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* Comptroller Mendoza threw out the first pitch at a recent Joliet Slammers game…
* The Question: Caption?
posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:04 pm
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True ballplayer, throwing from the mound.
Comment by Yup! Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:07 pm
“I’d like to send Rauner to the Slammer…”
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:08 pm
Mendoza, still delivering chin music…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:12 pm
She’s got a million dollar acumen and a $0.05 cent arm…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:14 pm
Unlike the Governor, she looks like she knows what she’s doing.
Comment by Keyrock Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:15 pm
“Janus takes another pitch high and inside…”
BTW - Props for matching the jersey with the shoes.
Comment by City Zen Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:16 pm
“What, no baseball catcher costume, Brucie? Too bad.”
Comment by Nick Name Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:17 pm
Keyrock absolutely right.
Comment by DuPage Saint Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:18 pm
Yeppers, Keyrock
Comment by wondering Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:22 pm
Nice leg kick. Looks like she means business.
Comment by SSL Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:24 pm
The throw was later challenged and overturned, ruled to not be a first pitch, when it was determined that the Comptroller was not in contact with the rubber.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:24 pm
STEEEE-Rike !!!
Comment by Anon Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:26 pm
I think she’s breathing out of the wrong eyelid…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:27 pm
“This one… aim for the mascot”
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:27 pm
Comptroller/pitcher Mendoza takes the mound, wondering which agency is sitting on the bill to pay the glove manufacturer.
Comment by Robert the Bruce Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:29 pm
Hardball advancing Rauner to first base
Comment by Rabid Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:31 pm
She pitches with fear and arrogance… as all good pitchers do.
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:36 pm
Wow. Looks like really good form…
Comment by IlliniSpartan Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:36 pm
WW4c
Comment by Rabid Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:40 pm
Mendoza only throws heat. No need for a curve. The heat she throws… it’s unhit-able
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:40 pm
Rollerblading? Who the heck still does that?
Comment by Henry Francis Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:43 pm
Holy cow
Comment by Rabid Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:44 pm
Balk.
Comment by anon Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:45 pm
Hey Barack, take note.
Comment by SHEEEESH Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:56 pm
Gotta respect the 4 seam grip
Comment by Lolz Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 4:57 pm
“Pitching is the art of instilling fear.” — Sandy Koufax
Comment by Southside Markie Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 5:08 pm
Mendoza canceled 3 times until her catcher was called up from Thunder Bay…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 5:09 pm
Not pictured is Bruce Rauner’s swing and miss
Comment by Precinct Captain Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 5:13 pm
The Comptroller taunting the Lt. Governor by showing her she can standb on just 1 foot and still avoid slipping and falling.
Comment by Henry Francis Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 5:48 pm
“Winding up for her first attempt at the “Dunk the Governor” tank at the State Fair”
Comment by Stuntman Bob's Brother Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 5:56 pm
Mendoza: “Brucie can’t handle my heat”
Comment by JS Mill Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 6:21 pm
Bruce, I can strike you out pitching from behind the rubber.
And I can strike you out pitching from behind second base.
Heck Bruce, I can strike you out pitching from anywhere in this ball park.
Comment by 37B Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 7:00 pm
“Slo-Pitch is for wimps”
Comment by Arthur Andersen Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 7:04 pm
Too bad she got called on the balk.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balk
Comment by Huh? Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 7:28 pm
“Crazy Uncle Joe might let you buzz my boys with no retaliation…
“But I came up with Ozzie, so this one is going right in your ear, and then we’ll all have a go on the mound to settle it….”
Comment by wordslinger Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 8:00 pm
Classic, you are a real piece of work. I cordially invite you back to humanity
Comment by Redraider Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 8:17 pm
FWIW, that Joliet stadium downtown is the goods.
Saw my OPRF boys, who I’d known since they were babies, win a state championship there in 2012. Saw some older boys finish second a few years earlier. Great venue.
It’s a real cool stadium, and there’s a lot going on in downtown Joliet, if you like eating, drinking, gambling and entertainment.
If you don’t like those things… I got nothing.
Comment by wordslinger Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 9:05 pm
Batter’s knees are shaking.
Comment by walker Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 10:06 pm
She will never pitch a complete game . By the 7th inning she will be finished. And right now she is in the 4th.
Comment by Long time R Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 10:49 pm
Comptroller Mendoza becomes the first Chicago Democrat politician to fire a ceremonial first pitch strike wearing mom jeans.
Comment by I don't have a job Thursday, Jun 28, 18 @ 10:58 pm
Victorious proxy winner goes for a double hitter
Comment by Rabid Friday, Jun 29, 18 @ 5:32 am
Balk. Mendoza’s foot is off the rubber. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.
Comment by Louis G Atsaves Friday, Jun 29, 18 @ 6:11 am
Tossing numbers throwing shade
Comment by Rabid Friday, Jun 29, 18 @ 7:23 am
If you got something to say stick your head out of the trench
Comment by Rabid Friday, Jun 29, 18 @ 7:27 am
I don’t get headaches I give headaches
Comment by Rabid Friday, Jun 29, 18 @ 7:30 am
Form looks better than any White Sox pitcher
Comment by Michael Westen Friday, Jun 29, 18 @ 8:35 am
Not bad for All State soccer player but the Arm angle is weak and its a Balk she isnt even on the rubber…
Comment by theCardinal Friday, Jun 29, 18 @ 8:41 am
Someone posts that she looks like she know what she is doing, unlike Rauner.
Look where her foot is on the rubber.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 29, 18 @ 8:48 am
“Gov seen running for dougout as Mendoza winds up the pitch…”
Comment by Name Withheld Friday, Jun 29, 18 @ 11:06 am