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what an odd time to have adrian houser pitch (i suppose this is also true of any time tbf)

it's pretty incredible how bad vitello is at all aspects of managing. he watched webb hit a batter and then walk another on four pitches, and then let him face three left-handed hitters before bringing in a lefty reliever for the fourth

longtime Nick Avila fans will appreciate new mariners pitcher Nick Davila

remember when victor robles was the best hitter in baseball for two months

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might change a few hours in but the pacing feels much better

i feared that acuff's shooting was fake and every indication so far is that it absolutely was fake

wade meckler 125 wrc+ tristan peters 133 wrc+ otto lopez 141 wrc+

"Citizens Christian Academy" has to be top 10 evil U.S. school names

this is probably the longest 4-3 game (without extras) of the pitch clock era

Taking out the guy with no command and putting in Erik Miller is very funny

shane bieber: 6.1 k/9, 5.4 bb/9, 4.7 hr/9. lovely pattern at work

tristan peters is such a brewers/rays player that it is shocking how easily both gave up on him (injured trevor rosenthal & cash, respectively)

.950 xBA lineout there

Casey Schmitt's first walk since May 24, 173 plate appearances

this should be a lifetime ban

MUCHOVÁ

good strategy from ryan walker there; get alejandro kirk on base so that cease can't warm up with him

i am starting to suspect that ryan walker's minor league reset was unsuccessful

tolbert mania has swept the nation

Forever Giant. Zaidi got a big leaguer back for Erik Kratz

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gausman reunion and he's scraping 90 :(

has a pitcher ever won a cy young award in the same season they gave up a home run to luke maile

vitello has the giants hitter with the highest ops batting seventh, and they lost by one-run with him in the on-deck circle

congratulations to rafael devers for passing caleb durbin in war

now foki, how on earth did you win that set

this is the most successful sabalenka hate watch in at least 5 years

muchová :)

acuff 1-8 and the only shot he hit was a contested mid range surrounded by four defenders. i hate this team so much

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Why did Vitello not challenge that fair call? Or even argue the runner placement?

dodgers starting eric lauer, justin wrobleski, "charlie barnes," and none of their real pitchers in sacramento is a good bit

updating this: spencer miles would be the giants second-best pitcher. posey left him unprotected for r5 because he was unable to imagine that any other team thinks differently w/r/t how quick players can move through the minors

krejcikova vs bartunkova for the right to play muchova is like a dream. best slam draw in years

i find it really disturbing that wade meckler is playing at a 4+ win pace for the angels. troubles the order of the universe, etc.

i just realized that if you remove their extremely lopsided head to head games, the giants and dbacks have identical records (35-42) lmao

hey, look. it's ketel marte at the plate. i know where i should throw it

i really appreciate that the ejection notice in gameday specifies *interim* manager, as insult to injury

how do you leave literally erling haaland alone in the box

aoi ito, you have never been needed this much

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vitello is pushing for extra outs here and robbie ray is now throwing 90 mph fastballs

the guardians just hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded and no outs, trailing by three runs, and their announcer said “that’s guardsball right there” and meant it as a compliment

american way of counting stoppage time

how do you walk a guy hitting .070 on four pitches

foki !!!!!!

american var official imo

luis arraez appears to have a message to/for venezuela written on his cap