Mound Visits: Owen Sharts, ‘Chicken’ Palmagiani, and Travis Swaggerty are all real baseball names

Welcome to Mound Visits, your weekly recap of the best things you might have missed in baseball every week. This week brings us college players swimming in dugouts, an opportunity to have a Very Pete Rose Father’s Day, and real baseball player Owen Sharts.

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It rained so much in Oxford, Mississippi during the first weekend of the College World Series that not only were all games canceled on Friday, but the field in Oxford was completely underwater.

Which made for a prime opportunity for some Rebels players to swim in the dugout as if it were a lap lane. This is one of those situations where it doesn’t seem like a lifelong dream or anything — “Gosh, I wish the dugouts would fill with water so we could swim in them!” — but it is a situation that would be very hard to turn down when presented with the opportunity.

Ever sat through your team losing a World Series in a crushing seven game series and wished that you could get away like in one of those Southwest commercials? Maybe considered taking a break from being a fan but stuck with it through the pain because you’re loyal? Hoped for an easy way out in the back of your mind a little?

Meet Cody Deason, a Dodgers fan who was drafted by the Astros this week so he can retroactively be (slightly) happy about last year’s World Series.

Every time I watch this it’s funny. Great goof. Perfect waste of 20 seconds of game time.

If you’re going to troll a fan, you should definitely do it in a KCAF shirt. Wardrobe matters.

Father’s day is only a week and change away. You’re running out of time to get him a special gift that he’ll never forget. So if you’re in a jam, Pete Rose has an offer for you that will certainly be special and unforgettable ... just maybe not in the way that you were thinking.

Take a minute to picture what a 77-year-old Rose wishing your dad a happy father’s day on video would look like. Now think of all the ways it could go terribly. Now imagine someone spending $150 on that. I think we’re done here.

This is (probably) just going to be a consistent header now. LOL Metsgiving is like a weekly holiday, because they never fail to offer up new and ridiculous ways to Mets a situation up. This week, they really spelled it out for us.

This week, the Blue Jays announced they were considering promoting Vladito to Triple A within the next month. That was bad (and ridiculous) enough. But then this happened:

Is there no one in New Hampshire who can give him a leg? Has medical science not advanced far enough to heal our precious Vlad Jr. and keep him in the game without a recovery period?

MLB Draft names are getting more out of hand by the year. These youths have names like “Travis Swaggerty” which is what Tom Cruise’s character in Cocktail would be called if they remade it today and cast Ansel Elgort in the lead role.

The Pirates took Travis Swaggerty 10th overall, which means there’s a world where “everyday big leaguer Travis Swaggerty” is a reality. The Blue Jays selected a player whose nickname is legitimately Chicken Palmegiani.

And then there was this stretch of names, which reads like a mix of preppy teens on an early aughts CW show and rich, old time-y oil barons who want to shut down the local dance hall so they can build a fancy hotel.

You probably saw a highlight of Florida State University’s Jessie Warren make this amazing diving catch during the Women’s College World Series.

Did you also know she’s a beast on the field and at the plate in every other game too?

I mean, damn.

The Rangers released Tim Lincecum this week, cutting short his major league comeback before he could make an impression in the majors. But RippedTimmy will always be with us in our hearts.

Yep. As of Thursday night’s games, the AL West standings spell SHAAT. Sometimes baseball really makes it literal so you don’t miss anything.

Indians manager Terry Francona attended Cavaliers-Warriors Game 3 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on Wednesday night. And he did it looking like he spilled something on his shirt and had to borrow something from the clubhouse lost and found pile so he didn’t miss tip off.

Please, someone on the Cleveland roster, sign Terry up for Trunk Club. Surprise him by nominating him for Season 3 of Queer Eye. Something. Anything.

This week, Golden Knights fan Bryce Harper watched his teammates cheer on the Capitals as they dismantled the Golden Knights to go up 3-1 in the Stanley Cup Final.

Then his own helmet tried to kill him while he was legging out a double. Whatever deal he made to try and make sure the Nationals win a playoff series this year, he definitely didn’t read the fine print about what it would cost him.

“Yakety Sax” composers James Q. Rich and Boots Randolph were actually in the stands at this Rockies-Reds game on Wednesday night. They watched this sequence, then immediately time traveled back to 1963 to record the song because they were so inspired by this complete mess.

This game also featured one of the most amazing baseball catches you’ll ever see ... and it’s only appropriate it was made by a fan.

Best baseball couple. BEST baseball couple.