May 3, 2021
1. Sunday Night Baseball was wild, in case you missed it
If you have time, watch the Jomboy recap of the ending— if not, quicker highlight clips are below.
Here’s the ending:
Earlier in the game, there highlights — many of them. There was Dom Smith thrown out at the plate:
The Mets turned a brilliant double play:
A three-run HR from Didi Gregorius — crushed:
Then the Jonathan Villar play:
And then, Pete Alonso — clearing the bases with a huge double:
Ending with the ninth inning, and that finale. Edwin Diaz on the mound, to close it for the Mets. Four-run lead. Then the Phillies got one back. Then two runners on. And then, Rhys Hoskins. Three-run homer. Tie game. Everyone stunned. Everyone thinking: “Game of the year!??”
And then, the replay review. No home run. Mets win, 8–7.
2. Quote of the weekend: “Mauricio… Dubon” — Don Orsillo
“Did I mention, he’s Mauricio Dubon?”
3. Max Scherzer pitched a complete game, and then helped his wife deliver their third child
Nine innings, one run, five hits. And then a trip to the delivery room.
He could’ve taken it easy, left after the 5th inning, welcomed a new life into the world with time to spare. But when you’re a Hall of Famer on the mound, you’ll just go ahead and do both:
4. Fernando Tatis Jr.’s numbers through his first 162 games
He played a partial season in 2019, a shortened season in 2020, and now a month into the 2021 season, he’s finally reached a full 162 games.
Pretty, pretty, pretty…. pretty good:
5. Awful throws of the weekend: Zach Pop & Austin Riley
The ruling on this first one, somehow, was overturned into a “hit” instead of an error. You be the judge:
6. Benches cleared in the Cubs / Reds game on Saturday
Amir Garrett, the usual suspect, was at it again
7. Then, the Sunday game was a classic
Ten innings. 13–12. Reds win by a hair.
Two HRs from Bryant, two from Castellanos, and ten home runs between the two teams. Full highlights here, if you’d like to watch.
8. More from the Mets / Phillies series
The Mets have a new “approach coach”. The name is Diesel Donnie. And Diesel Donnie has them ripping heaters.
Outside of the Mauricio Dubon line, Pete Alonso had the quote of the night:
Then, the game prior, there was the bizarre McCutchen incident — ruled out of the baseline, in one of the weirdest, worst calls of the year:
Here was McCutchen’s very apt, very funny response:
9. DJ Stewart smashed his face and the face got a memorial service
10. Bizarre injury of the weekend: Video game pinky fracture
If you’re going to get hurt doing something unnecessary, at least make it something cool. Rock-climbing. Surfing. Partying. Something.
But, no — “I broke my pinky playing video games.”
11. The Dodgers lost three close games in a row, then won by 12
It’s that classic baseball thing, isn’t it — couldn’t they have just spread out those runs a bit more evenly!?
Here was how the night before ended, a comeback walk-off win by the surging, first-place Milwaukee Brewers:
12. Sunday church service defeats Britney Spears in the dugout
All is righteous and good. You simply love to see it:
13. Tony Wolters stole home out of nowhere, but got called out
Check out how early the catcher got the ball, and still he essentially botched the whole thing — bailed out by a questionable replay review:
14. The Yankees and Tigers played a very very fast game
Two hours and 14 minutes — we’re back to the days of the 1950s.
15. Lastly, the Diamondbacks helped out a date night
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