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🚨 WHAT’S INSIDE THIS WEEK
🔥 FIRST PITCH — Padres Hype & Rockies Nightmare
💪 THE GOOD — Murph’s Pocket Pancakes
👎 THE BAD — Missed by That Much
🙈 THE UGLY— Willie Mays’ Autographed Underwear
🎯 RANDOM AT BAT— The “Fan” Who Went Yard
🦖 DINO NIGHT — T-Rex First Pitch
⚾ BREAKING BARRIERS — Jen Pawol Behind the Plate
🗑 ONE FOR THE ROAD — Nic Enright’s Save
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💥 FIRST PITCH - Padres Hype & Rockies Nightmare
Happy Saturday!
Fresh off the trade deadline, our friends at ESPN dropped this gem: How the NL West was won?
The Padres make a few deadline swaps and suddenly the Dodgers are toast?
Sure — and I’m about to knock off Joey Chestnut.
Give credit where it’s due: AJ Preller shuffled the prospects like baseball cards and told Padres fans, “We’re in this thing.”
It sure beats waving the white flag (looking at you, Minnesota).
The upcoming Padres‑Dodgers series just got a whole lot more interesting.
But let’s be real — until someone actually topples Ohtani, Betts, Freeman & Co., the West still runs through L.A.
Want the crown, Padre Nation? You gotta beat the champ.
🌄 MILE HIGH MISERY — The Rockies Just Got Steamrolled
The end can’t come soon enough in Colorado.
This week? A three-game curb-stomping courtesy of the AL East–leading Blue Jays.
The scores: 15–1, 10–4, and 20–1. That’s 45 runs and 63 hits in three games. Time to consider a mercy rule in MLB?
The Rockies are 30–85, barreling toward another 100-loss season. Forget Rocktober — this is rock bottom.
Rockies fans… we feel you. Sending hugs. Big, Coors Light–flavored hugs.
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💪 THE GOOD — Murph’s Pocket Pancakes
Here’s one for you foodies out there!
Forget the rally caps — the Milwaukee Brewers have discovered the real secret to winning baseball: pocket carbs.
During a recent interview, Manager Pat Murphy casually pulled a pancake out of his uniform pocket, took a bite, and then shared it with the reporter.
And he talked about his dugout dining lineup from waffles, to pancakes, to cold folded pizza. (Cold folded pizza… in your uniform? Murph????)
Now the team is planning to turn those treats into a ballpark feast.
Starting Sunday, fans can eat like Murph with the Ball Four Pocket Pack — four pancakes with dipping sauce for $4.99 — or go big with the Double Chicken ’n’ Pancakes Pocket Pack for $7.99: two pancakes stuffed with chicken tenders, topped with chopped bacon and maple drizzle.
Breakfast of champions… and cholesterol.
The Brewers haven’t lost since the pancake made its dugout debut. Coincidence? Please. That’s syrup-fueled science.
👎 THE BAD — The Dansby Miss
Baseball is a game of inches — and this week, Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson missed by “that much”.
Seventh inning, Cubs down a run. Swanson legged out what appeared to be an infield single, tying run scored.
Except the replay showed that Dansby’s foot didn’t touch first base. He was called out. Most importantly, the tying run was taken off the board.
The Cubbies lost 3-2….By a foot.
Afterwards, Swanson admitted, “I don’t know if I’ve ever done that in my baseball life.”
Some real bad timing.
In a game of inches, that’s one foot you can’t afford to miss.
🙈 THE UGLY — Willie Mays’ Autographed Underwear
Ok, we’ve seen scandals. We’ve seen blown calls. But this? Not sure what to say.
Up for auction: a pair of Willie Mays’ worn boxer shorts, autographed right on the waistband (“24 Mays 24”).
Say Hey!
Even the most die-hard memorabilia hound has to pause and ask, why?
Are you really gonna hang those in your man cave?
Because nothing says “collector’s item” quite like Hall of Fame tighty-whities. And no — we don’t need the game-worn stats.
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🎯 RANDOM AT BAT — The “Fan” Who Went Yard
You tell me if this was staged or not.
On Fan Appreciation Night, the Portland Pickles “randomly” pulled a guy named Dixie from the crowd, handed him a bat, and sent him to the plate.
First AB? Walk.
Eighth inning? Two-run bomb. Crowd goes nuts.
Turns out “Dixie” is actually Eli Steinhaus — starting second baseman for nearby Lewis & Clark College… and a summer intern for the Pickles.
Totally random, right? Sure. And I’m the Yankees’ starting shortstop.
Rigged or not, it was pure baseball fun — and that still counts.
🦖 DINO NIGHT — T-Rex First Pitch
Minor League promos are where logic goes to die — and that’s why we love them.
On “Dino Night” at Coolray Field, home of the Gwinnett Stripers, the ceremonial first pitch didn’t go to a local celeb or contest winner… but to a full-blown, teeth-gnashing T-Rex. Thats right!
But Dinosaurs aren’t exactly known for their arm strength — or, you know, arms — so this prehistoric ace clamped the ball in its jaws, gave it a mighty fling, and watched it dribble toward home plate in a couple of sad little hops.
Still it landed closer to the plate than 50 Cent’s ill-fated attempt.
And when your mound presence is pure Jurassic swagger, location’s overrated.
💬 QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Close don’t count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades.” – Frank Robinson
⚾ BREAKING BARRIERS — Jen Pawol Behind the Plate
This weekend, Jen Pawol makes MLB history — the first woman to umpire a regular-season game. About time. And she’s doing it before the robots take over.
She’ll work all three games of the Marlins–Braves series in Atlanta, including both ends of Saturday’s doubleheader and Sunday’s finale behind the plate. (Cue Umpire Auditor’s Twitter feed.)
Pawol’s earned every inch of this. Rookie ball in 2016, Triple-A in 2023 (first woman there in 34 years), plate for the Triple-A Championship that fall, Spring Training in ’24 and ’25, and even served as a Triple-A crew chief last year.
Manfred called it “a reflection of her hard work, dedication, and love of the game.” Translation: she’s got the chops, and she didn’t need AI to get here.
Plate’s yours, Jen.
🗑️ ONE FOR THE ROAD — More Than Just a Save
Finally.
Cleveland’s had its share of ugly headlines lately — but this week brought a reason to stand and cheer.
Guardians rookie reliever Nic Enright locked down his first MLB save in a 7–6 win over the Mets.
What made this so special was what he’s had to overcome to get here.
Diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in 2022, Enright has battled through chemo, the grind of the minors, and the uncertainty of chasing his big league dream.
This year he earned his spot on the Guardians roster — all while continuing cancer treatments.
Manager Stephen Vogt summed it up: ““Nic is such a great kid, what he has been through in his personal life, nothing is going to rattle him… I’m just really happy for him and his family.”
First save in the big leagues, the show — proof that in baseball, as in life, overcoming the odds is the ultimate win.
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