Diamond Diehards: Dawg has His Day as Mets Walk Off Yanks on FB Live with Riz & Jerry

Joe Rizzo brings you baseball. Riz, Jeff "Dawg" Healy and Jerry Milani brought the show to Facebook Live for the first time ever, and the community got involved. If you want to check out the video, you can find it on the Facebook group below. Lots to unpack here. It was Jackie Robinson Day in MLB so all players were wearing uniform number 42 in his honor. Late in the show, the stunning news broke of the death of actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Robinson in the recent movie. Before that it was Dawg's chance to have his day, finally. Dawg's Mets have lost seemingly every time he has been doing a show while they played a game. With Yankees fans Riz & Jerry on the hook and the Mets already having taken the first game of their doubleheader, Dawg got to watch as Amed Rosario hit a two-run walkoff homer for the Mets in the bottom of the 7th inning. There was interaction with the viewers on Facebook, who posed some very solid discussion topics, including baseball in Canada, rules changes that might stay longer than 2020, and sports' place in society during a tumultuous year that has included the recent boycotting of some MLB games. Jerry also shared a story about Scottish actor Sam Heughan of Outlander, which has nothing to do with baseball but might cause someone to find this episode when searching his name. ;-) The Veteran of the Day was Ct. Tom Healy, Dawg's father. He might end up being Veteran of the Day if the Mets keep winning. The Chatter Links: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/229752454881954/ DD Twitter: https://twitter.com/DiamondDiehards DD Instagram: https://instagram.com/DiamondDiehards Riz Twitter: https://twitter.com/RearNakedChoke Riz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joerizzomma/ Dawg Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffHealy8 Jerry Milani Twitter: https://twitter.com/GBPackJerry Jerry Milani Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/GBPackJerry