Alonso on his way to home plate. Theyre waiting for him. He hits the plate. Hes first congratulated, hugged by lindor. Waiting outside the dug out. Pete alonso keeps this Fairy Tale Season going with the Fairy Tale Swing of his career you know, thats just the way the new York Mets do actually, no, its not how the new York Mets do it. The night before is how the new York Mets do it. They and the jets usually collapse under pressure. Last night, an extraordinary moment for Pete Alonso. A guy who has had a lot of ups and downs this year. Really hasnt had a great year, a great moment. People were talking about him being traded the first half of the year. I dont think hes going to be leaving the mets anytime soon. So the miracle mets i mean, jonathan lemire, you know, lets just say here, and i dont say this about every town, all right . But i love milwaukee. I love the people of milwaukee. Its a great city. Its a great town. I hate for them, what they had to sit through Last Night. It was s
Illustration by Natalie Vineberg, Published 14:36, Apr. 5, 2021
In the before times, I rarely went two weeks without a trip to a karaoke bar. My last big night out was last January, halfway around the world, at a Berlin queer bar called Monster Ronson’s Ichiban Karaoke. The host holding court that night was an impossibly hot soft butch with a voice like warm caramel. Soon after the bar opened, she sang “Georgia On My Mind” to set the mood while I stood in the front row, absolutely transfixed. Around 1 a.m., after I’d spent a few hours waiting and anxiously sipping a pilsner, she finally called me onstage. By then, the pit was full of writhing, dancing, shouting, breathing bodies.