The sun's temperature on Wednesday morning was 19 degrees. It was so cold that I had to thaw my hair before brushing it. The cold brought to mind something Frank Gifford said in the early afternoon of Dec. 31, 1967, hours before kickoff at the Ice Bowl at Lambeau Field.
“I just took a nice sip of coffee,” Gifford said.
There's never been a better day to think about baseball, close your eyes, and dream of the day you don't want to pour boiling water over your head to stop shaking. And thanks to the wonders of modern technology, you can instantly get back to the baseball game, the baseball game of your choice, in seconds.
This is what it looked like when we were at American Family Field in Milwaukee on October 3, 2024, finishing at 8:30 PM local time and arriving back in New York at 9:30. The Mets lead the Brewers 2-0 in the top of the 9th inning, but are facing two players, Devin Williams, then the Brew Crew's lockdown closer and now of the Yankees. Pete Alonso is hitting for the Mets. One is out. He completed a 3-and-1 count against Williams.
