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Friday’s 6-pack:
Major League leaders in RBI:
83— Aaron Judge, NYY
76— Jose Ramirez, Clev
70— Alec Bohm, Phil
67— Marcell Ozuna, Atl
64— Shohei Ohtani, LA
63— Juan Soto NYY/Josh Naylor, Clev
Quote of the Day
“When you get booed it means you’re probably doing something good that they don’t like.”
Arizona OF Joc Pederson, booed by the crowd in LA, where he used to play
Friday’s quiz
Who is the only player to win World Series MVP for teams in both leagues?
Thursday’s quiz
Max Scherzer pitches for Texas, but the Mets are paying him the highest %age of his salary this season.
Wednesday’s quiz
In the history of the Seattle Mariners, Felix Hernandez has the most wins.
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Friday’s Den: Best/worst days to have a birthday……..
— What are the best/worst days to have a birthday?
Best days:
July 4th
People shoot off fireworks for you
You never have to work on your birthday.
It is summer, nice weather.
January 1st
You never have to work on your birthday.
There is football on TV all day, every year.
People have parties the night before, for your birthday.
Worst days:
February 29
You only have a birthday once every four years.
October 31
Other people come to your house and want free candy.
December 26
People are worn out from the day before, are tired of giving gifts.
January 2
You probably have to work, and have a headache from watching football all day.
It is freakin’ cold out, at least around here it is.
I probably missed one or two; let me know…….
— Max Scherzer is pitching for Texas this season, but he’s getting paid by three different teams:
Mets are paying him $30,833,334
Nationals are paying him $15,000,000
Rangers are paying him $12,500,000.
— July 1st was Bobby Bonilla Day, when the Mets send yet another check for $1.19M to the retired outfielder, who will keep getting those checks for another 11 years.
$1,193,248.20 is the exact amount; in 2000, instead of paying Bonilla $5.9M to go away, the Mets agreed to make these annual payments from 2011-35. The Wilpon family owned the Mets at the time; they were involved with noted fraudster Bernie Madoff, so somehow they thought making these payments was a good idea.
It wasn’t.
— Texas Rangers’ rookie OF Wyatt Langford is first big leaguer to hit for the cycle this seaso.
— Jayson Tatum is going to make $62.8M playing for the Celtics next season; this year, the entire payroll for the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks was $58.3M.
Ducks went 27-50-5 this season, Celtics won the NBA title, but still…….
— Best shooting backcourt of all-time:
Steph Curry/Klay Thompson combined to make 3,538 3-point shots while they were on the court together with Golden State, making 43.1% of their attempts.
Next highest total by any two teammates is 1,840, by Portland’s Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum, who made 39.3% of their 3-pointers while playing together.
— Lot of Mountain West football games will be televised on TNT and HBO this fall; looks like the first one between two I-A teams will be a September 7 game with Georgia Southern going to Reno to play the Nevada Wolf Pack.
— When Aaron Civale starts for Milwaukee Friday night, he’ll be the 16h starting pitcher the Brewers have used this season, most in major leagues.
— Famous birthdays, July 5th:
Huey Lewis, 74
Rich Gossage, 73
Johnny Rodgers, 73
James Lofton, 68
Edie Falco, 61
Beno Udrih, 42
Ish Smith, 36
Austin Hays, 31
Shohei Ohtani, 30
— A’s 5, Angels 0
Oakland sweeps the Halos, shutting them out the last two days.
JP Sears needed 95 pitches to throw 5 shutout IP.
— Nationals 1, Mets 0
Jesse Winker pinch-hit a home run in 8th inning,
Jake Irvin allowed one hit in 8 IP.
— Diamondbacks 9, Dodgers 3
Christian Walker hit two home runs for second night in a row.
Walker has hit 19 home runs in 42 career games at Dodger Stadium.
— Mariners 7, Orioles 3
Game was tied 2-2 in 7th inning.
Julio Rodriguez homered for first time since June 15th,
— Cubs 10, Phillies 2
Ian Happ hit a 3-run homer in 5th inning.
Happ also hit a 3-run homer in 6th inning; one lefty, one righty.
— Padres 3, Rangers 1
Jurickson Profar is hitting .317 with 56 RBI; he’s an All-Star.
San Diego is 11-3 in its last 14 games.
— Red Sox 6, Marlins 5 (12)
Marlins didn’t get a hit until the 7th inning,
Miami’s Jake Burger was 0-5, with five strikeouts.
Friday’s 6-pack:
Major League leaders in RBI:
83— Aaron Judge, NYY
76— Jose Ramirez, Clev
70— Alec Bohm, Phil
67— Marcell Ozuna, Atl
64— Shohei Ohtani, LA
63— Juan Soto NYY/Josh Naylor, Clev
Quote of the Day
“When you get booed it means you’re probably doing something good that they don’t like.”
Arizona OF Joc Pederson, booed by the crowd in LA, where he used to play
Friday’s quiz
Who is the only player to win World Series MVP for teams in both leagues?
Thursday’s quiz
Max Scherzer pitches for Texas, but the Mets are paying him the highest %age of his salary this season.
Wednesday’s quiz
In the history of the Seattle Mariners, Felix Hernandez has the most wins.
************************************************************
Friday’s Den: Best/worst days to have a birthday……..
— What are the best/worst days to have a birthday?
Best days:
July 4th
People shoot off fireworks for you
You never have to work on your birthday.
It is summer, nice weather.
January 1st
You never have to work on your birthday.
There is football on TV all day, every year.
People have parties the night before, for your birthday.
Worst days:
February 29
You only have a birthday once every four years.
October 31
Other people come to your house and want free candy.
December 26
People are worn out from the day before, are tired of giving gifts.
January 2
You probably have to work, and have a headache from watching football all day.
It is freakin’ cold out, at least around here it is.
I probably missed one or two; let me know…….
— Max Scherzer is pitching for Texas this season, but he’s getting paid by three different teams:
Mets are paying him $30,833,334
Nationals are paying him $15,000,000
Rangers are paying him $12,500,000.
— July 1st was Bobby Bonilla Day, when the Mets send yet another check for $1.19M to the retired outfielder, who will keep getting those checks for another 11 years.
$1,193,248.20 is the exact amount; in 2000, instead of paying Bonilla $5.9M to go away, the Mets agreed to make these annual payments from 2011-35. The Wilpon family owned the Mets at the time; they were involved with noted fraudster Bernie Madoff, so somehow they thought making these payments was a good idea.
It wasn’t.
— Texas Rangers’ rookie OF Wyatt Langford is first big leaguer to hit for the cycle this seaso.
— Jayson Tatum is going to make $62.8M playing for the Celtics next season; this year, the entire payroll for the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks was $58.3M.
Ducks went 27-50-5 this season, Celtics won the NBA title, but still…….
— Best shooting backcourt of all-time:
Steph Curry/Klay Thompson combined to make 3,538 3-point shots while they were on the court together with Golden State, making 43.1% of their attempts.
Next highest total by any two teammates is 1,840, by Portland’s Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum, who made 39.3% of their 3-pointers while playing together.
— Lot of Mountain West football games will be televised on TNT and HBO this fall; looks like the first one between two I-A teams will be a September 7 game with Georgia Southern going to Reno to play the Nevada Wolf Pack.
— When Aaron Civale starts for Milwaukee Friday night, he’ll be the 16h starting pitcher the Brewers have used this season, most in major leagues.
— Famous birthdays, July 5th:
Huey Lewis, 74
Rich Gossage, 73
Johnny Rodgers, 73
James Lofton, 68
Edie Falco, 61
Beno Udrih, 42
Ish Smith, 36
Austin Hays, 31
Shohei Ohtani, 30
— A’s 5, Angels 0
Oakland sweeps the Halos, shutting them out the last two days.
JP Sears needed 95 pitches to throw 5 shutout IP.
— Nationals 1, Mets 0
Jesse Winker pinch-hit a home run in 8th inning,
Jake Irvin allowed one hit in 8 IP.
— Diamondbacks 9, Dodgers 3
Christian Walker hit two home runs for second night in a row.
Walker has hit 19 home runs in 42 career games at Dodger Stadium.
— Mariners 7, Orioles 3
Game was tied 2-2 in 7th inning.
Julio Rodriguez homered for first time since June 15th,
— Cubs 10, Phillies 2
Ian Happ hit a 3-run homer in 5th inning.
Happ also hit a 3-run homer in 6th inning; one lefty, one righty.
— Padres 3, Rangers 1
Jurickson Profar is hitting .317 with 56 RBI; he’s an All-Star.
San Diego is 11-3 in its last 14 games.
— Red Sox 6, Marlins 5 (12)
Marlins didn’t get a hit until the 7th inning,
Miami’s Jake Burger was 0-5, with five strikeouts.
