Baseball 2026: RIP Mr Laser Beam

[cardinal biggles]

I still don't know what Loose Bodies are.

Small fragments of bone or cartilage that break off and float around in the fluid at various joints, especially the knee, elbow, and ankle.

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Given the amount of stress things like batting, pitching, and catching puts on an athlete's body, it really shouldn't be surprising that this is happening.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

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An actual in-the-park grand slam this time, courtesy of the ball hitting of the heel of Nick Morabito's glove and Tyrone Taylor checking on Morabito instead of looking for the ball.

 

[Aragorn]

Blue Jays starting pitcher Jose Berrios, who hasn't pitched since September and missed the World Series, now has to get Tommy John.

 

[Aragorn]

Angels outright Alek Manoah to Triple-A after he gave up 6 H, 8 ER and 3 BB in 1.1 innings against the Dodgers. This is the same player who refused a minor league assignment when he was with the Blue Jays. Two-year wonder who let success get to his head and then he completely lost it all.

 

[cardinal biggles]

The Pirates finally got their mojo back; after losing four straight (including getting swept by the Phillies at home), they won two out of three on the road in St. Louis. Now on to Toronto, that should be interesting...

 

[Aragorn]

Vancouver, B.C. is throwing its hat into the ring for one of the expansion teams, but some think it's just election year nonsense from people trying to save their jobs because its looking like they can't even keep their much cheaper MLS soccer team.

 

[Aragorn]

Wander Franco declared criminally responsible for the sexual and psychological abuse of a minor, but will not serve a sentence for it. Dominican judge took into account how the minor's mother extorted and blackmailed him, and how she's serving time for trafficking her own daughter. Full sentencing will be in June.

Wander Franco found criminally responsible, but no prison

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was declared criminally responsible for the sexual and psychological abuse of a minor, but he will not serve a sentence for it, a judge ruled Monday in the Dominican Republic, with full sentencing slated for June 16.

www.espn.com

 

[Aragorn]

Bob Horner has died at 68. No cause given.

Former Braves slugger Bob Horner, who had 4-HR game, dies at 68

Bob Horner, the power-hitting third baseman who was the No. 1 draft pick in 1978 and hit a home run in his debut with the Atlanta Braves after skipping the minor leagues, has died. He was 68.

www.espn.com

 

[Aragorn]

Dustin May of St. Louis takes a no-hitter into the 8th against the Brewers, gives up two hits, gets pulled, the reliever allows both of those runners to score, May gets the loss.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

MLB owners propose first salary cap since 1994 strike.

 

[Aragorn]

There's going to be a lockout.

Owners proposal is quite telling though, basically revealing what everyone already knows in that teams like the A's, Guardians and Marlins can easily spend $80-90 million more per season.

 

[BillJ]

There's going to be a lockout.

Probably going to be a long one. I wouldn't be surprised if there is no 2027 season.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

With the talk of a salary cap and floor (which I think the sport needs), it's gotten me wondering where Timby is.

 

[BillJ]

With the talk of a salary cap and floor (which I think the sport needs), it's gotten me wondering where Timby is.

I’m not in a camp on either side of a cap, but maybe they should quit selling to people simply using their teams as a personal piggy bank.

They should be building in competitive standards to the ownership agreements.

 

[1001001]

The Angels scored 14 runs on 11 hits yesterday.

The Rays have been pretty hot lately but they came completely undone. Some real ugly baseball.

We need all the help we can get.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

The Cubs have three 10 game streaks this year, unfortunately one of those is a losing streak. I've still never seen a team that can go cold all at once the way my Cubs can.

 

[Aragorn]

Someone in the stands at Camden Yards threw a ball at Blue Jays OF Jesus Sanchez and injured him on the wrist, forcing him to exit the game. The guy got booted, cops possibly involved, and supposedly the whole thing was caught on video.

 

[Aragorn]

Now it's sounding like it was a little kid who thought Sanchez wanted him to throw the ball. So it was a misunderstanding but the kid and his dad still got booted.

 

[Aragorn]

Against the Rockies, Angels OF Jo Adell misplayed a routine fly ball, it went through his glove, off his head and over the wall for a home run.

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[The Nth Doctor]

Jose Canseco would be proud.