Misters October 2017

The regular season may be over, but many of my 2017 MLBoyfriends are still playing baseball. Here are my picks that made it to the postseason.

Week 1: Miguel Sano
Get ready to see a lot of Twins in this post.

Week 3: Bryce Harper
Bryce and his famous hair return to the playoffs.

Week 5: Ryan Zimmerman
It's always a pleasure to see Ryan at the plate.

Week 7: J.D. Martinez
Ditto for J.D.--although I could do without the hideous Diamondbacks uniform.
UPDATE 3/26/19: I wrote this before J.D. Martinez posted something very problematic on social media that is in direct opposition to my values. He has a right to express political opinions, but words have consequences. In this case the consequence is that I no longer think he's hot--in fact, he's the opposite of hot. NRA propaganda is deal breaker for me.

Week 8: Ervin Santana
It was still only May, and I already picked my second Minnesota player.

Week 10 and Week 14: Aaron Judge
Considering the season he's had and that he's a Yankee, it's kind of surprising I only named Aaron my MLBoyfriend twice this year.

Week 14: George Springer
This year, I will make an exception to my rule of always rooting against teams from Texas. #HoustonStrong

Week 16: Nolan Arenado
Everything seems to be in order here.

Week 19: Brian Dozier & Week 21: Byron Buxton
It just makes sense that I would take notice of Twins players. I do live in Minnesota after all. Plus, the Twins are pretty adorable.

Week 22: Anthony Rizzo
Speaking of adorable...

Week 23: Didi Gregorius
Didi proving, once again, that the Yankee pinstripes are the best sports uniform ever.

Week 24: The Minnesota Twins September 12 Starting Line Up
Then, there was that time I picked nine Twins to be my MLBoyfriend in one week. What can I say? They had a great game. Minnie and Paul did this a lot that night.

Week 25: José Quintana
Do the Cubs have the best smiles in baseball? I think so. (See also Anthony Rizzo above.)

CONGRATS TO ALL MY MLBOYFRIENDS WHO HAVE MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS!Unfortunately, some of them won't make it far into the postseason. Either the Yankees or the Twins will be eliminated right away in the one-game American League Wild Card Playoff--which is sort of breaking my heart. Still, it's something special to play baseball in October.

2017 All-Stars

Lest you think this blog is a beauty contest, I'll have you know that eight of my fourteen 2017 MLBoyfriends were selected for this year's All-Star Game. That gives me a .571 win record which would be good enough to have the lead in four of the six divisions in the MLB right now.

And the 2017 All-Star MLBoyfriends are...

Week 1: Miguel Sano

Sano took 2nd place in the 2017 Home Run Derby.

Bonus picture: Sano with teammate, fellow All-Star and former MLBoyfriend, Santana.

Week 3: Bryce Harper

Harper and his wonderful hair are making their 5th All-Star Game appearance.

Week 5: Ryan Zimmerman

It's been a long and sometimes difficult 8 years since Zimmerman's only other All-Star Game.

Week 6: Buster Posey

Posey--the epitome of a C.Y.D.*--with his daughter at the 2016 All-Star Game.

Week 8: Erwin Santana

Santana is a rarity--the first Minnesota Twins starting pitcher at the All-Star Game in a decade.

Bonus picture: Santana with teammate, fellow All-Star and former MLBoyfriend, Sano.

Week 10: Aaron Judge

Judge wins the Home Run Derby in his rookie year.

Week 13: Joey Votto

Votto will soon be buying a donkey for teammate and fellow All-Star Zack Cozart--for real.

Week 14: George Springer

Springer & Carlos Correa, 2 of the 6(!) Astros--a franchise record--going to the All-Star Game.

Congratulations to all my All-Star MLBoyfriends!

PS: For what it's worth, eight of my 2016 MLBoyfriends were selected for the 2017 All-Star rosters. Congrats to Bryce Harper (again), Michael Conforto, Robinson Canó, Max Scherzer, Buster Posey (again), José Altuve, Yu Darvish, & Gary Sanchez!

*Cute Young Dad

Week 1: Miguel Sano

In a lifetime of going to the ballpark, I had never see a baseball game on opening day of the season. That changed this year when I went to Target Field on April 3rd to see the Minnesota Twins play the Kansas City Royals.

In that very first game, Miguel Sano took the lead in the competition to become my first MLBoyfriend of 2017 when he hit a solo home run that put the Twins on the board.

Seeing a home run in person is always exciting--but a home run for my hometown team on opening day is probably the best path into my heart. Just that dinger might have been enough to clinch the title, but Sano went on to have a great week with a .350 batting average, 1.308 OPS, 7 runs, 8 RBIs, and 2 home runs--the first on opening day and then a two-run homer on the last day of the week.

It's a long season--and it's a marathon, not a sprint--but, everyone's surprise, the Twins are off to a great start with five wins and just one loss at the end of the first week putting them on top of the American League's Central Division. Miguel Sano's performance at the plate has been a big part of the Twin's great start out of the blocks.