Team News
Diamondbacks’ Jordan Montgomery, bullpen hold onto tight lead vs. Marlins
“The top of the second time through the order, we led with a lot of curveballs,” catcher Tucker Barnhart said. “Just felt like they were guessing sinker and got us there early on a couple but we were able to really slow them down, opened the sinker back up. … That was the best he’s been that I’ve caught him, for sure.”
https://arizonasports.com/story/3548178/diamondbacks-jordan-montgomery-bullpen-win-vs-marlins/
Jordan Montgomery leads Diamondbacks past Marlins to even series
Montgomery finds new appreciation for Spring Training
“I’m starting to kind of feel like myself out there again,” Montgomery said. “I’m just going to keep laser focused in my ‘pens and toss, and try to keep this rhythm. I think we’re finally kind of getting in the right direction.”
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/jordan-montgomery-s-start-helps-d-backs-take-win-over-marlins
Diamondbacks to recall prospect Blake Walston for Sunday start vs. Marlins
Diamondbacks top prospect Jordan Lawlar makes key step in recovery from right thumb surgery
Torey Lovullo: Diamondbacks’ Joc Pederson has fit into clubhouse
“I was sitting on a Zoom call with him last December and he said ‘I match up perfect and I fit in your lineup,’” Lovullo said. “‘I can hit anywhere you want, and the type of four-seam fastball pitchers you’re going to see in the NL West, those are my types of guys.’
D-backs Closer Launches Paul Sewald’s Strikeouts 4 Kids Charity Program
“Molly and I started Sewald strikeouts for kids 3 years ago when I was in Seattle, I’d reached a point in my career at the time and really started to give back and we loved everything that Seattle had given us…We wanted to give back and we started this thing where I give money for strikeouts…to an organization that helps the kids because kids have been the center of our lives the last 2 years.”
Other Baseball
The Pirates pitching staff began the season as a question mark. It’s becoming an exclamation point
https://sports.yahoo.com/pirates-pitching-staff-began-season-011338244.html
‘Here we go again’: Giants come from behind to win in 4th straight game
“We seem to have a little flair for the dramatic here recently,” manager Bob Melvin said. “We’ve come back from bigger numbers than one, so all it takes is one big hit to get a run. The talk in the dugout late in games is, ‘Here we go again.’”
https://www.mlb.com/news/brett-wisely-leads-giants-rally-in-win-over-mets
Judge has everyone ‘watching greatness’
https://www.mlb.com/news/marcus-stroman-aaron-judge-lead-yankees-over-padres
Trout ‘feeling good’ as he recovers from knee surgery
https://www.mlb.com/news/mike-trout-gives-update-on-injury-recovery
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says star Shohei Ohtani has been slowed by a hamstring bruise
https://sports.yahoo.com/dodgers-manager-dave-roberts-says-025543728.html
7 remarkable ‘on-pace’ stats to follow
https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-players-on-pace-stats-in-2024
Aaron Judge’s 1.182 SLG and 1.751 OPS in the last 13 games are each the 2nd-highest in any 13-game span of his career, behind only:
July 16-31, 2022, when he slugged 1.188 with a 1.754 OPS (and 11 HR!) https://t.co/hcGB51IgtD
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) May 26, 2024
the Giants are the first team to win 4 straight, all on the road, after trailing in the 6th inning or later in each since the Reds from July 12-15, 1998
4 straight 6th-inn-or-later comeback wins all on the road ties the Giants’ franchise record, also done May 10-13, 1992 and… https://t.co/omHew1oiDR
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) May 25, 2024
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This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/day/may-26
This day in baseball
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/May_26
Victorians said “prunes” when taking pictures. Whenever we take photos, we say “cheese” because it makes us smile. However, smiling in photographs was once seen as a vulgar act. To keep a neutral face, they would say “prunes,” there was little to no chance of it forming a smile.
Take out restaurants have been found in the remains of Pompeii. The Thermopolium of Asellina was found with traces of old food serving counters in its remains. This can be found on the archeological remains of Via Dell’abbondanza street at the Ruins of Pompeii.