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ClevelandCut

As of 12:29 central daylight, there is no word of a 'Cut.  If it were to arrive it would drive up in this car:



At 12:35 central daylight, the you're-not-gonna-believe-what turned the corner and announced itself as being from Cleveland.  Let's take a look here, who we got?  When's this thing start?

Astros at Indians, 17:10 central daylight start in Cleveland, Ohio.  For the Astros, it's Charlie Morton who carries a 0.93 WHIP with 70 strikeouts in 55 2/3 IP.  For the Indians it's Mike Clevinger, who carries a 1.16 WHIP and fifty strikeouts in 59 2/3 IP.

Incidentally, I heard a podcaster observe that the 17:10 starts for Cleveland have something to do with getting the game on air before LeBron and the Cavs begin their game.  The Cavs do not play tonight.


Brook Trout

Trout Fact


I'm sitting at my desk drinking coffee with a fan going full speed and Angels at Blue Jays.   "A lot of people love daytime baseball on the radio," says Ben Wagner on the Toronto broadcast.  He mentioned this Trout fact moments ago:

Since 2012, Mike Trout has homered in every series he's played in against Toronto.

I looked at his stats and it shows he's homered eight times against Toronto.  I'm not sure that would cover two series a year over five and a half seasons.  His homer today could have been nine.  He could have missed a series against them.  I see last year July 28-30 Trout played three games against TOR but didn't homer.  So that factoid, assuming I heard it right, is bunk.


Text from Ya:


Trout with a bag and a jack

"Rounder While Spinning"


A report on the broadcast about MLB acknowledging a change in the baseball.  One theory is that the current ball somehow stays "rounder while spinning."  I love that phrase, as a title.  On the Blue Jays cast Mike Wilner reacts by saying, "That's weird!" 

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