Home Run Derby

So this afternoon, it was a hot one at Wrigley Field as the Cubs beat the Giants 3-1. 

Temperature was in the mid-eighties, humidity in the 50-60% range - it probably felt closer to 90 degrees.   It’s enough to make a kid sitting in the front row at Wrigley really dehydrated. 

Better drink something kid …

… wait a minute … is that a beer? 

That’s not Water or Pepsi or Mountain Dew.

That looks like a beer cup to me.  And that looks like beer in that beer cup.  That kid’s in the wrong section … the bleachers are in the outfield, dude.

What do you think?

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If it’s not beer - what is it?
Is it a big deal if he is?

Update: Posted better video

Continuing Home Run Derby’s quest to find the most unique and creative personalized baseball Jerseys/shirts we can find … we’ll stay in Dodger Stadium for a second week with a slightly more disturbing Jersey of the Week.

Apparently … The Devil is a Dodgers fan.

Frankly, I’m a little surprised.  I totally had the Prince of Darkness pegged as a Yankee fan.  Maybe he’s a Joe Torre fan and followed him to LA.  Or maybe ol’ Satan got a little disenfranchised when the Tampa Bay Rays changed their name from “Devil Rays” and started winning baseball games.

I’m kinda even more surprised that MLB would allow “SATAN” as a name on a Customized Authentic (or Replica - I can’t tell) Jersey. 

But lo and behold, if you try to customize a Dodgers Jersey with “SATAN 66″ at MLB.com at MLB.com … it works.

Mind you, you can’t get “666” as a number through the MLB.com shop.  I guess you gotta know someone to be able to pull that off.  Or put it on.  Take your pick.

SATAN 66 Jersey Rating:

• Cleverness: 6
• Originality: 6
• Understandability: 6

The Jersey loses points because it’s missing the third 6.

This really shouldn’t shock anyone, seeing as how fundamentalist preachers have been telling us that Los Angeles is a pit of sin for years.  And Dodgers uber-fan Alyssa Milano once played a Vampire in a movie, didn’t she?

A quick look at the standings … deserves an update.

It’s the week before the All-Star Game, which means it’s the weekend before the First Half prizes in homerderby.com’s 2008 Home Run Derby contest First Half are won (or lost) … and the leaderboard is up for grabs.

Belichoke (284 HR) has moved into a semi-comfortable 6-HR lead over second place The Joba Rules (278 HR).  But look out - because here comes Suck It (276 HR), who’s tallied a Derby-leading 21 HR in four days this week, picking up 9 HR on Joba and making second place the hot race this weekend.  Suck It displaced Herby’s Heroes (274 HR) for third place.