For the Detroit Tigers, who are on pace to win their most games since 1984 — when they went 104-58 on the way to the franchise's last World Series triumph — not much matters before October. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/17/baseball/mlb/detroit-tigers-not-satisfied/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #tarikskubal #detroittigers #ajhinch
The first "swing-off" in MLB All-Star Game history wasn't enough to save the Midsummer Classic from a 3% ratings drop. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/17/baseball/mlb/all-star-game-ratings-drop/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #mlballstargame#kyleschwarber
Kyle Schwarber smashed three home runs on three swings in a tiebreaker swing-off to lift the National League over the American League 4-3 in the MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/16/baseball/mlb/nl-edges-al-all-star-game/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #mlballstargame#kyleschwarber #shoheiohtani
Tony Clark, the executive director of the MLBPA, doubled down on his opposition to a salary cap, saying that such a change to the game's economic structure would move the game "backward." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/16/baseball/mlb/mlbpa-blasts-salary-cap/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #tonyclark #mlbpa #robmanfred
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Watching the MLB All-Star game.
Here's a simple hack if you have one of those insane old remotes like mine with a million buttons and a tiny mute button that makes cutting the BS at breaks a challenge:
Take a small file (even a nail file would do) and carefully notch the edge of the remote beside where the mute is.
Now you can find it by touch in a moment every time.
(De nada!)
Pretty cool: Before the Home Run Derby, each player signs all the balls they will hit.
See the pic below for an example. That one was hit by "Big Dumper" Cal Raleigh, with his jersey number, 29.
Side note: The fan was wearing an Apple Watch (so it seems).
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/15/sport/home-run-derby-analysis-spt
#MLB#HomeRunDerby
The American League and National League announced their lineups for Tuesday's All-Star Game at Atlanta with Shohei Ohtani leading off for the NL and Gleyber Torres at the top for the AL. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/15/baseball/mlb/ohtani-torres-all-star/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #shoheiohtani#gleybertorres #mlballstargame
The Padres' Yu Darvish has cleared the final hurdles to return to action for his 2025 debut to start the opener of a four-game series with the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/08/baseball/mlb/darvish-season-debut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb#sandiegopadres#yudarvish
Bobby Jenks, a member of the 2005 Chicago White Sox World Series championship team, died after a battle with Stage 4 adenocarcinoma, a form of stomach cancer, on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/06/baseball/mlb/bobby-jenks-dies-44/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #bobbyjenks #chicagowhitesox #obituary
New York Mets right-hander Kodai Senga showed positive progress toward his return to the starting rotation after pitching into the fourth inning of his Double-A rehab start on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/06/baseball/mlb/senga-rehab-start/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #newyorkmets #kodaisenga
Shohei Ohtani made his fourth start of the season for the Dodgers and went two scoreless innings on 31 pitches, but the Dodgers pitching faltered from there. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/06/baseball/mlb/ohtani-dodgers-astros/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #shoheiohtani #losangelesdodgers #houstonastros
The Los Angeles Dodgers had a full night Wednesday, watching Clayton Kershaw record his 3,000th strikeout while Freddie Freeman capped a three-run ninth-inning rally with a game-ending single. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/03/baseball/mlb/kershaw-reaches-3000-ks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #losangelesdodgers #claytonkershaw #shoheiohtani #mookiebetts #freddiefreeman
Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani threw the fastest pitch of his career on Saturday, firing a fastball that hit 101.7 miles per hour on the radar gun. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/06/29/baseball/mlb/ohtani-fastest-pitch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #losangelesdodgers #shoheiohtani
Shohei Ohtani hit a leadoff homer and added a game-tying RBI triple as the Los Angeles Dodgers won their fifth straight game on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/06/28/baseball/mlb/ohtani-kansas-city-homer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #losangelesdodgers #shoheiohtani #kansascityroyals
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani joined New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge as the first two players to earn nods for next month’s MLB All-Star Game in Atlanta. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/06/27/baseball/mlb/ohtani-named-all-star-starter-dh/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #shoheiohtani #aaronjudge #mlballstargame #losangelesdodgers
Yusei Kikuchi struck out a season-high 12 batters to help the Los Angeles Angels complete a three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/06/26/baseball/mlb/kikuchi-angels-sweep-red-sox/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #yuseikikuchi #losangelesangels #bostonredsox
Shohei Ohtani went deep and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the scuffling Colorado Rockies 9-7 on Tuesday night in Denver. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/06/25/baseball/mlb/shohei-ohtani-homer-rockies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #losangelesdodgers #shoheiohtani #coloradorockies