One last bit of satire to close out the offseason.
Baseball fans, particularly those in the Bronx, witnessed a heartwarming moment when Yankees catcher J.C. Escarra was informed he’d made the Opening Day roster, set to make his big league debut at 29.
Heartwarming for most, at least.
“So now New Yorkers are happy an Uber driver’s made the majors,” Randy Dobnak said on Tuesday.
Twins fans well remember Yankee Stadium denizens taunting Dobnak with chants of “U-ber! U-ber!” during his Game 2 playoff start in 2019.
“Look, it’s not J.C.’s fault fans are cheering his story now. It’s great that another one of us is in The Show,” Dobnak said. “But there’s only one solution.”
That solution will be a two-day automotive battle, as Dobnak and Escarra compete to complete the most successful ride share trips during their identical 1,140–mile trips from their spring training complex to the field where they’ll suit up for the opener: Yankee Stadium for Escarra, and Busch Stadium where the Twins are on the road.
“Yeah, he’s got Atlanta and Nashville on 75, so he might have the population advantage,” Escarra said. “But if he tries to make a run in Atlanta, he’s spending an extra day on the road.”
Dobnak, named to his second career Opening Day roster (2021 was his first), dismissed Escarra’s worries.
“Whatever I might lose in Atlanta, he’s losing more with the traffic and tolls on 95,” he said.
As this article is released, both players are reportedly out of Florida, eager to escape the state as quickly as possible regardless of potential fares to be earned.