"

Games 185-186 - Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees

July 21-22 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx,NY
YES Network/ESPN

It has nothing to do with the Yankees-Orioles series, but ESPN commentator Rick Sutcliffe thinks he knows the reason why the Boston Redsox are struggling.

Rick, are you there?

"Two words: John Lackey."

Wow!


I wouldn't listen to Rick Sutcliffe if he told me to get out of the middle of the street because a car was approaching, let alone anything about baseball.