Game of Thrones is crossing into sports lately. It’s not quite as amusing as when it crosses into politics, but I’ll take it.
First, Jim White of Sky Sports puts a twist on the usual sports announcer formula when he calls it like he sees it when it comes to Game of Thrones Season 6. Who’s alive? Who’s dead? Who’s injured? Check out the play-by-play.
Points for referring to the Night’s Watch mutiny as a “training ground bust-up” and to Ramsay Bolton as Theon’s “manager.” This seems to be an advertisement for the first five seasons of the show appearing on Sky. Kudos for having fun with it.
In other sports news, the San Diego Padres will host a Game of Thrones-themed night on July 29.
Brace yourselves... Baseball is coming #PadresThemeNights #GameOfThronesNight on 7/29 🛡⚔ https://t.co/CONqM423a4
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) February 1, 2016
See above re: kudos for having fun with it. Septa Unella really was the break-out star of Season 5, wasn’t she?
Game of Thrones-themed nights have done well for baseball teams before. When the Staten Island Yankees did one in 2015, they changed their names to the Staten Island Direwolves and faced off against the Lannister Lions, lately the Hudson Valley Renegades. There was an Iron Throne made out baseball bats, the mascots re-enacted a more family friendly version of the Red Wedding, George R.R. Martin showed up, and everyone had a grand old time.
h/t SB Nation