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A Harry Caray hologram sang the 7th inning stretch at the Field of Dreams Game and baseball fans were creeped out

Ah one, Ah two, Ah OH NO!

Few experiences epitomize how beautiful the sport of baseball can be than the Field of Dreams game. There’s supposed to be something magical about this makeshift game played in the Iowa corn. Unfortunately, it seems Major League Baseball wanted to ruin that with overindulgence in creepy technology.

Earlier this week, word leaked that the late Harry Caray — a long-time broadcaster most famous for his work with the Cubs — would appear at the game in hologram form. (Note: Caray was known for embellishing the seventh-inning stretch, especially in Chicago.) Given that Caray has been dead for decades, it sounded like a bad idea on Wednesday. It also sounded like a bad idea given the less colorful aspects of Caray’s history, like that he was often rumored to be drinking alcohol in the booth or his infamous racist comments on air about former Asian MLB pitcher Hideo Nomo.

It still sounded like a bad idea on Thursday, before the proceedings. So, as everyone thought, of course it didn’t go well:

Oh dear God, what is that on screen? Terrifying! Who in the MLB offices greenlit this idea? Is it because Caray was a “throwback”? Well, he wasn’t a throwback for the best reasons! This plan for the Fields of Dreams game was better left in the drafts.

Anyway, apropos of nothing, I’m definitely not sleeping tonight.

Another Tiger makes it to The Show

Congrats to this former Tiger on making it to the majors.

Another former Tiger has risen to the professional ranks this season. Catcher Chris Okey was called up to the majors on Friday following Cincinnati Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson being moved to the 10-day injured list following a fractured thumb in Thursday’s loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

With his contract officially being selected by the Reds, Okey would be the 8th player from Clemson to make an appearance in a major league game in 2022. Okey will serve as the secondary option at catcher for Cincinnati behind Aramis Garcia while Stephenson is away.

In his time at Clemson, Okey was a career .301 hitter with a .504 slugging percentage and a .392 on-base percentage. The two-time, first-team All-American had 41 doubles, four triples, 31 homers, 172 RBIs, 138 runs, 100 walks, and 10 steals over 186 games and three seasons.

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Keyshawn Johnson on Thom Brennaman’s homophobic slur: ‘You’re ashamed you got caught’

The ESPN Radio host weighed in.

The reaction to Cincinnati Reds play-by-play broadcaster Thom Brennaman and the homophobic slur caught on mics includes those calling for him never to call a game ever again to Reds players supporting the LGBTQ+ community on Twitter.

For Keyshawn Johnson, part of ESPN Radio’s new morning show with Jay Williams and Zubin Mehenti, as he said, the slur “hits close to home” for a few reasons including that his daughter is part of the LGBTQ+ community.

“I understand certain people have certain values and views about what it is,” he said on Thursday morning. “If you have those values and views, then keep them to your damn self. That’s how you feel, that’s how you feel. You know what you’re ashamed of? You’re ashamed you got caught, that’s what you’re ashamed of.”

“It’s the same conversation you have when people run out there and they use the N-word and then hide behind it, they say they really didn’t mean to,” he added. “And so, I’m tired, like seriously I’m so tired of just what we continuously have to deal with every single day.”

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