July 11, 2022

1. The Baltimore Orioles are red hot

Would you believe me if I said they’re only two games behind the Blue Jays for the final AL Wild Card spot?

2. And here are the overall standings, this Monday afternoon

The AL Central becomes even more mediocre, the AL West is still a laugher, the NL East race is becoming fantastic, and the Dodgers are taking off at last.

3. The defensive plays of the weekend

Both at third base, both at Fenway Park. Yankees. Red Sox.

And another at shortstop, just for good measure:

4. The blunders of the weekend

First, there was mustard — absolutely falling apart.

And then Christian Arroyo, with maybe the most iconic misplay of the season:

5. The final All-Star Game rosters are here

The two highlights being the debut of the “legacy selections” (Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera) and the two Contreras brothers — both starting together for the National League.

6. And here are the All-Star Game jerseys

They should’ve sewn the letters with tinsel, and not gold.

7. The Red Sox really celebrated a series split with the Yankees

It’s July baseball, an electric atmosphere at a packed-to-the-brim Fenway Park, and two wins in a row to close out the weekend.

But as many Yankees fans pointed out on social media, take a look at the standings:

8. The meathead-or-genius? play of the weekend

This walks the finest of lines between idiotic and pure genius. And yet, the umpires didn’t notice and it worked—he wasn’t called for interference, and somehow stayed alive on the basepaths.

9. Hunter Greene set the record for most pitches over 100 mph

In a single start, he threw thirty-eight pitches at 100+ mph.

10. The line of the weekend: Chris Sale

For context, here he was a few days earlier:

11. And the double-take tweet of the weekend

Everyone’s been waiting to use this line for a while now.

12. And lastly, the unhittable pitches of the weekend: Felix Bautista

Simply perfect.