Starting the month with an embarrassing gaffe from last night…
Rangers played at Cleveland last night. In the top of the seventh, they had a runner on second with one out and the score tied 2-2. Alejandro Osuna hit a routine fly ball to left. Guardians rookie Cooper Ingle, playing in just his fourth major league game, caught the ball and thought it was the third out. He began jogging toward the dugout and then casually tossed the ball into the stands.
The runner on second was awarded home plate and the Rangers went on to win the game 4-2.
Oops.
The last time I remember a situation like that, it was Benny Agbayani making a similar gaffe while playing for the Mets.
Also, today is Bobby Bonilla Day.
Each July 1, Bonilla receives a check from the Mets in the amount of $1,193,248.20. The payments started in 2011 and will continue through 2035.
I am being forced to listen to the Red Sox radio broadcasting team, as the Nats game is blacked out here in Massachusetts.
If there was ever a worse pair of giggling, inside-joke-telling buffoons, I have yet to experience them. Come on guys, laughing it up over Beavis and Butthead?
Cubs beat the Padres 23-3. I had to check twice to make sure I hadn’t accidently clicked on a football (not futball) game.
Eight home runs for the Cubs, three by Dansby Swanson. Wind was blowing out at Wrigley today.
Hurricane-force gales. Plus antigravity in the outfield.
But only when the Cubs were at bat, apparently
They actually noted during the game that the Bears, in their history, had one game that they won 23-3. It was during their 1986 season.
And, speaking of Swanson, in his last 10 games, is hitting .366 with 15 hits, 8 home runs, 26 RBIs and 12 runs scored.
The man leading the majors in pitching wins is someone you have probably never heard of: Brewers reliever Aaron Ashby.
Ashby notched his 12th win of the season against the Reds last night, giving him a record of 12-1. He is a middle reliever, and has regularly wound up as the pitcher of record when the Brewers take the lead, and/or when a starter doesn’t go five innings. He’s pitched in 40 of Milwaukee’s 84 games so far.