Team News
Yesterday’s loss connects the most runs we have actually quit versus the Twins in a video game. That loss can be found in the 2017 season, In that video game TJ McFarland quit 7 runs in .1 inning. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN201708200.shtml
The Dbacks are 10-16 perpetuity versus Minnesota.
Diamondbacks throttled by Twins as season tumble ends up being freefall
“There’s a sense of frustration,” Lovullo said, when inquired about the sensation in the dugout. “The guys want to get after it, they’re just not having the results. For me, it’s a helpless feeling.”
https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2023/08/05/arizona-diamondbacks-minnesota-twins-news-updates-saturday-game/70517665007/
D-backs get trounced by Twins on roadway, tailspin continues
Ryan Jeffers and the Twins Bury D-backs 12-1
https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/game-day/ryan-jeffers-and-the-twins-bury-d-backs-12-1
D-backs drop fifth straight: ‘We’ve got to discover that course once again’
“I saw a couple hits, a home run and a heady bunt play, and then after that it was lockdown,” Lovullo said. “We’ve got to be better than that.”
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/d-backs-fall-to-twins-for-5th-straight-loss
Twins hammer Arizona after Joe Mauer HOF event
A draw from the opposite, if you wish to check out Mauer.
https://www.si.com/fannation/bringmethesports/twins/twins-hammer-arizona-after-joe-mauer-hof-ceremony
Pham ‘ready’ for playoff chase with D-backs
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/tommy-pham-praised-for-work-ethic
Other Baseball
Belt shows up clutch for Blue Jays: ‘We trust him in huge spots’
https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/news/brandon-belt-hits-hr-go-ahead-rbi-in-win-over-red-sox
Weird Finish, But Jays Beat Red Sox
https://www.bluebirdbanter.com/2023/8/5/23821534/weird-finish-but-jays-beat-red-sox
J-Ram, TA get heated up as benches clear in Cleveland
“I think [Anderson has] been disrespecting the game for a while,” Ramirez said after the video game through interpreter Agustin Rivero. “It’s not from yesterday. It’s from before. I even had the chance to tell him during the game, ‘Don’t do this stuff. That’s disrespectful. Don’t start tagging people like that,’ because in reality, we’re here trying to find ways to provide for our families.”
https://www.mlb.com/news/jose-ramirez-tim-anderson-ejected-guardians-white-sox-benches-clearing-incident
7 groups, 3 areas: The case for each NL Wild Card competitor
Hey, we’re getting observed! (sarcasm typeface)
The Case Against: The last month-plus has actually been a catastrophe, and it’s all beginning to collapse at the specific incorrect time. Even Carroll has actually fallen off in the 2nd half. This group runs out gas.
Verdict: There are motivating indications for the future. But that future doesn’t appear like October 2023.
https://www.mlb.com/news/making-a-playoff-case-for-each-nl-wild-card-contender
A’s Reflect on Latest “Reverse Boycott” in Oakland
https://www.si.com/mlb/athletics/news/as-reflect-on-latest-reverse-boycott-in-oakland
Rays Claim Cole Sulser
He is going to be a shutdown reducer for them now, isnt he?
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/08/rays-claim-cole-sulser.html
Anything Goes
This day in history:
Today is the 78th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic battle. Nagasaki would be 3 days in the future the 9th. August 15th was when Hirohito revealed Japanese surrender and the instrument of surrender was signed on September second, 1945 almost 6 years to the day after Germany attacked Poland. A case can be made that the Pacific theater of WW2 began much earlier as Japan had actually attacked China in 1937 and Manchuria in 1931.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/day/august-6
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/August_6
The oldest currency on the planet is the British pound.
It dates over 1,200 years of ages in use. The British pound is likewise viewed as the identity of British Sovereignty.
Since the start of newscasting there has actually just been one day without any news.
April 18, 1930 was such an uneventful day, that the BBC’s radio commentator said, “There is no news,” by 6:30PM.
I was taking brief videos of a storm over my apartment building to see if I might capture any lightening. I’ve never ever captured anything doing this, till recently. This is a frame from a 4 or 5 2nd video.
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