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The Tigers’ Riley Greene rips his pants sliding into home.

Hi friends-

A couple of housekeeping items before we move on:

1. By popular demand, we ‘re changing our Friday chats from Dodger-specific to an around-the-league baseball-palooza. Starting at 4 PM PT each Friday, the chat will be open to talk about whatever games/players, etc., that you want to talk about. We’ll still talk Dodgers, but we’ll also chat about all the other cool stuff going on around the league. We’re doing this because when we chat around one game and that game is a blowout, things get snoozy for all of us. ALSO, we want to include more teams, follow potential no-hitters together, and other exciting close and fun/funny games. So, I hope to see you in the chat, talking 30 teams at once, starting this Friday!

2. I still have a few more copies of my book that I can personalize, sign and priority mail to you for $25. Just respond to this email and let me know if you would like to buy one (or more).

3. We’ll meet to talk about Jane Leavy’s fabulous book on Mickey Mantle next Monday, May 6, from 5:30 PM PT to 6:30 PM PT. This Zoom will be open to all paid subscribers, and I’ll tape it and upload it for anyone who can’t attend.

Apologies for the cruddy quality of the photo of Riley Greene I picked to lead off this newsletter. Getty Images did not capture the blessed/cursed moment when Greene slid into home and his uniform pants tore completely down the side, so I had to rely on a screengrab from the video. Only the leggings he wore under his pants saved him from showing his bare butt to the world. Here’s another pic of the aftermath:

According to Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic, after Greene’s pants split at the seams, his mother called him and said, “I’ve washed thousands of your pants, and I’ve never seen your pants rip that way.”

Indeed.