From The Sports Desk: Jason Chatfield On The New Yorker vs New York Magazine
— Jason Chatfield will be covering New Yorker baseball news for the Spill, sending in dispatches all season from the field. Here’s his report on the June 7th 2022 game:
The New Yorker softball team played their first match for the season last night, albeit in the pouring rain.
We were tied in the bottom of the 9th after 2 hours of play, when, in the rain-soaked final moments, an [expletive deleted] from the hockey team setting up on the same field decided to plant a parking cone behind second base, in protest. They had a permit that had them taking up half the field from 9pm: it was 8:59pm. We had to call the game early, right before the end– but not before New York magazine got one final player home, leaving us with a defeat by 1 lousy point.
In attendance, playing [New Yorker artists all!]:
Jeremy Nguyen
Jared Nangle
Johnny DiNapoli
Kendra Allenby
Adam Douglas Thompson
Jenny Kroik
Guy Richards Smith
Carolita Johnson
In attendance for spectating and revels:
Sofia Warren
Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell
Johnny DiNapoli
Kendra Allenby
Adam Douglas Thompson
Jenny Kroik
Guy Richards Smith
Carolita Johnson
In attendance for spectating and revels:
Sofia Warren
Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell
— Photo of the team’s new mascot, “Morris.”
The after-game drinks were held at a nearby dive, where– wouldn’t you know it– a beautiful big Peter Arno New Yorker cover hung in the loo.
— all photos courtesy of Mr. Chatfield
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The latest Cartoon Caption Contest Pod has been posted. Newbie Adam Sacks, whose first drawing appeared in The New Yorker’s April 25th issue, is the guest of those fun podders, Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, and Paul Nesja. Listen here.
–photo above: top left and going clockwise: Coca, Lawler, Sacks, Nesja