Buzz is down on the Diamondbacks, but I beelieve we can pollinate a new honeyed tradition!
Welcome back!
We have to start off with a little housekeeping this week. Unfortunately, I have had a lot of extra work and responsibilities added to my plate over the past two weeks, and it has gotten to the point where I need to take a sabbatical from my duties here at the Pit. Don’t worry though! I went through an extensive search for a replacement host. I reached out to Chris Farley (agent kept telling me to talk to some guy named Paul Walter Houser?), Robin Williams (didn’t have a voice mail set up, just a recorded loop of him improvising the most inappropriate things in the voice of the Genie), and Norm MacDonald (who is apparently dead. I didn’t even know he was sick). I did eventually find someone who will take good care of you… Spencer! Take it away! -ISH95_
Happily ISH95 thanks! As this is my first time, I’ll keep it pretty simple!
Last week ISH95 asked for your willing sacrifices to ensure Arizona’s health the rest of the season!
In third place, we have MrRBI17!
Seems a strange baseball sacrifice to me, but Percy Jackson taught us that gods don’t always value the same things we do, so let’s try it!
In second place, we have Justin27!
Ouch… too soon? Too soon. Let’s hope the gods were only disinterested in the players Arizona lost and allow the state to keep the name and logos for the next expansion team!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand in first, with an inside joke and embedded image, we have kilnborn!
This was a phenomenal answer, and I think it’s a travesty it only got 7 recs… But the Pit Hath Spoken.
Since I am the Placeholder PYW24 Czar™ I am also going to award lunch_meat a single point for his passive participation in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Great Sacrifice of 2024!
Standings
Gzimmerm and Dano_In_Tucson retain their positions this week, but Justin27 and kilnborn have come in hot to tie Snake_Bitten for third! Jack and Steak85 also have a new neighbor in MrRBI17 while I have been eliminated from contention and lunch_meat debuts with the near-impossible score of 1! It’s no longer super early in the season and the dog-fight has begun!
So, you need a new prompt to help muddy or separate the rankings! Last week there weren’t a ton of things to write home about for our beloved Diamondbacks, but Christian Walker did have a 2-homerun game walking us off into sweet, honeyed victory over the dreaded Dodgers. What else was special about that game? Oh! Of course, THE BEES!
So THE PROMPT:
Since Matt Hilton has already received a Topps card of himself, what should the Arizona Diamondbacks and/or MLB do to commemorate the unique Bee Delay?