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Tim Anderson is having a really bad year in more ways than one.

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For the last couple of weeks, baseball has been a lot of fun on the Northside. Tied in the wildcard with Cincinnati (who we knocked out of first), two out of three against the Braves the best team in the NL and 1.5 games out of first.

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Ah, the undying hopes of a Cubs fan.

Uhhh, the Orioles have some sort of complex?

https://www.aol.com/orioles-announcer-k ... 09290.html

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Uhhh, the Orioles have some sort of complex?
https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/ ... 0063803392
https://www.aol.com/orioles-announcer-k ... 09290.html

That sucks. In reality, his accurate comments highlight how well the Birds are doing this year.

... A source told the Athletic that the Orioles suspended Brown because ownership thought his comments made the team sound cheap. Baltimore is in first in the AL East this season and entered Monday with the second-best record in baseball, trailing only the Atlanta Braves. It's a stark contrast for a franchise that failed to place better than fourth in the division the previous six seasons, a span that includes four last-place finishes. The Orioles are winning this season despite having baseball's 29th-ranked payroll....

As usual, owners getting in the way of the players. Ironically, the Orioles won this 7/23 game, winning the series 3-1 and thus emphasizing the 2023 Baltimore dominance, so far.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/schedule/ ... re-orioles

The AL East leading O's are only 1.5 games behind Atlanta for best in MLB.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings

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Uhhh, the Orioles have some sort of complex?
https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/ ... 0063803392
https://www.aol.com/orioles-announcer-k ... 09290.html

That sucks. In reality, his accurate comments highlight how well the Birds are doing this year.

... A source told the Athletic that the Orioles suspended Brown because ownership thought his comments made the team sound cheap. Baltimore is in first in the AL East this season and entered Monday with the second-best record in baseball, trailing only the Atlanta Braves. It's a stark contrast for a franchise that failed to place better than fourth in the division the previous six seasons, a span that includes four last-place finishes. The Orioles are winning this season despite having baseball's 29th-ranked payroll....

As usual, owners getting in the way of the players. Ironically, the Orioles won this 7/23 game, winning the series 3-1 and thus emphasizing the 2023 Baltimore dominance, so far.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/schedule/ ... re-orioles

The AL East leading O's are only 1.5 games behind Atlanta for best in MLB.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings

The baseball gods are not happy. The O's are getting blasted from everyone.

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Never seen this before.

Impressive wrangling.



Didn't know there are white tailed skunks.

https://wildlifeinformer.com/types-of-skunks/

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Never seen this before.

Impressive wrangling.

https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/ ... 2049063936

Didn't know there are white tailed skunks.

https://wildlifeinformer.com/types-of-skunks/

That's one of the prettiest skunks I've seen, likely 7. American Hog-Nosed Skunk.

The Springfield, Missouri Cardinals grounds crew are better wranglers than these visitors to Springfield:

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The Springfield, Missouri Cardinals grounds crew are better wranglers than these visitors to Springfield:

Wow, infield triple and a Chinese fire drill on one play.

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Wow, infield triple and a Chinese fire drill on one play.

Is it really a triple if there's an error?

Just needs a soundtrack:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAJB6HsYiNA

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Wow, infield triple and a Chinese fire drill on one play.

Is it really a triple if there's an error?

Just needs a soundtrack:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAJB6HsYiNA

That's what the guy said, don't know if anyone was charged with an error. If there was one charged, no triple.

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Well, that's different.

Only in baseball:
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/381 ... -bet-betts

... The Los Angeles Dodgers slugger was in the on-deck circle awaiting his at-bat at home on Aug. 2 against Oakland....

Betts walked up to the plate and hit a 436-foot blast to left field, his longest home run as a Dodger. After circling the bases, he fist-bumped with the fan, named Giuseppe Mancuso....

Baltimore Orioles 74-46 .617, leading AL East by 3 games, 2nd in MLB.
Chicago Cubs 61-58 .513, trailing NL Central by 3.5 games, been stuck there for awhile. Out of the Wild Card race at the moment.
San Diego Padres 57-63 .475, trailing NL West by 16 games.
Oakland Athletics 33-87 .275, trailing AL West by 39 games, worst in MLB by a wide margin.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings

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Out of the Wild Card race?

1 game back in the middle of August?

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Out of the Wild Card race?

1 game back in the middle of August?

My bad, I looked at the wrong chart. Still, I meant not in Wild Card position. I didn't mean knocked out.

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Out of the Wild Card race?

1 game back in the middle of August?

My bad, I looked at the wrong chart. Still, I meant not in Wild Card position. I didn't mean knocked out.

Just funnin'.

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https://twitter.com/BleacherNation/stat ... 9327299006

There's been a lot of "energy" conservation over the years decades.

Why all the fuss?
https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=401472823


Now in WC position.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings/_/view/wild-card

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There's been a lot of "energy" conservation over the years decades.

Ouch.

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Mariners' Julio Rodriguez gets record 17th hit in 4 games

HOUSTON -- Julio Rodríguez set a major league record with his 17th hit in four games, helping to lead the Seattle Mariners past the Houston Astros 10-3 for their fifth straight win Saturday night.

Rodriguez, with a single to left field in the seventh inning, broke a major league record set in 1925 by Milt Stock of the Brooklyn Robins. He finished 4-for-6, giving him his fourth consecutive four-plus-hit game.

"Honestly, I knew when they put it on the scoreboard that I had set a record for a four-game span," Rodriguez said. "Before that, I didn't know."

The four straight four-hit games tied Rodriguez with Stock for the longest such streak, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. He is 17-for-21 (.810) during the four-game stretch, improving his season batting average from .256 to .278.

x 17! Was a 98 year old record!

... The Mariners, who are 13-3 in their past 16 games, pulled to 1½ games behind the Astros for the second AL wild-card spot and maintained a half-game lead over the Toronto Blue Jays for the third and final AL wild-card spot.

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Mariners' Julio Rodriguez gets record 17th hit in 4 games

HOUSTON -- Julio Rodríguez set a major league record with his 17th hit in four games, helping to lead the Seattle Mariners past the Houston Astros 10-3 for their fifth straight win Saturday night.

Rodriguez, with a single to left field in the seventh inning, broke a major league record set in 1925 by Milt Stock of the Brooklyn Robins. He finished 4-for-6, giving him his fourth consecutive four-plus-hit game.

"Honestly, I knew when they put it on the scoreboard that I had set a record for a four-game span," Rodriguez said. "Before that, I didn't know."

The four straight four-hit games tied Rodriguez with Stock for the longest such streak, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. He is 17-for-21 (.810) during the four-game stretch, improving his season batting average from .256 to .278.

x 17! Was a 98 year old record!

... The Mariners, who are 13-3 in their past 16 games, pulled to 1½ games behind the Astros for the second AL wild-card spot and maintained a half-game lead over the Toronto Blue Jays for the third and final AL wild-card spot.

'Stros be 'Stroing

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Major, major bummer.

Bad for him, bad for the game. He won't be pitching next year either.

Shohei Ohtani tears UCL, will not pitch again for Angels this season