David Ortiz and the Red Sox helped rally Boston in the wake of the 2013 marathon bombing, going on to win the World Series.
– Shohei Ohtani entered Saturday having reached base in 35 consecutive games, hitting .315 with a .383 on-base percentage and .488 slugging percentage during the streak, while also going 5-1 with a 0.82 ERA in seven starts on the mound. He has given up just 15 hits and no homers in 44 innings in the stretch. He hasn’t given up more than four hits in any of those starts while pitching at least five innings.
Right-handed hitters have seen their batting average on ground balls increase from .250 a year ago to .264 this year, while lefties have increased their batting average from .226 to .230. – The New York Mets became the first team in baseball history to draw at least 17 walks and score at least 17 runs on the road in their 17-6 victory over the pitiful Oakland A’s, including four walks with the bases loaded.
– Salt Lake City officials may be lobbying MLB to be considered as an expansion city, but realistically, they have no prayer. Their only hope for an MLB team would be if the Oakland A’s attempt to move to Las Vegas stalls, and the A’s instead relocate to Salt Lake. “To ask a 1.000 OPS at the end of the season, I don’t know, but man, he looked good in spring training.”
– The New York Mets have to be ecstatic that the Detroit Tigers out-bid them by $20 million for shortstop Javier Baez when he was a free agent two years ago and signed a six-year, $140 million contract. He has been a disaster, hitting .159 this season with only two extra-base hits, andHe has an opt-out after this season, but who in their right mind would pay him remotely close to the four years, $98 million still left on his contract after the season.
Please, all Bartman ever asked was to simply be left alone, receiving death threats after his attempt to catch a foul ball at Wrigley Field may have prevented Moises Alou from catching it during the 2003 NLCS. “Anywhere you struggle, fans are going to be tough on you, but in New York it’s magnified,” Ruf told The Athletic. “I think the media there really runs with what fans’ perceptions are. So you’re kind of getting crushed by two entities. Even if you’re not on social media a heck of a lot, you still have an idea and you see things.”
“The reason we stopped [selling alcohol in] the seventh before was to give our fans time to sober up and drive home safe, correct?”told the “Baseball Isn’t Boring” podcast.
– Kudos to Phillies All-Star Bryce Harper for volunteering to play first base when he returns with the Phillies already losing Rhys Hoskins for the season and Darick Hall until mid-summer. Harper is still recovering from his elbow ligament reconstruction and will first return as a DH before he’s cleared to play the field. He has been taking batting practice every day.
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