TwiB Notes - August 17 thru 23

[Frayed Knot]

Making sure we get a proper reset on TWiB after a lapse last week.

- Joshua Báez in his second ML game following his 3 HR showing on Saturday: 0/5 w/3 Ks.  Jeeez, what an overhyped bust this guy turned out to be!!

 

Not a lot of hot/sexy series to open this week: Braves are at Twins, Phils & Marlins go head to head, our pursuit of the Nats sees them go to Rangers, Yanx at Baltimore.

A few quirks in that Seattle plays ex-Seattle (Mariners @ Brewers) while the Philly, Kansas City, Oakland, West Sacramento, Las Vegas A's go to Kansas City to face the Royals Think there are any remaining A's fans left in western Missouri/eastern Kansas? Were there ever many in the first place? Their 13 year run in K.C. never saw a winning season and topped out at 74 wins*. In fact, their most impressive feat while there was seemingly shipping future stars to the Yanquis for not much in return in part due to an ownership overlap which was a clear conflict of interest.

 

* They then moved to Oakland and immediately ran off nine consecutive winning seasons which included five post-seasons and three WS championships

[Frayed Knot]

Yanx place Max Fried back on the IL, this time with a left elbow bone bruise ... not a good thing, to happen, I surmise, when you're a LH pitcher.

Yanx open a series in Baltimore against the suddenly hot and in WC contention Orioles on Tuesday

[Frayed Knot]

In the all-Chicago series which started on in Wrigley Monday night, in the bottom of the 1st Pete Crow-Armstrong hit the first pitch of the game thrown by the White Sox for a HR and in bottom 10 he hit the last pitch the ChiSox threw for a HR. He also had a single, double, and a stolen base and it made him a 30/30 player for the second straight season, this one with nearly 1/4 season still to go.

[Edgy MD]

Think of all the fantasy baseball players and prediction market players who bought high on Josh Baez after his first game, rending shirts and gnashing teeth after his second.

Card collectors!  Memorabilia collectors!  Busted!