Team News
‘Some positives, but we lost’: Monty strong in finale
“We faced him [Montgomery-Justin] in the World Series last year,” D-backs outfielder Jake McCarthy said. “The guy’s really good, and it’s nice to be on his team and, you know, defending behind him instead of at the plate. He’s a really good pitcher and we’re going to keep this thing going.”
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/jordan-montgomery-goes-seven-innings-in-loss-to-cardinals
Diamondbacks’ lack of execution spoils Jordan Montgomery outing vs. Cardinals
Marred by inconsistency, Diamondbacks drop finale to Cardinals
“Monty did his job,” Lovullo said. “He did a fantastic job. … We just gotta do better offensively. That was the bottom line today.”
Paul Sewald Makes First Rehab Appearance with Reno
https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/Paul-Sewald-Makes-First-Rehab-Appearance-with-Reno
Assistant GM Mike Fitzgerald: It’s hard to read the Diamondbacks due to injuries
“We probably have one of the more talented rehab groups across the game right now,” Fitzgerald told Wolf & Luke on Tuesday. “It’s tricky to get a read on a team 24, 25 games into the season even without the injuries.”
Diamondbacks minor leaguer accomplishes rare 5-strikeout inning
Five strikeouts in one inning?? @Dbacks prospect Jhosmer Alvarez pulled it off in the seventh inning for the @VisaliaRawhide: pic.twitter.com/zs59pPpvxP
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) April 24, 2024
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Other Baseball
New Draft Top 150 list: BIG changes at the top
https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-s-top-150-draft-prospects-for-2024?t=mlb-draft-coverage
With Snell (adductor strain) on IL, Giants try to ‘patch it up’
https://www.mlb.com/giants/news/blake-snell-lands-on-15-day-injured-list
Giants Place Blake Snell On Injured List Due To Adductor Strain
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/04/giants-blake-snell-injured-list-adductor-strain.html
Cubs To Place Cody Bellinger On IL With Fractured Rib, Recall Pete Crow-Armstrong
Trout first in MLB to 10 homers with 114.5 mph blast
https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/mike-trout-belts-10th-homer-in-angels-loss
this is the 2nd time Mike Trout has had 10+ HR & 5+ SB in his team’s first 25 games of a season, also done in 2018
he joins Reggie Jackson (1969, 1974) as the only players since 1900 to do so twice https://t.co/MaN6wDLYkR
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) April 24, 2024
most consecutive SB, regular season (since 1st tracked in both lgs 1951):
1988-89 Vince Coleman: 50
2006-07 Ichiro Suzuki: 45
2022-24 Trea Turner: 41 *ended today
1993-95 Tim Raines: 40
2007-08 Jimmy Rollins: 39h/t @EliasSports
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) April 25, 2024
Anything Goes
This day in history:
President Truman was briefed on the Manhattan Project in 1945 and in 1947 inaugurated the White House bowling alley. Can you tell which was during peacetime?
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/day/april-25
This day in baseball:
2021 – The Diamondbacks completely stymie the Braves’ bats in a doubleheader consisting of two seven-inning games. In the opener, Zac Gallen throws a one-hitter in a 5 – 0 win, and Madison Bumgarner does even better in the nitecap, by spinning a no-hitter, albeit an unofficial one given the game does not go nine innings. The Braves’ only baserunner in that game is Ozzie Albies, who reaches on an error by SS Nick Ahmed, as Bumgarner strikes out seven and walks none in the 7 – 0 win.
I actually remember I play by play recapped the first game, and made a comment along the lines of that’ll be hard to beat.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/April_25
Chip bags are full of nitrogen.
The excess air in chip bags isn’t there to fool buyers into thinking there are more chips inside. Instead, bags of chips are actually filled with nitrogen. Oxygen would spoil the chips fast, but nitrogen preserves freshness, prevents combustion, and creates cushioning during shipping.
Wisconsin is the badger state.
This is mainly so because it is used as a reference to the lead miners who would dig tunnels like badgers. These caves were described as badger dens and the miners were referred to as badgers.