— There are five teams within three games of the AL’s last Wild Card spot
New York
Red Sox
Mariners
1.5 games behind- Texas
2.5 games behind- Royals, Rays
3 games behind- Guardians
— Red Sox OF Roman Anthony has an oblique injury, might miss the rest of the regular season; Boston is tied with New York for the AL’s top two Wild Card slots.
Cleveland OF Steven Kwan has hit .355 (22-62) in his 13 career games at Fenway Park.
— A week ago Monday, Cardinals’ 1B Willson Contreras got thrown out of a game for bitching at the home plate ump; he tossed his bat in disgust, hitting one of his own coaches. MLB gave him a six-game suspension, which he appealed.
10 days later, still no appeal; WHY?!?!?! St Louis only has 21 games left this season. What is taking so long? Have they ever heard of Zoom? Hear the damn appeal, make a decision and move on.
— Giants 10, Rockies 8
Matt Chapman also got suspended, for one game, for his part in Tuesday’s fracas at Coors Field, he also appealed, and he hit two home runs in this game, as the Giants won for the 4th time in a row- they’re 10-1 in last 11 games, are within four games of the NL’s last Wild Card spot.
— Braves 5, Cubs 1
Cubs rookie P Cade Horton didn’t allow a hit in his 5 IP.
Chicago bullpen then allowed five runs in four innings.
— Orioles 7, Padres 5
Baltimore hit back-back-back homers in the 3rd inning.
Mason Miller had an immaculate inning in 8th inning, only the second one in Padres’ history.
San Diego is 2-8 in its last 10 games; they’re three games behind the Dodgers.
— Arizona 2, Rangers 0
Zac Gallen allowed four hits in six shutout IP.
Rangers are two games out of the AL’s last Wild Card spot.
Diamondbacks are 5.5 games out of the NL’s last Wild Card spot.
— Famous birthdays, September 4th:
Wendell Tucker, 82
Doyle Alexander, 75
Khandi Alexander, 68
Mike Piazza, 57
Ione Skye, 55
Beyonce Knowles, 44
Scott Tolzien, 38
Adam Duvall, 37
Andrelton Simmons, 36
Andres Giminez, 27
— LA Clippers may be in hot water with the NBA; there are reports that Kawhi Leonard was given a no-show, $28M job, to circumvent the NBA’s salary cap.
— The format for the 2026 NBA All-Star Game is likely to be a round-robin tournament with three eight-player teams — two USA teams and one World team. The two USA teams and one World squad would play each other in 12:00 quarter games.
— Gonzaga’s basketball team is going to have a hard schedule before Christmas:
November 8th- Oklahoma
November 11th- Creighton
November 24th- Alabama
November 25th- Maryland
December 5th- Kentucky
December 13th- UCLA
December 21st- Oregon
— Want to win a bar bet?
Which major league team has hit the most first inning home runs in MLB history?
2023 Atlanta Braves hit 47 first inning home runs, 2019 Reds hit 46.
— North Carolina’s backup QB, Max Johnson broke his leg last year; he had five surgeries on the leg— at one point, there was concern as to whether part of the leg might need to be amputated, but he is healthy now and played a lot for the Tar Heels Monday night. He threw a TD pass to his brother in that game, so good for him.
— Current starting QB’s in the NFL who have started the most games:
262- Aaron Rodgers
232- Matthew Stafford
216- Russell Wilson
207- Joe Flacco
143- Jared Goff
133- Patrick Mahomes
— If the playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Phillies, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cubs, Mets, Padres
AL: Blue Jays, Tigers, Astros. Wild Cards: New York, Red Sox, Mariners
