From Bryan Hoch:
Cam Schlittler has never hidden his affinity for “Star Wars.” With Players’ Weekend inviting Major League Baseball to flash personality, the young Yankees right-hander couldn’t choose: His cleats honored both the Light Side and the Dark Side.
Then, he went out and showed why the Force is strong for one of the American League’s leading Cy Young Award candidates.
Even without his sharpest stuff, Schlittler limited the Blue Jays to one run over six innings during New York’s 3-1 win on Friday evening at Yankee Stadium.
“Growing up, you always want to be toward the Light Side,” Schlittler said. “As you get older, you understand how the world works and how things are. You gain a little bit more sympathy for the Dark Side. I feel like it’s a good balance of where I’m at as a player, both on and off the field.”
Holy shit, do not let Cam Schlittler talk extemporaneously about Star Wars, dudes. That looked like it was going in a weird direction if he had kept going longer.
Now, Schlittler pitched just well enough that he probably deserves the featured image, but I’m sorry, I just can’t do it. I can’t reward the guy for now seemingly becoming a walk machine. Plus, more importantly, Spencer Jones hasn’t had a featured image yet (because I favor starters when they pitch well, and the Yankee starters have, well, you know, fucking DOMINATED), and so I wanted to give him a chance to be a featured image.
Seeing him will the ball fair after the Yankees got the benefit of a home run being called foul is hilarious.
With the awful Stanton news, Jones may have locked in a regular role in this lineup if Luis Garcia can play second or third base (which would be really cool if he could).
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