There’s confusion over the Red Sox ‘Fortnite’ situation Wins and “Fortnite” have all but disappeared for the 2019 Red Sox. Noted video game player David Price and manager Alex Cora clarified Thursday that “Fortnite” has not been banned from the Red Sox clubhouse, but it isn’t as popular as it was last year as they…
DetailsEric Longenhagen Chat: 5/3/19 Source: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/eric-longenhagen-chat-5-3-19/
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The Rarest of Gems for Syndergaard NEW YORK — “It’s probably more rare than a perfect game, I’d guess,” said Mets manager Mickey Callaway on Thursday afternoon. “To hit a homer and win 1-0 with a shutout, that’s got to be one of the rarest things in baseball.” Callaway was speaking of Noah Syndergaard’s two-way…
DetailsSinclair buys all 21 former Fox sports networks from Disney Nearly one year after the U.S. Department of Justice ordered Disney to sell off 22 Fox regional sports networks as a provision to its Fox deal, Disney has successfully unloaded the full package, and the winner is Sinclair Broadcasting Group. According to the Wall Street…
DetailsPrimer Dugout (and link of the day) 5-3-2019 Washington Times, May 3, 1919:The six American League players that engaged in all games their clubs played last year, have played in every game to date this season. One of them, Everett Scott, has not missed a single contest of the last 391 consecutive games played by…
DetailsTexas notes: Hernandez harnessing arsenal With a fastball that can touch 99 mph, Rangers prospect Jonathan Hernandez has been amassing strikeouts with Frisco but knows he’ll need to focus on his control to make it to the Majors like his father. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190503&content_id=306781786&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsFarm system storylines: April edition Members of the MiLB.com staff cover early-season storylines from all 30 farm systems with prospects like Luis Robert (White Sox), Casey Mize (Tigers) and Yordan Alvarez (Astros) standing out already, Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190503&content_id=306790612&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsProspect Roundup: Games of May 2 Angels No. 3 prospect Brandon Marsh tied his career high with four hits and Orioles No. 2 prospect Ryan Mountcastle stayed hot with three of his own to extend his hitting streak to nine games. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190503&content_id=306804514&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsTyler Glasnow, Aflame When a meteoroid strikes the top of the Earth’s atmosphere, it’s traveling at an unthinkable speed — something like 30 miles per second. Though it’s initially as cold as the void of space, the friction of striking the atmosphere creates intense heat. The thermal energy is sufficient to vaporize it, layer by…
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Sorenson: Off The Top Of My Head, May 2 In terms of the regular season, it’s three down and one to go. Hard to believe we are already at the end of the third month of the season. The preliminaries are done with, now we just have the final stretch of the season. This is…
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