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Louis Varland coming through for his old teammate, giving up a single also to make it a 2 hitter.

‘80s BoSox were a pleasure; once they won the WS, the whole brand became insufferable. One note, I think in the late ‘70s it became the Rice-Lynn-Dewey Evans with his rocket arm, and Yaz shifting to 1B. Right there for great ‘80s outfields were the Blue Jays (George Bell-Lloyd Moseby-Jesse...

Cecil Fielder, Darrell Evans, Ron Kittle, Steve Balboni, Matt Stairs, Rob Deer, Andre Thornton! Remembering some guys who wouldn’t look out of place at a beer league softball game.

Just took a look at the All Star game box score and I hope the NL can get a hit or two in the 8th/9th inning. Through 7 innings they’ve got one hit, a single by Juan Soto off Joe Ryan. I’d rather that not be repeated ad nauseum from here on through eternity. The NL starter got knocked around...

I was thinking of Ortiz as a comparison, especially given their similarities-best positioned at DH, garrulous hometown favs, postseason success. Ortiz was about 6 WAR above Schwarber at age 32 and was pretty consistently solid through age 40 (he posted his fourth best WAR in that final season)...

I finished watching the HR Derby tonight (my boys were entertained by the opening round and wanted to see the conclusion) and I got to wondering, is Kyle Schwarber going to be a Hall of Famer? He’s sitting at 379 HR’s, so he has a good chance to reach 400 by the end of his age 33 season, so it’s...

During this All-Star break, if you’re looking to fill your baseball diet, I can recommend this podcast on Bert Blyleven’s career, a thorough and insightful trek in which I learned a lot about Circle Me. (the podcast is a recent discovery for me, and I am finding it really enjoyable)...

Already used two today (Tigers C Dingler and Miami’s 2B Otto Lopez)

Twins on the Grid again, and I was able to scrape some unique players with Wolfe and Gant, plus Jarvis, who pitched very briefly and poorly for the Twins some years back.

An incredible video to watch, I can only imagine the terror of being chased by a bison. I hope the old fella can bounce back. https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/07/11/tourist-seriously-injured-after-yellowstone-bison-launches-man-8-feet-in-the-air/

I’d add Ryan Kriedler’s solid play, both at the bat and in the field, allowing the shifting of the infielders to better fit their strengths/shelter their weaknesses.

I voted for the three pitchers—without them, I imagine we’d be in Royals territory and speculating what we would get for Joe Ryan at the deadline and if Buxton would waive his no-trade clause.

LeBron’s swan song appears to be shaping up like MJ’s last years-more akin to a whimper than a hurrah. I also think when we get out a few years from now, his desire/finagling to stay in the Eastern Conference (save for his one foray into the West, which excepting the COVID year was...

I was able to hit some deep cuts today to sweep the unique players for the Twins (and across the 10 win category, plus the Aussie, Shipley): Kinnunen actually holds a very obscure MLB record-most lifetime appearances without a decision-48 games without a win, loss, or a save. Powell was a 1st...

New reliever coming on board…