Monday Night Bites: Halloween Costumes and World Series Game Four

 Entertainment: Halloween Costumes


I wanted to continue my run of Halloween movies with Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin, a family tradition, but thanks to PG&E’s frustrating blackouts, I was unable to revisit the classic. Perhaps if time permits and the Rays put me in a good mood, I’ll do a Bonus Bite (by which I mean an additional column, not a Halloween/werewolf game show). 


Anyways, instead of a film this week, we’ll be going through some top Halloween costumes for 2020:


Dishonorable Mentions:


(If you wear these, you’re destined for a life of all your sports teams being owned by James Dolan)


Donald Trump

It was funny in 2016 seeing people masquerade as Trump due to his cartoonish nature. However, we didn’t take him seriously to win the election. Now that he’s spent four years as an awful president, that isn’t funny, it’s just depressing. America, don’t repeat the mistake you made on Halloween or Election Day: don’t wear Trump, don’t vote for Trump.



That’s it, that’s the list. Just don’t be Donald Trump for Halloween, is that too much to ask?


The Actual List


5. My previous costumes


My years of dressing up for Halloween are ending faster than the Jets season, i.e. they’re already over. However, I can still find an Adonis Creed to my Rocky Balboa (just leave out the part where I get cancer) and train him or her to be a Halloween god. To my apprentice, first, don’t make the mistake I did of getting a Power Rangers costume. Does it seem cool at the time? Will I regret it for the rest of my life? Yes on both counts. I imagine it’s equivalent to an adult getting a regrettable tattoo. Secondly, sports costumes are always fun, but don’t be the person who does it every year. Finally, pun costumes are awesome. Consider some of my favorites like Hawaiian Punch (Black eye, boxing gloves, beach attire), Ceiling Fan (supporter of the team known as Ceiling), and Cereal Killer (murderer of breakfast treats). 


4. An Atlanta Lead


This is a trendy costume, but be careful youngsters. Whether you’re accompanied on your trick-or-treating journey by Dan Quinn, Raheem Morris, or Brian Snitker, you will go missing by the end of the night


3. 2020 Costume


Somebody is going to figure out how to do this. There’s a very fine line to walk. You can’t make fun of a pandemic. A depressing “2020 sucks” costume won’t be fun either. However, the human race is a smart one. They can walk this line perfectly. I can’t wait to see which 2020 outfits do become popular! 


2. Randy Arozarena


There’s no punch line. This dude is just awesome at baseball, and that deserves recognition.


1.THE FLY 


Every Halloween of an election year, there’s a hit costume regarding the race. In 2016, it was America’s Sweetheart Ken Bone. In 2000, I’d hope people were clever enough to dress up as Al Gore’s lockbox. In 2020, we’ve made it through all our debates with one big nominee for the prestigious award: the fly on Mike Pence’s head. I’m not sure if people would dress up as the fly or Mike Pence, but either way, it would be a win. Hoping for the latter, because kindergarteners dressing up as a 61 year old would be hilarious


Sports: World Series Game Four


Some guy named Brett Phillips stepped to the plate. Most viewers just knew him as nothing more than a player wearing a jersey saying “Rays.” He was traded to Tampa Bay at the trade deadline in a deal the diehard fans probably missed. Nevertheless, with men on first and second base, his team down a run and down to their final out, the no name journeyman had his chance to walk off the game with an extra base hit. 


Dodger closer Kenley Jansen threw a 92 mph fastball on the very inside portion of the strike zone. If the pitch greeted the mitt of catcher Will Smith untouched, it’d be game over. 


This was not the case. Phillips got his hands inside the ball and ripped one into right center, bouncing a few shuffled from Dodger center fielder Chris Taylor. 


A shame for the Dodgers that the Rays would tie the game, but nothing too bad, right? Wrong. 


Taylor, replacing the usual center fielder Cody Bellinger (DHing due to injury), fumbled the ball. Now, it appeared to be over for the Dodgers. 


Randy Arozarena had plenty of time to make it to the plate and win the game. Unfortunately, he stumbled and fell on his way home, giving Taylor’s throw to first baseman Max Muncy a good chance of leading to an out. Hope was present in LA, as they had the Tampa Bay breakout star dead to rights. 


Then, yet another mistake occurred. Muncy threw to the very outside of Will Smith’s body, a bad play on a routine, short throw. Smith couldn’t corral it, and Arozarena got up and slid into home plate untouched to the celebration of his fellow Rays. Final Score: Tampa Bay Rays 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 7. The End.


*We won’t do the bad sequel where the Rays get demolished for the rest of the series. It was nice leaving it at their big underdog win.


Rabbit Holes of the Week


https://youtu.be/zDgRRVpemLo: SNL Al Gore lockbox debate. I was -6 years old when this happened. I have no clue what transpired during that actual debate. Regardless, this is hilarious even if you don’t know how politics work


https://youtu.be/a4qCFgzysF8: one of the greatest things I’ve seen on a baseball diamond

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