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In 1921, Second Baseman Luke Scott hit an inside-the-park home run in his first major league at-bat

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This was Scott’s only hit in a three-game career. He was the first American League player to hit a home run in his first at-bat. His career stats: .333, 1 HR, 2 RBI.

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The moment when Daisuke Matsuzaka won Koshien.

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NPB Hall of Famer Manabu Kitabeppu has passed away. He was 65

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BREAKING: The Washington Wizards are finalizing a trade to send All-Star G Bradley Beal to the Phoenix Suns, sources tell ESPN. Beal’s waiving his no-trade to form a new Big 3 with Devin Booker and Kevin Durant. Teams are still working thru framework, but Beal is headed to Suns.

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Suns are expected to send Chris Paul, Landry Shamet, multiple second-round picks and pick swaps to Wizards, sources tell ESPN. Phoenix has no available first-rounders to include in trade. Beal’s no-trade limited Wizards’ marketplace. Deal could take a few days to be finalized.

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FA kicker Rodrigo Blankenship is in Tampa Bay this week on a minicamp tryout with the #Bucs, source said. After having surgery in January to repair a torn muscle in his leg, he’s finally healthy for the first time in over a year. TB is one of several teams interested.

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Cam (Akers) is going to be a central figure in this offense. I think he’s priming himself to have a great year.🔥 - Sean McVay

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The Packers and Bears have the NFL’s longest rivalry. It also ranks as one of the nastiest over the last 101 years. Nothing has changed heading into 2023, not even the departure of Aaron Rodgers from Green Bay.Bears defensive lineman Justin Jones held nothing back when asked about Rodgers’ departure for the Jets. He said [more]

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“They’re obnoxious,” Jones said. “Just yelling and all that other stuff about things that don’t even matter. Like, we’re not even running a play, and you guys are talking about, ‘Oo oh yeah, go Green [Bay].’ Like, what are you even talking about? The game hasn't started yet."

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Deion Sanders may have his left foot amputated as he continues to experience significant problems with blood flow to the area.Sanders, who has already had two toes amputated on his left foot, allowed a camera crew to document a meeting with his medical team at the Colorado football facility in which they discussed the concerns [more]

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The Lions aren’t one of the four teams that can be compelled to submit to Hard Knocks this year. But they’re one of the 28 that can, in theory, be persuaded to volunteer.The Detroit News reports that the Hard Knocks powers-that-be inquired about a sequel to last year’s stint by the Lions, via PrideOfDetroit.com.The Lions have [more]

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Steelers Keep Winning Chase Claypool Trade: Bears Unhappy

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The NFL prohibits all non-players from betting on sports. Players, for reasons neither obvious nor apparent, are permitted to legally wager on non-NFL games and events.Here’s another reason why they shouldn’t be.Per a league source with knowledge of the situation, one NFL player lost $8 million last through gambling in 2022.Again, the NFL fully ...

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Patriots' Rhamondre Stevenson NFL's Most 'Undervalued' RB?

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Chiefs hoping holdout DT Chris Jones back by training camp. Brett Veach: "There's a lot of time before camp, so I feel good about where we're going to be with Chris…and look forward to Chris being here and not just for next year, but for a while."

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Ravens OG Kevin Zeitler not considering retirement after missing OTAs: “Not coming to OTAs for the first time kind of made it really clear [that] I still need this game, I love this game and I want to play this game. I have no intention of stopping anytime soon."

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Patrick Mahomes outsmarts the NFL by appearing in beer commercial that's not technically about beer

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NFL MVP Odds 2023: Patrick Mahomes Favored over Joe Burrow, Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts

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Knile Davis took this opening kick off 106-yards to the house to get the Chiefs on the board on the opening play of the AFC Wild Card game vs the Houston Texans.

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The Buccaneers have done something that rarely if ever happens.And they’ve done it twice.The Buccaneers persuaded a pair of players who are eligible for second contracts to restructure the fourth-year salaries on their rookie contracts.Via Greg Auman of Fox Sports, the Bucs converted the base salaries of left tackle Tristan Wirfs and safety Anto...

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At a time when they should be getting extensions, Bucs LT Tristan Wirfs and S Antoine Winfield Jr. agreed to restructure their fourth-year base salaries to help the team have enough cap space to sign draft picks

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With the Dodgers, Astros, and Yankees loss today, there are only three remaining teams that are not swept in a single series this season

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Tampa Bay Rays
Baltimore Orioles
Arizona Diamondbacks

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Orioles and Rays will face each other next for a 2-game series.

Aside from not being swept, the Diamondbacks are also one of the two remaining teams who have not been shut out this season (the other one is the Blue Jays)

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The Astros, Dodgers, and Yankees, have all been swept on the same day and share a 39-33 record

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The Red Sox sweep the Judgeless Yankees at Fenway

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Triston Casas strikes out looking at a ball way below his kneecaps

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Oakland A’s fans show appreciation for Bryce Harper’s support: ‘It’s crazy to think this will be the last time we come back to Oakland,’ Harper spoke in support of the Athletics remaining in the city, and in turn, the fans there showed how much it meant to them

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Jarren Duran with a nice basket catch

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The 1989 Texas Rangers had some fascinating oddities and overlaps among players

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The Padres win on Father's Day and take 2 of 3 at home against the Rays.

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On June 2, the Phillies were 8 games behind the Braves. After a blistering 13-2 stretch, the Phillies are now only...8 games behind the Braves

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Cleveland's Steven Kwan scores four runs despite only officially reaching base once. This has only happened six times before, just twice since integration

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Kwan went 1-for-5 with a triple, two fielders' choices and reached on an error, scoring each time.

He is also the first person in MLB history to have a "5413" box score line

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AL history - pitchers who struck out 16+ batters in a game and still took the L

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The Giants earn a sweep at Dodger Stadium for the first time since August 20-22 of 2012

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Never expected this to happen again in my lifetime, especially after a historic piss-poor showing against LA in the 2022 season (seriously, there's zero excuse for going 4-15 against your biggest rivals, especially right after a painful postseason elimination).

The last time the Giants swept at Dodger Stadium, Buster Posey was on his MVP and batting champion campaign. It was also the last season the Dodgers missed the playoffs. The Giants defeated Kershaw alongside other Dodger legends in Joe Blanton and Chris Capuano.

I still wish the Giants defeated LA in the 2021 postseason, nothing short of a victorious rematch will remove that sting. In the meantime, however, this is a nice W to have. The Giants still have a lot of issues to sort out but it's nice to see the team gel again, especially after a 2022 season where the team felt a bit lost.

On a final note, the Giants also improve to 5-1 in games Logan Webb starts at Dodger Stadium.

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A's get 3-game swept by Phillies, preserve the Reverse-Boycott game as the A's final win of the homestand

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Franco walks towards the dugout but then walks to first base after Jim Wolf says he doesn't swing on a 3-2 count with two outs

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Lance Lynn vs Seattle 7 ip, 3 h, 2 er, 16 k, 2 bb, 113 pitches

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Luis Matos has tied the Giants record (since 1901) for most runs scored in a player's first four games at 7

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Tied some dude named Willie McCovey in 1959.

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Luis Matos drives in two with his first MLB XBH, a double down the line to RF

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The Guardians have batted around the Diamondbacks in the 4th inning

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B. Naylor walks.

Straw singles, B. Naylor to third.

Kwan grounds into fielder’s choice, B. Naylor scores, Straw out at second.

Rosario singles, Kwan to second.

Ramírez flies out, Kwan to third.

J. Naylor singles, Kwan scores, Rosario to second.

Giménez triples, Rosario and J. Naylor score.

Freeman doubles, Giménez scores.

Brennan singles, Freeman scores.

B. Naylor grounds out.

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After sweeping the Astros today, the Reds extend their win streak to eight straight, their longest streak in over a decade

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They won 10 straight in 2012

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The Cincinnati Reds sweep the defending champion Houston Astros in three games, extending their win streak to eight games

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Shohei Ohtani’s 117.1 mph HR off of Greinke’s 69.7 mph curveball is the hardest batted ball on a pitch slower than 70 mph in the Statcast eraTrivia

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And it’s also the 2nd hardest hit ball hit off of a sub-75 mph pitch, trailing only Stanton’s 119.1 mph single against Brian Johnson’s 74.1 mph changeup in 2018

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After being down 6-0, the Rangers have awoken and are up up 11-7 on the Blue Jays. Seager with another 4 hit game.

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Elly De La Cruz RBI single in the 10th inning on the 9th pitch of the at-bat.

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Little League chaos ensues in San Diego

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The Reds take the lead in the 10th on a TJ Friedl bunt + Alex Bregman error

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Single Players Who Lead Team in X3B, HR, RBI, SB, BA, OBP, SLG, and OPS (Inspired by Shohei Ohtani)

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The Mets have 10 losses when scoring 6+ runs (most in MLB). Last season they were 55-4 when scoring 6+

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The Braves sweep the Rockies in a 4-game series in Atlanta.

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Arenado takes Ottavino deep to put the Cardinals ahead in the top of the ninth

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Jonathan India's Oppo Taco gives the Reds the lead in the 8th

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Another defensive gem for Brandon Drury! He’s had one at 1B and now at 2B this series

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Jared Walsh hits his 1st Home Run of the season

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June Schwarber cranks the 24th leadoff homer of his career to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead vs Oakland

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Nick Ramirez balks in a run and the Red Sox take a 6-2 lead

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Elly De La Cruz singles on a ground ball to the first baseman

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For the first time since 2011, the Miami Marlins are 10 games over .500!

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With a series sweep of the Nationals, the Marlins record currently sits at 41-31, putting them 10 games over .500!

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The Moo-Father ties the game at 5 with a 2-Run HR (#10) in Houston

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After homering again today, Jordan Walker now has a hit in 29 of his first 34 major league games

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Ohtani waits for Trout with the homerun Kabuto

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Mike Trout goes back to back after Shohei as he hits a home run to break his slump to make it 4-2

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hohei Ohtani hits home run #24 on the season, extending his league lead!

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Sad A’s Fan. Geneva, Switzerland

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The Reds make some defensive choices and Alex Bregman essentially ends up with a Little League HR

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Happy Father’s Day from the Chavez family

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Michael Harris II sends a monster homer to right center and is now a triple away from a cycle

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Baseball Digest - March 1958: "Did Twin Cities DOUBLE DEAL Selves Out of Big League Ball?

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Spencer Horwitz lines a single into right field for his first major league hit in his first career at-bat

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Ohtani is one of 3 players to have an extra base hit, walk, and run scored in 6 consecutive games. Barry Bonds did it in 6 straight games in 1997 and Babe Ruth did it in 7 games in a row in 1921

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Ozzie Albies hits a 3 run homer to chase Chase Anderson out of the game

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Jacob Amaya hits a single for his first major league hit

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A young Red Sox fan throws back a foul ball given to him

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Francisco Lindor hits a booming home run in his first at-bat since his second child's birth yesterday morning

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Gleyber Torres gets one over the green monster for a two run home run

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The A’s took out a full page ad congratulating the Vegas Golden Knights, in today’s edition of the Las Vegas Review-Journal

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MLB Average Runs Scored vs Allowed as of 6/18

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Andrew Vasquez has been huge a huge piece in the BP for the Phillies after being claimed off waivers from the Giants during the off-season. He has a 1.62 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 29K, 1 WAR AND 267 ERA+

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Can Mike Trout, Jared Walsh, Hunter Renfroe, Matt Thiass, Mickey Moniak, and Chad Wallach name their teammates from their childhood photos? Jomboy Media's Chris Rose heads to Angel Stadium to quiz the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim! Taylor Ward and Jaime Barria make special appearances!

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Nico Hoerner swing mechanicsVideo

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The Mets Sent Down Mark Vientos Today, who had a .360 xwOBA in the Majors and an 1.100+ OPS in AAA, After Only Giving Him Sporadic Playing Time

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Joey Votto on Instagram: "soon"

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Luis Arraez is hitting .321 in two strike counts so far this season, putting his career average with 2-strikes (.272) within flirting distance of the second greatest 2-strike hitter of all time, Wade Boggs (.274)

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..this is of course still hilariously far from the 2-strike GOAT Tony Gwynn who hit .302 lifetime whenever pitchers deigned themselves foolish enough to get ahead in the count

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Corbin Carroll is now leading the NL in fWAR and bWAR

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Fangraphs has him at 3.4 followed by Acuña at 3.3 and Freeman at 3.2.

Baseball Reference has him tied at 3.6 with Acuña, followed by Tatis at 3.4 and Freeman at 3.2.

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Christy Mathewson Pitched Three Shutouts In The 1905 World Series

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Ohtani’s Career OPS Is Now Over .900, His Career ERA Sits At 3.02

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2591 PA and 431.2 IP into his career

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Baystars cleanup hitter Shugo Maki posing with 17 of his doppelgangers

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After winning Koshien, the ace apologize for not pitching the complete game

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WR Chris Blair, DL Albert Huggins and kicker Matthew Trickett

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Highlight[Highlight] Farve decides to not take a knee and try a 56 yard field goal.

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Kamara has an all time performance, scoring 6 TDs against the Vikings, leading the Saints to a win

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Giants Chronicles takes a look at Osi Umenyiora, Michael Strahan, and the Giants' historic defensive performance against the Eagles in 2007 Week 4.

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During the 2003 NFC Wild Card matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers four quarters was not enough to determine a winner. Setting the stage for an iconic quote from Matt Hasselbeck after the overtime coin toss.

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Free agent wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins visited with the New England Patriots on Thursday and, barring an unexpected turn, both sides are now expected to take some time to assess their next steps, according to a source familiar with the visit.

Hopkins, 31, has not been in a rush to sign with a team and has considered waiting until closer to training camp in late July to make a move, a source told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.

Hopkins' visit Thursday started early in the morning and went well into the afternoon, a source told Fowler, adding Hopkins appeared intrigued by the possibility of playing for New England and coach Bill Belichick. Whether that results in a deal now or in the future remains unclear.

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Seattle Seahawks CB Richard Sherman showed the world that his play could back up his mouth when he made the game-saving play on a corner fade to San Francisco 49ers WR Michael Crabtree in the waning seconds of the 2013 NFC Championship Game.

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As we learn more about the NFL’s gambling policy — and as we learn more about the clunky, ineffective efforts of the NFL to properly educate players regarding the gambling policy — new issues and questions emerge.Here’s one. Does the NFL’s gambling policy apply only to players currently under contract with teams, or does it [more]

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Titans QB Malik Willis makes minicamp surge to be QB2 over Will Levis. Willis reportedly has put his best foot forward, including a strong practice on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Levis has gotten off to a bit of a slow start

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Most Touchdown Passes In Conference Championship Games

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Name TD Passes Games Played TD/G
Tom Brady 21 14 1.5
Patrick Mahomes 14 5 2.8
Joe Montana 13 6 2.16
John Elway 10 6 1.67
Peyton Manning 9 5 1.8
Aaron Rodgers 9 5 1.8
Brett Farve 9 5 1.8
Troy Aikman 8 4 2
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Shoutout to Matt Ryan who had 7 touchdowns in 2 games, equal to 3.5 TDs/G

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From 2010-2019, the Giants had just 6 walk-off HRs of 2+ runs. In 2022-2023 alone, they have already matched that

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Mike Yastrzemski's 3-run shot has given the Giants their 6th multiple-run walk-off shot of the past 1+ seasons. This was a rarity during the previous decade, which ironically was also one of the most successful in the franchise's history.

From 2010-19, the walk-off homers of 2 runs or more were:

Pablo Sandoval (May 21, 2013 vs WSN): 2-run shot off Yunesky Maya, 4-2 W (10)
Angel Pagan (May 25, 2013 vs COL): 2-run shot (inside-the-park) off Rafael Betancourt, 6-5 W (10)
Brandon Hicks (April 27, 2014 vs CLE): 3-run shot off Cody Allen, 4-1 W
Buster Posey (August 27, 2014 vs COL): 2-run shot off Juan Nicasio, 4-2 W
Travis Ishikawa (October 16, 2014 vs STL, NLCS G5): 3-run shot off Michael Wacha, 6-3 W
Andrew McCutchen (April 7, 2018 vs LAD): 3-run shot off Wilmer Font, 7-5 W (14)
From 2020-23, the walk-off homers of 2 runs or more were:

Donovan Solano (August 25, 2020 vs LAD): 2-run shot off Dennis Martinez, 10-8 W (11)
Mike Yastrzemski (July 15, 2022 vs MIL): GS off Josh Hader, 8-5 W
Thairo Estrada (August 14, 2022 vs PIT): 2-run shot off Wil Crowe, 8-7 W
Brandon Crawford (August 16, 2022 vs ARI): 2-run shot off Ian Kennedy, 2-1 W
Wilmer Flores (September 4, 2022 vs PHI): 2-run shot off David Roberson, 5-3 W
Blake Sabol (April 25, 2023 vs STL): 2-run shot off Ryan Helsley, 5-4 W
Mike Yastrzemski (June 19, 2023 vs SDP): 3-run shot off Ray Kerr, 7-4 W (11)
There are a lot of factors at play here that could explain this: the Farhan era, the shortened fences, the rise of some new faces, the ghost runner, the pitch clock, etc. Overall, while I would never trade away the previous decade (well, the first half of it at least), it is refreshing to see a consistent long ball game again, especially in the clutch. This is something I felt we were sorely missing in the late 2010s (and even the early 2010s to a degree, although the pitching staff and clutch contact hitting more than made up for it).

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The Giants are the best team in baseball since May 15th

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21-9, eight wins in a row.

Just thought I oughta tell you guys since MLB left us off all their power rankings.

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Mike Yaz walks off the Padres in the 10th inning with a splash hit

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Luis Arraez has only one hard hit ball on his 5-hit night. Four of those balls in play had an xBA over .500

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Patrick Bailey hits a sac fly to bring home Mike Yastrzemski and tie the game at 4 in the bottom of the 9th

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Teams have been shut out 145 times this season. The Diamondbacks are the only team that hasn't been shut out.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks are the final team left in MLB to have not been shutout in the 2023 season

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Mike Yastrzemski knocks the second solo shot of the night for the Giants, cutting their deficit to 2

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For the first time since May 15, 2011, the Mets have defeated the Astros at Minute Maid Park

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That game was the final game of a three-game set between the two in Houston. In 2012, the Astros won four of the six games between the two, including all three at Minute Maid Park.

In addition, the Mets have just won their first game against the Astros since September 28, 2014 (an 8-3 win at Citi Field), snapping a seven-game losing streak vs. Houston, as well as an eight-game skid when playing them at MMP.

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Juan Soto goes the opposite way again for his second home run of the game

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The reds have now won 9 straight, 16 out of their last 23 games, and are now first place in NL central

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Max Scherzer’s final line vs Astros: W, 8 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 91 pitches

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With 102 hits over 73 team games, Luis Arraez is exactly on pace with Ichiro Suzuki's 2004 season in which he set the single season record with 262 hits.

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The Cincinnati Reds are in sole possession of first place in the NL Central. This is the first time they've been in first place this late in a season since 2012

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Corbin Carroll's 16th home run of the season goes to the opposite field to make it 9-1 D-Backs

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this gets Corbin past Ronald Acuña Jr. in home runs this season, as well as passing Acuña in fWAR to TAKE THE MLB LEAD

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Lourdes Gurriel Jr started building a sand castle village during the game

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Juan Soto goes the opposite way with a home run to get on the board in the first inning

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Joey Votto on his return: 2-3, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB

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Triston Casas golfs a ball out of the ballpark in the blink of an eye (110.8MPH Exit Velocity)

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Rafael Devers continues to show his improved defense with a sparkling barehanded play

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The Toronto Blue Jays have been shutout for the first time in 92 games.

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Last time they were shut out was September 15 2022 in an 11-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays

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18 games last year and it took 74 games this year for them to put up a Canadian goose egg in an 11-0 loss to the Miami Marlins.

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Verdugo hits a bases clearing triple to retake the lead 6-3

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POSITION PLAYER PITCHING ALERT - Toronto Blue Jays, Ernie Clement

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The Royals are now 0-15 in games started by Jordan Lyles and 19-53 overall

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Joey Votto puts the Reds back in the lead with a hard hit 2-run single, "Joey" chants pouring in

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Christian Vazquez’s 1st HR of the season is a game-tying 3-run HR vs the Red Sox

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The Miami Marlins have batted around the Blue Jays in the 7th Inning

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  1. Jesus Sanchez - Double
  2. Garrett Cooper - Single
  3. Joey Wendle - RBI Single
  4. Jon Berti - RBI Single
  5. Jacob Stallings - Walk
  6. Jonathon Davis - Strike Out Swinging
  7. Luis Arraez - 2-RBI Single
  8. Jorge Soler - Fouled Out
  9. Bryan De La Cruz - RBI Single
  10. Jesus Sanchez - Struck Out Swinging
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Luis Arraez goes 5-5 and brings his batting average back up to .400!!!

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Luis Arraez is officially hitting .400 again after a 5/5 night against Toronto!

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This is Arraez 3RD 5-hit game of the season. We're only in mid-June, and the record is 4 tied by a variety of players including Babe Ruth!

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Josh Jung Adds to His Rookie of the Year and All-Star Campaigns, Clubs a Solo Home Run to Make it 2-0

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Jarren Duran has 3 doubles through 4 innings vs the Twins. The MLB record is 4 in a 9 inning game.

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Francisco Lindor with a 3-run HR to put the Mets up 5-0

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Kerry Carpenter with a 3-run HR to put the Tigers up 6-4

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Alek Thomas's first plate appearance back from Reno is a two-run bomb giving the D-backs a six-run lead in the first inning!

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Joey Votto bangs a homerun in his first game of the season!

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Another amazing diving catch by Kevin Kiermaier. Just a 25% Catch Probability on this one

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Fun Target Field fact featuring James Paxton tonight

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We are deeply saddened at the passing of former Rockies color analyst, George Frazier.

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In his third straight save appearance, Jordan Hicks closes it out with a K on a 104 mph pitch

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MLB Power Rankings - June 19

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Cardinals rookie Jordan Walker now has 2 separate 12 game hitting streaks on the year so far

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Pretty impressive for a rookie that spent a month in AAA in between the two streaks. Avg up to .302 and ops up to .860 for the season.

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Joey Votto on Instagram: "🤠"

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Does your team's stadium still carry Louisville Slugger Mini Bats? I like to collect one at each stadium I visit (10/30) but they seem to be disappearing

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Aaron Hicks since being DFA and signing with the Orioles: .327/.441/.551 slash line, 178 wRC+, and 0.9 fWAR in 16 games

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Started the season with a .188/.263/.261 slash line, 49 wRC+, and -0.4 fWAR in 28 games with the Yankees.

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MLB Standings if the result of every one-run game was flipped | June 19

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Name the 2023 Statcast buddies

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When Great Britain baseball manager Drew Spencer pauses to reflect on the country's historic 2023 World Baseball Classic tournament, there’s one moment that stands out. It wasn’t one of Mariners top prospect Harry Ford’s home runs or Chavez Young’s first-ever WBC steal of home. It was actually a conversation he

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Brent Rooker's response to batting advice from "Tony Soprano"

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AL & NL All-Star voting update as of 6 days ago

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The moment when Yuki Saito won Koshien.In the background is the disappointed Masahiro Tanaka.

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Kyle Schwarber is now hitting an eye-watering .187/.332/.455 with 20 HRs and a -.6 WAR

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Is that… is that good? He’s on pace for one of the most unique stat lines of all time, and mostly from the lead off spot. Would you guys want someone like that on your favorite team?

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Dave Hudgens is a cheater, an antisemite, and anti-LGBTQ, among other things. He also sucks at his job.

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The race to 100 hits is on tonight as Bichette (1st place with 98) takes on Arraez (2nd place with 97)

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Seattle Seahawks free safety Earl Thomas causes St. Louis Rams running back Benny Cunningham to fumble into the end zone for a touchback during the 2014 NFL season.

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The Jets have signed 8 former Packer players this offseason.

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QB Aaron Rodgers
WR Allen Lazard
WR Randall Cobb
S Adrian Amos
OT Billy Turner
QB Tim Boyle
WR Malik Taylor
OT Adam Pankey

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If you ever wanted to see up close how complex an actual NFL gameplanning call sheet looks, former quarterback Brad Johnson who started for the Super Bowl winning Gruden Bucs

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Receiver Noah Brown spent six seasons in Dallas playing with Dak Prescott. Brown was the Cowboys’ No. 2 wideout last season — at least statistically — with career highs in receptions (43), receiving yards (555) and touchdowns (three).Brown, though, now is in Houston with a rookie quarterback in C.J. Stroud, and sees some of Prescott’s [more]

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Rumor[Marchand] J.J. Watt is considering a part-time TV gig, and CBS is believed to be the favorite to land him

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Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman started his broadcasting career 22 years ago. He seems to believe its end is closer than its beginning. And he’s thinking about when the end could come.“I probably give it more thought than I should,” Aikman said Monday on 96.7 FM/1310 AM The Ticket, via the Dallas Morning News. [more]

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Dalvin Cook has interest in teaming up with DeAndre Hopkins on his next team: “If we end up on the same roster, that would be something epic for the NFL.”

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The Browns aren’t re-signing Kareem Hunt, reportedly because the team believes he has lost his speed. Hunt’s departure, though, leaves a hole.The Browns have Jerome Ford as the backup to Nick Chubb, with Demetric Felton Jr. and John Kelly Jr. as other backs on the roster. Ford, a fifth-round pick in 2022, had only eight [more]

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Chandler Jones: Of course I want better stats, but you can't go chasing them

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Dalvin Cook was sued in November 2021, for allegations of domestic battery and more. In response, he sued his accuser and her lawyers -- and he has been quietly securing some key preliminary victories in court

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Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders has quickly become a coaching star in the college ranks. But he says he’ll never coach in the NFL.Sanders says that his my-way-or-the-highway approach works better on college kids than it would work on millionaire grown men.“I don’t have any desire or ambition to coach in the NFL,” [more]

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Deion Sanders: “I don’t have any desire or ambition to coach in the NFL. I have a problem with men getting their checks and not doing their jobs. I would be too tough as a coach in the NFL because I still have those old-school attributes.”

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TL;DR

Cincinnati is boring, Miami has entertainment

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Most postseason wins since 2000

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Nick Chubb has generated +1,312 rushing yards over expected since 2018, the most by a running back over the last five seasons... Chubb is the only running back to gain over 250 RYOE in each of the last four seasons, including an RB-leading +284 RYOE in 2022

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With the winning of the Romanian baseball championship, Leaders Calarasi became the first team of the city to win a championship in a team sport and the first team of the city to play European matches. They will play today Red Wolves Budapest and tommorow Angels Trnava

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Clayton Kershaw vs Zac Gallen in 2023: Kershaw leads in Ks, ERA, xFIP, WHIP, K-BB%, K%, BAA, SIERA, bWAR. Gallen leads in IP, FIP, fWAR

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These 2 are probably the best 2 pitchers in the National League and almost halfway through the season the main 2 for the Cy Young Race. Gallen has gotten a lot of deserved praise and is the early favorite, but looking at the stats Kershaw has been as good if not better. Sadly Kershaw has had bad luck in terms of HRs so his FIP is inflated.

Will be an interesting debate if it continues to go this way who wins Cy Young. Shoutout to Justin Steele and Marcus Stroman

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Choi is a 21 season KBO veteran.

5 time Korean Series Winner (2011-2014, 2017)

6 Gold Gloves (2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020)

ROTY (2008)

Career of 1500 RBI, 365 Home Runs, and a batting average of 0.312

Despite his age at 38, he is currently hitting 0.313 (9th in the league), OPS of 0.927 (3rd in the league), and a WAR of 2.07 (5th in the league).

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During SFGiants' last 9 games (9-0), opposing SPs have a 6.19 ERA. Opposing RPs have a 9.51 ERA, and have surrendered 5 leads.

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For Starting Pitchers, that's 33 ER over 48 IP, and for Relief Pitchers that's 37 ER over 35 IP.

"But isn't this a really small sample size, cherry-picking only wins, and featuring some teams that have been going through relief pitcher woes as of late?"

Okay, yeah, that's a thing, but that 9.51 ERA is still something to whistle at, as is that most of the wins during this winning streak have been situations where they were losing by the time the opposing starter handed over the ball.

There just ain't no quit in this team.

EDIT: Whoops! I had miscounted things from last night's game! Padres gave up an extra unearned run, the opposing RPs ERA should be 9.77!

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Michael Busch benefits from a fortuitous bounce that brings across the first run of the game

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Joc Pederson ties the game with a solo homer

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Jeremy Pena makes an AMAZING play to throw out Alonso from deep in the hole

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Jo Adell crushes a ball to the tune of 514 feet

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Brandon Drury is called safe at home, only to be overturned on replay

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Fernando Tatis jr. hits his 15th of the year

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Stat post: FIP and xFIP. Xfip assumes there's no skill to keeping flyballs out of the seats. Maybe it's rare but some definitely can, ex. M Rivera, G. Maddux, & Clemens had rates of 8.6% when LG avg was 10.7%.

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Bruce Bochy is tossed from the game after the call on the field is overturned allowing the run to score.

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Juan Soto knocks the glove off J.D. Davis's hand

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aylor Ward makes a great diving catch to prevent an RBI double

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Corey Kluber picks up his first career save

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Former CY Young winner Corey Kluber closes the door on the Twins, striking out 2 over 3 shut down innings and allowing 4 runs off of three home runs.

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Andres Gimenez walks off the Athletics in the tenth with a single

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Max Kepler goes back-to-back with Royce Lewis off Corey Kluber to cut the lead to 6

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Miguel Cabrera has over 1,000 more hits than any other active player. The last player to accomplish that was Pete rose.

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Looking over the active hit leaders, only Machado, Mookie and Freeman seem to have an outside shot at reaching 3,000 with only Manny having a real case. No one else in the top 50 is anywhere near the pace required.

Francisco Lindor is the only player under 30 years old that has 1,000 career hits and his offense is slowing already.

Lastly, Elvis Andrus is 4th in hits amongst active players. That really surprised me.

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Position Player Pitching: Willi Castro for the Twins

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With their win against the Rockies, the Cincinnati Reds are on a ten game win streak for the first time since 2012

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Last time before that was 1957

It's tied for the longest Reds win streak since they won 12 in a row 1957. Reading comprehension skills seemingly need improvement

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Masataka Yoshida crushes a two-run homer to make it 10-0 Red Sox

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Nolan Jones today: 4-4, BB, HR, 2 2B. OPS up to 1.070 this season

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Tony Kemp makes a spectacular circus catch

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Yankees Win-Loss Record When Either Judge or Stanton is on the Injured List

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Christian Arroyo hits a bases-clearing double to put the Red Sox up 8-0 over the Twins. He is 4-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBIs

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Ronald Acuña Jr. steals third on an unsuspecting pitcher, again, for the third time this season.

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Hicks drives in Hays, 8-6 Orioles

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Will Benson homers to make it 8-2 Reds

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JT Realmuto tries to stretch a single into a double with the tying run coming up to bat but is thrown out at second by Michael Harris II

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Before his strikeout of Jose Caballero, Cole absolutely YEETED a pitch waaaaaaaaay over Trevino's head and to the backstop

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Chaos ensues in Cincinnati as the Rockies start playing like little leaguers and gift the Reds a couple runs.

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Alex Bregman reacquaints Justin Verlander with the Crawford Boxes and makes it 3-0 Astros

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Matt Olson hits his 21st home run of the season to give the Braves a 4-1 lead over the Phillies.

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Adam Duvall with his first home run since fracturing his wrist back in April

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Ketel Marte Pimps a 111 MPH homer to make it 4-0

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Spencer Strider is the 2nd pitcher since 1901 to throw 300 strikeouts in his first 35 career starts, joining Dwight Gooden... Strider also has 37 strikeouts in relief appearances that are not included

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Dylan Carlson’s first home run of the night is a 445 foot bomb to the Walgreens logo

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#Dodgers have signed outfielder David Dahl to a minor league contract. He has joined OKC and is in tonight's lineup.

Was with Padres/Triple-A El Paso this season until he was DFA 2 weeks ago.

Career .271/.317/.463 hitter over 331 games in the Majors.

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Eury Pérez has allowed 1 ER in his last 27 innings pitched. His ERA stands at 1.54. He is 20 years old

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John Kruk sends a message to Rhys Hoskins via the telestrator

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Austin Riley ties the game with a solo home run.

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35/Shields: Emergency, EMS requested for a hit & run auto accident, we just had a vehicle strike about 4 ppl right by Sox Park.

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Ernest Wilkins] Someone just drove through a crowd at the White Sox game right in front of me Jesus Christ almighty pray for these people down here

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Spencer Strider and Dwight Gooden are the only two pitchers since 1901 to reach 300+ strikeouts in their first 35 career starts.

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Perry Minasian all but guarantees that the Angels won’t trade Shohei Ohtani at the deadline, regardless of the next month.

Instead of saying yes or no, he said it was “self-explanatory” heavily implying there’s no chance of a trade.

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Elly De La Cruz goes opposite field for his second career HR

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Off the Heezy (500 points)

Nick Yorke puts one out off of the center fielder’s head!

The Boston Red Sox prospect with his ninth home run of the season and he’s now 3-for-3 today.

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Jordan Walker extends his hit streak to 13 games & has now hit in 31 of his 36 career games

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Victor Wembanyama’s first pitch at Yankee Stadium

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Aaron Hicks does it again, hits a 3 run home run off Tyler Glasnow

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Countries participating in the 2023 U-12 Baseball World Cup

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During the TCU vs Oral Roberts elimination game in the NCAA Men's College World Series, a TCU runner standing on third base was forced off and tagged by a fielder. The 3B Umpire's original "safe" call was overturned after an Oral Roberts challenge... Why? Article: https://www.closecallsports.com/2023/06/tcu-runner-pushed-off-base-but-still.html
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News, and a tweet I never thought I’d send:

The Orioles and Nationals reached a settlement in the MASN dispute — at least for the years from 2012-2016. Orioles paid Nats rest of what was owed, approximately $100M.

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Brandon Belt is second among AL DH’s in All-Star voting, 1,387,257 votes behind Shohei Ohtani. And he’s not happy

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Victor Wembanyama holding a baseball in his giant hand

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Tanner Houck will undergo surgery to put a plate in his cheek, but Alex Cora said Houck is definitely expected back this year. No known timetable for a return, however.

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Someone at Citizens Bank Park is playing MLB The Show on the huge screen

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Alameda County looking at 'all options' with A's, Coliseum site sale

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Do teams win more at home?

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June 17, 1994: Expos OF Marquis Grissom scores record 20th run in an 8-game stretch

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Royals Seek Liberation Through Jordan Lyles

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Potential First Round Pick Brayden Taylor makes an unbelievable spinning throw for the out

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Asked if the Reds were buyers ahead of the Trade Deadline, GM Nick Krall said yeah. “We’re in first place. We’re looking to win.”

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Krall also said there would be payroll flexibility to make some moves.

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Triston McKenzie has a sprain of the UCL in his right elbow. He’s being shut down for several weeks to start (he estimated a month or so) before he’ll be re-evaluated.

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The Angels have a better record (41-33) than the Dodgers (39-33) entering the Freeway Series for the first time since August 4 2014.

Entering the ‘14 series, the Angels were 66-44 while the Dodgers were 63-49.

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Shohei Ohtani: .435 AVG, 6 HR, 12 RBI, 1.893 OPS Michael Harris II: .556 AVG, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 1.499 OPS Your AL and NL @Chevrolet Players of the Week!

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Who is the last active player in pro baseball from the 2003 draft? The stars (Ethier, Adam Jones, Markakis etc) have come and gone, but the 8th round pick by the Expos is still pitching: Daryl Thompson. He's 4-0 with a 4.83 in 9 starts in the Atlantic League. KUDOS!

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The #Reds today returned from a rehab assignment, reinstated from the 10-day injured list and designated for assignment OF Wil Myers.

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ust a reminder of the White Sox Draft and Development History, here is every White Sox hitter over the last 30 years that the team drafted who became an All-Star with the team:

Tim Anderson, Joe Crede, Ray Durham, Frank Thomas.

That’s it. For 3 decades.

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The
@Braves
and
@Phillies
each enter their game today on a six-game win streak.

The last time those franchises played a game against each other with each club riding a win streak of six games or longer was on June 28, 1892, an 8-1 win by the Phillies over the Boston Beaneaters.

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The #Guardians are promoting 23-year-old RHP prospect Gavin Williams to make his MLB debut on Wednesday vs the A's. He is currently with the team in Cleveland.

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ESPN has added the
@Angels
to its 2023 Sunday Night Baseball schedule in July. The Halos host the defending World Series Champion
@Astros
on July 16 at 7 p.m. ET.

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Now that he is a qualified hitter, this is what Tommy Pham’s savant page looks like

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Updated All Star Game voting Leaders

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Baseball Savant Pages for Big Money Shortstops

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Rickwood Field, the oldest professional ballpark in the United States and former home of the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues, will host a regular season game between the @Cardinals and @SFGiants on June 20, 2024

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[Cuda] month of june - team OPS

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Major League players say Nashville is by far the best city for an expansion team. 69% of players polled told The Athletic that Music City should be next to have a team. Montreal, Charlotte, and Austin followed

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Cedric Mullins and Ryan Mountcastle expected in AAA Norfolk lineup tonight on injury rehab assignments. #orioles #tides

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Tim Locastro currently has a .300 OPB. He's yet to record a hit or a walk this season

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Only a ten PA sample size, but Tim Locastro is really good at getting hit by baseballs thrown in his general direction with 3 HBPs

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"Without
@Arraez_21
, the Marlins aren't doing what they're doing."

@Xavier_Scruggs
discusses what Luis Arraez is doing at the plate that has led to his success in 2023.

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David Ortiz thinks Juan Soto should have taken the 15-year, $440 million offer from the Nationals

"Anyone who knows this business knows that you don't say no to that... What do you do with $500 million that you can't do with $440 million?"

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@CatherineAker

@DaveKaval

@Athletics

@AthleticsPR

@MLB
time to show whether or not it was all an act. #NVLeg, take note:

Our community request that you donate proceeds of ticket sales on 9/23 to Oakland non profits, so fans can come out again for Oakland! #Oakland4Oakland

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All Star hats are out

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As it currently stands, 4 of 6 division leaders did not make the playoffs last year. Also, out of the 12 teams to currently hold a playoff spot, only 4 are returning teams from last year. (Braves, Dodgers, Yankees, and Rays)

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On June 9, the
@Reds
were 29-35 and 5.0 games back.

They have since won 9 straight and are now alone in first.

They are the first team in MLB history to go from being 5+ games under .500 and 5.0+ games out of first to being alone in first place in fewer than 10 games.

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The Giants hit the 4th walk-off splash landing in McCovey Cove on Monday. Mike Yastrzemski has hit the last 2.

⚾️Mike Yastrzemski -- Mon.
⚾️Mike Yastrzemski -- July 29, 2020
⚾️Brandon Crawford -- April 13, 2014
⚾️Barry Bonds -- August 19, 2003

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The Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani is a talented hitter and pitcher (includes a visit to his hometown)

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This year,188 teams participate in the Aichi Prefecture qualifying tournament.Only 1 team will go to Koshien.

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After tonight’s start, Yusei Kikuchi now has a sub-4 ERA (3.97). Not bad considering last season

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CPAC - Senator introduces bill to regulate sports betting advertising

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Seriously, if you’re saying “Oh, Vlad doesn’t deserve it”, why do you even consider yourself a Blue Jays fan? Why not just assess from one week to the next which team most rationally deserves your interest, you soulless ghouls.

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Ok, I know we’re not feeling super about Vlad lately, but I’d rather see him starting the All-Star Game as opposed to some Devil Ray.

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Support the team. Even when they suck. Maybe especially when they suck.

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The Blue Jays are exactly 500-500 over their last 1,000 regular season games 👀

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🚨 Your Voting Update 🚨

Reminder: Phase One voting ends at 12pm ET on Thursday!

Vote up to 5x per day ⭐️

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Most barrels so far in 2023:
230 ATL
187 LAD
183 TOR
180 LAA
179 TEX
178 NYY TB
173 STL SF
167 MIN
163 BAL
160 KC
158 PHI
152 DET
150 NYM
149 BOS
148 SD CWS
146 MIL
145 PIT
144 CHC
143 SEA
137 HOU
135 COL
134 ARI
122 WSH MIA
119 CIN
116 OAK
91 CLE

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Largest shifts in playoff chances since Opening Day
(according to FanGraphs):

Diamondbacks (15% to 69%)
Orioles (10% to 61%)
Rangers (38% to 80%)
Rays (61% to 99%)
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Padres (85% to 59%)
Astros (79% to 52%)
Mets (77% to 25%)
Cardinals (67% to 13%)

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Rumors: Schneider going to be fired for Mattingly

idle drift
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ESPN Sources: The Celtics are working on a trade to acquire the Wizards’ Kristaps Porzingis in a three-team deal that sends Malcolm Brogdon to Clippers. LA would be sending Marcus Morris, Amir Coffey and 30th pick to Washington. Sides still have more work to do on an agreement.

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At this point I do not care where Dame plays

idle drift
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[Klak] The 2023 Hockey Hall of Fame class: Ken Hitchcock, Pierre Lacroix, Tom Barrasso, Henrik Lundqvist, Caroline Ouellette, Pierre Turgeon, Mike Vernon

idle drift
sick perch
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Grizzlies franchise is crumbling more and more

idle drift
idle drift
idle drift
idle drift
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Ex-Bills Punter Matt Araiza Intends to Sue Over Gang Rape Allegation

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San Francisco 49ers head coach Mike Singletary rants about tight end Vernon Davis and selfish players after an embarrassing loss to the Seattle Seahawks in 2008.

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Most Preseason Wins Since 2000

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Marcus Davenport who had 0.5 sacks last year will be making more money than Danielle Hunter year who had 10.5 sacks on the Vikings

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Marcus Davenport signed a 1 year 13 million dollar contract with minnesota this offseason

He will be getting paid more than Danielle Hunter (5.5 million) next year

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Since Cam Newton's injury in 2019 here is all the picks that Carolina have invested into the QB position

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Pick 100 in 2019
Pick 226 in 2021
Pick 38 in 2022
Pick 111 in 2022
Pick 137 in 2022
Pick 9 in 2023
Pick 61 in 2023
Pick 76 in 2023
1st round pick in 2024
5th round pick in 2024
2nd round pick in 2025
DJ Moore

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All these picks (and player) were spent on the following QB's Will Grier, Sam Darnold, Matt Corral, Baker Mayfield and Bryce Young