July 26, 2022
1. Baseball’s last remaining mud supplier may go extinct
And by “mud”, they mean mud — literally.
Here are the great opening lines to the piece:
2. The catch of the day: Ben Gamel
3. This is what happens when you pitch way too slowly
Every crowd in baseball should start doing countdowns — as almost every pitcher (outside of Nestor Cortes) takes twenty seconds too long, each pitch.
4. Mariano Rivera co-owns a baseball league in the Middle East
From the Khaleej Times:
Here he was this morning on The Dan Patrick Show:
5. More recent bits on baseball around the world
If you need some extra reads this week:
6. The first Yankees vs. Mets series of the year starts tonight
And maybe a preview of another subway series in October.
7. The Phillies made a much-needed comeback last night
It began with a bad start to the game, two runs scoring on an error:
And then, with two outs and a full count in the bottom of the eighth, Bryson Stott came through.
8. The unlikely triple of the day: Juan Soto
A cheeky, choppy little ground ball toward first base, somehow it gets through for a two-run triple that would end up winning the game.
9. Which prompted the stat of the day
10. And the very unlikely double of the day
A baseball is round, but it comes in a square case.
11. Suzyn Waldman and Chris Russo made the Radio Hall of Fame
Two of the most recognizable New York baseball voices ever.
12. And lastly, Zack Greinke hit a milestone last night
Here’s the list:
