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Saturday’s 6-pack
Highest paid baseball players this year:
$43,333,333— Justin Verlander/Max Scherzer, NYM
$40,000,000— Aaron Judge, NYY
$38,571,428— Anthony Rendon, LAA
$37,116,666— Mike Trout, LAA
$36,000,000— Gerrit Cole, NYY
$35,500,000— Corey Seager, Tex
Quote of the Day
“Is it true that cannibals don’t eat clowns because they taste funny?”
Steven Wright
Saturday’s quiz
How many colors are there in the rainbow?
Friday’s quiz
Joe Burrow went to Ohio State, before he transferred to LSU.
Thursday’s quiz
Los Angeles Clippers are the only team in the NBA that doesn’t have a losing season in the last 10 years.
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Saturday’s Den: Random stuff with the weekend here………
— Reds 11, Braves 10
Atlanta scored five runs in the top of the first inning, but Joey Votto hit two home runs and the streaking Reds won again, in front of 43,086 excited fans.
Cincinnati has won 12 games in a row, their best winning streak since 1957. One of their players that year was Gus Bell, whose grandson David is now the Reds’ manager.
Elly De La Cruz hit for the cycle, in his 15h big league game. It was the first cycle by a Reds’ player since Eric Davis, in 1989.
— Brewers 7, Guardians 1— 36-year old Wade Miley needed only 67 pitches to toss six shutout innings. Milwaukee broke the game open by scoring five runs in the sixth inning.
— Phillies 5, Mets 1— Taijuan Walker allowed only four baserunners and one run in six IP. Mets and their $375M roster are now 34-41, 14 games out of first place, eight games behind the last Wild Card slot.
— Mets traded 3B Eduardo Escobar to the Angels, for a couple minor league pitching prospects.
— Texas 4, New York 2 (10)
Adolis Garcia hit a 2-run homer in the 10th inning for the game-winning runs.
Giancarlo Stanton is 3 for his last 45 and is hitting .183.
It was a pretty good night for teams on long losing streaks:
— Pirates 3, Marlins 1— Miami scored a run in the first inning, Luzardo tossed seven shutout innings, but Pittsburgh scored three runs in the 9th inning. Carlos Santana had the winning hit as the Pirates snap their 10-game losing streak.
— Marlins’ 2B Luis Arraez went 3-for-4, is now hitting .402.
— A’s 5, Blue Jays 4— Shea Langeliers homered in the ninth inning, as Oakland snaps their losing skid at eight games. A’s are 20-58 as the season’s halfway mark approaches, but they’re 3-1 in James Kaprielian’s last four starts.
— Rockies 7, Angels 4— Elias Diaz hit an 8th inning grand slam, as Colorado snapped its 8-game losing skid. Diaz is going to be the first Rockies’ catcher ever to make an All-Star team; this is the 31st season for the Rockies.
— San Diego Padres called up knuckleballer Matt Waldron to start Saturday’s game against Washington. Waldron was 1-6, 7.02 in 12 starts at AAA El Paso, not good numbers, but El Paso is in high altitude.
— Movie of the Day— The Verdict (1982)— An outcast, alcoholic Boston lawyer tries to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.
Paul Newman plays the lawyer; his friend is Jack Warden, who helps him get the big case. James Mason plays the opposing lawyer in the big case.
Trivia: Jack Warden/James Mason also worked together in Heaven Can Wait, the movie where Warren Beatty plays QB for the Rams and helps them win the Super Bowl.
— Texas A&M defensive ends coach Terry Price, a longtime SEC assistant and former Aggie football star, passed away at age 55. Since joining Texas A&M in 2012, Price helped recruit and develop nine NFL draft picks, all of whom were selected in the first four rounds of the draft.
RIP, sir.
— Gonzaga star Drew Timme didn’t get drafted; he signed with Milwaukee Friday to a minimum contract that can be converted to a two-way deal before the start of the season.
Saturday’s 6-pack
Highest paid baseball players this year:
$43,333,333— Justin Verlander/Max Scherzer, NYM
$40,000,000— Aaron Judge, NYY
$38,571,428— Anthony Rendon, LAA
$37,116,666— Mike Trout, LAA
$36,000,000— Gerrit Cole, NYY
$35,500,000— Corey Seager, Tex
Quote of the Day
“Is it true that cannibals don’t eat clowns because they taste funny?”
Steven Wright
Saturday’s quiz
How many colors are there in the rainbow?
Friday’s quiz
Joe Burrow went to Ohio State, before he transferred to LSU.
Thursday’s quiz
Los Angeles Clippers are the only team in the NBA that doesn’t have a losing season in the last 10 years.
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Saturday’s Den: Random stuff with the weekend here………
— Reds 11, Braves 10
Atlanta scored five runs in the top of the first inning, but Joey Votto hit two home runs and the streaking Reds won again, in front of 43,086 excited fans.
Cincinnati has won 12 games in a row, their best winning streak since 1957. One of their players that year was Gus Bell, whose grandson David is now the Reds’ manager.
Elly De La Cruz hit for the cycle, in his 15h big league game. It was the first cycle by a Reds’ player since Eric Davis, in 1989.
— Brewers 7, Guardians 1— 36-year old Wade Miley needed only 67 pitches to toss six shutout innings. Milwaukee broke the game open by scoring five runs in the sixth inning.
— Phillies 5, Mets 1— Taijuan Walker allowed only four baserunners and one run in six IP. Mets and their $375M roster are now 34-41, 14 games out of first place, eight games behind the last Wild Card slot.
— Mets traded 3B Eduardo Escobar to the Angels, for a couple minor league pitching prospects.
— Texas 4, New York 2 (10)
Adolis Garcia hit a 2-run homer in the 10th inning for the game-winning runs.
Giancarlo Stanton is 3 for his last 45 and is hitting .183.
It was a pretty good night for teams on long losing streaks:
— Pirates 3, Marlins 1— Miami scored a run in the first inning, Luzardo tossed seven shutout innings, but Pittsburgh scored three runs in the 9th inning. Carlos Santana had the winning hit as the Pirates snap their 10-game losing streak.
— Marlins’ 2B Luis Arraez went 3-for-4, is now hitting .402.
— A’s 5, Blue Jays 4— Shea Langeliers homered in the ninth inning, as Oakland snaps their losing skid at eight games. A’s are 20-58 as the season’s halfway mark approaches, but they’re 3-1 in James Kaprielian’s last four starts.
— Rockies 7, Angels 4— Elias Diaz hit an 8th inning grand slam, as Colorado snapped its 8-game losing skid. Diaz is going to be the first Rockies’ catcher ever to make an All-Star team; this is the 31st season for the Rockies.
— San Diego Padres called up knuckleballer Matt Waldron to start Saturday’s game against Washington. Waldron was 1-6, 7.02 in 12 starts at AAA El Paso, not good numbers, but El Paso is in high altitude.
— Movie of the Day— The Verdict (1982)— An outcast, alcoholic Boston lawyer tries to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.
Paul Newman plays the lawyer; his friend is Jack Warden, who helps him get the big case. James Mason plays the opposing lawyer in the big case.
Trivia: Jack Warden/James Mason also worked together in Heaven Can Wait, the movie where Warren Beatty plays QB for the Rams and helps them win the Super Bowl.
— Texas A&M defensive ends coach Terry Price, a longtime SEC assistant and former Aggie football star, passed away at age 55. Since joining Texas A&M in 2012, Price helped recruit and develop nine NFL draft picks, all of whom were selected in the first four rounds of the draft.
RIP, sir.
— Gonzaga star Drew Timme didn’t get drafted; he signed with Milwaukee Friday to a minimum contract that can be converted to a two-way deal before the start of the season.
