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Last Sunday after the Red Sox’s 9–3 win over the Cardinals, Trevor Story gave one of the more entertaining quotes about his new teammate Willson Contreras: “Just look at him. They’re very similar in stature. Real strong and he’s got that presence about him, that Bowser presence. He’s got the intensity. “I’ve never seen a […]
The Dodgers were dealt just their second loss on the road this season as they fell to the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Saturday, snapping a four-game winning streak dating back to Monday. Among the highlights of Saturday’s loss included Shohei Ohtani extending his league-leading on-base streak to 50 games, as he reached base on a […]
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Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 7, Durham Bulls (TBR) 3 Leadoff batter Enrique Bradfield, Jr. kick-started the offense in the first inning with a walk and two stolen bases. José Barrero singled him in for the first run, then he scored on a two-out single by Jhonkensy Noel. The next four runs were driven in on two […]
Good morning, baseball fans! Another week of San Francisco Giants baseball comes to a close today. Which means it’s time to pick our favorite highlights of the week! I have to be honest, as of the time this is being written, they have lost every game this week. And my week includes last weekend because […]
The Colorado Rockies finished their week on a high note: a much needed home victory against their dreaded National League West big brother in the Los Angeles Dodgers. A well pitched and hard fought game from the Rockies sent the folks in Dodger blue home disappointed on Hello Kitty night of all nights. The week […]
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For the past two weeks, it has been rumored that Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys has his sights on either RB Jeremyiah Love out of Notre Dame, or EDGE rusher David Bailey of Texas Tech, a local kid. And so, here at Revenge of the Birds, we took that thought and made an article […]
Louisville Bats 4, Toledo Mud Hens 2 (box) Toledo only scored two runs, but that’s impressive considering they only had three hits. Nine walks and a Louisville error helped move things along, but that’s minor league baseball for you. Still, three hits aren’t going to win any ball games, and Louisville had eight. The Bats […]
For Dom Hamel, it is a bit of a homecoming. The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders right-hander was scheduled to pitch the second game of a doubleheader against the Syracuse Mets at NBT Bank Stadium in New York. Hamel spent the last two seasons in Syracuse, getting drafted out of Dallas Baptist University by the Mets in the […]
Calling up Felix Reyes was an idea that someone in the front office had in order to give the offense a spark. “Moribund” is an adjective that isn’t used enough, but it’s accurate in describing what the Phillies’ offense has been of late. Reyes hitting a home run on the first strike he saw was […]
Hello, friends. In yesterday’s edition of the Bird Droppings, Tyler Young began by saying, “The Orioles offense is having a weird weekend in Cleveland.” They’re still doing it. They lost on Saturday to add another weird game to the pile, one in which they had only four hits all game (actually out-hitting the Guardians) but […]
The Detroit Tigers evened up their four-game series against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Saturday with a 4-1 win behind an ace performance by Tarik Skubal and his 10 strikeouts. The victory brought AJ Hinch’s squad back above the .500 mark and within a half game of the American Central Division lead, […]
For many of us, watching a baseball game is a great way to do something fun and get away for a bit after a long day of working at our jobs. But what about the people whose job is baseball? How do they get that mental reset? Enter pickleball. The game that has swept the […]
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: L, 4-9 (7) and L, 4-7 (7) at Syracuse Mets Game 1: LF Jasson Domínguez 1-4, 1 RBISS Oswaldo Cabrera 0-32B Max Schuemann 1-2, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SBCF Spencer Jones 0-3, 1 KRF Yanquiel Fernández 1-2, 1 RBI, 1 BBDH Seth Brown 0-3, 1 K1B Ernesto […]
The Missouri Tigers, desperately in need of wins and running out of season to get them, picked up a pivotal 5-0 shutout victory against no. 25 South Carolina (25-21) on Saturday evening in CoMo to move to 24-23 and 7-10 in the SEC (10th place) on the season. Because teams must be .500 to be […]
The Yankees finally got some home cooking going on Saturday, putting a beatdown on the Royals to the tune of 13 runs while Will Warren made it a worry-free day tossing seven innings and striking out 11 batters. Cody Bellinger slugged two home runs on the day, Ben Rice made it three straight days with […]
SNY | John Flanigan: Will Warren dominated the Royals Saturday, holding them off the board into the seventh inning to continue an encouraging start. “The four-seam was really playing well,” Aaron Boone said of his second-year starter. “He got a lot of swing-and-miss, the changeup was good today too, I just think it was the overall mix […]
EVERTON VS. LIVERPOOL | Sunday, April 19th|Premier League | Hill Dickenson Stadium 2PM BST/9AM EST Liverpool head to New Goodison for the first time in what will be the 248th Merseyside Derby. The Reds could finish the day in fourth, just three points off Manchester United in third. Or The Blues could finish the day […]
Dan Wilson managed to shut down the Rangers just long enough. The Mariners snapped a pair of losing streaks on Saturday. They entered the day having lost four straight games. They also entered the day having lost four straight to the Rangers, dating back to last week’s sweep in Arlington. With another strong start from […]
According to Fred Katz, the Cleveland Cavaliers will discuss moving Donovan Mitchell if they aren’t able to get an extension done this summer. From Katz: However Cleveland fares over these next two months will mold its future. Harden has a $42 million player option for next season that he’s likely to decline, a league source […]
You never know what you’re going to see when you go to a ballgame, both good and bad. Sometimes both in the same night. One of the greatest individual pitching performances in program history ended up being for naught in Arizona’s 11-1, 8-inning loss to Kansas State on Saturday night at Hi Corbett Field. Smith […]
Another Saturday game, another Zac Gallen start, another swirling bit of anxiety in the gullet as we waited to see which Zac we were going to get today. I remember the heyday of Gallen’s good times, when he really was the unquestioned ace of the rotation, rather than simply being the guy who happens to […]
The Braves continue to just cruise this season, in a refreshing departure from last season. Chris Sale had a really nice outing against the Phillies’ lineup on Saturday, backed up by Dylan Lee and Robert Suarez, while the offense got enough done to win the game. That makes for the sixth series win this season, […]
Whether it was a snowy Friday giving way to a sunny Saturday or the playoff vibes from the Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche spilling over, the Mile High Magic was palpable across the city today. For the cherry on top of a wonderful sports day in Denver, the Colorado Rockies got the best of […]