— Happy Armadillo Day!!!!
25 years ago today, we started this blog— typing that made me feel old……lol
It is fun doing this every day; hope you enjoy reading it.
— Hurricanes 3, Golden Knights 0
Carolina wins its second Stanley Cup, first one in 20 years.
37-year old Jordan Staal won the Conn Smythe trophy, MVP of the playoffs.
Vegas has been in the NHL for nine years, has already been in the finals three times (1-2).
— Marlins 4, Pirates 2
Max Meyer improved to 7-0, 2.75 this season.
Marlins are 10-2 so far in June.
In his last six starts, Paul Skenes is 0-4, 4.22.
— Mets 8, Braves 1
Mets scored four runs in the first inning.
Juan Soto batted 25 times this week, reached base 14 times.
Braves lost last two series, after going 18-3-1 in their first 22 series.
— Diamondbacks 5, Reds 3
Gabriel Moreno hit a tie-breaking homer in the 8th inning.
Arizona manager Torey Lovullo got his 700th career win.
Cincinnati lost eight of its last ten games.
— White Sox 6, Dodgers 4
Down 1-0, White Sox hit three home runs in the 6th inning.
Chicago has won its last eight home series.
White Sox used five pitchers; none of them got more than 8 outs.
— Rockies 23, A’s 9
For some stupid reason (the hockey game???) they started this game at noon in Las Vegas, when it was 101 degrees outside (the new stadium will be covered).
A’s went 4-2 in Las Vegas this week; they scored 23 runs in the two losses. Now they go back “home” to Sacramento now, for the rest of the season. Pitching in Sacramento might seem like a cake walk after a week in the dry heat of the desert.
— Famous birthdays, June 15th:
Dusty Baker, 77
Jim Belushi, 72
Wade Boggs, 68
Helen Hunt, 63
Courtney Cox, 62
Andy Pettitte, 54
Michael Doleac, 49
Derek Anderson, 43
Tim Lincecum, 42
Cooper Kupp, 33
Dominic Smith, 31
Christian Scott, 27
— Dawned on me the other night that I was in 8th grade the last time the Knicks won an NBA title……I was freakin’ 13 years old. My dad would’ve loved watching this team play.
— When I was a kid, loved game shows- Hollywood Squares was my favorite. Was watching some re-runs the other night of Match Game 74, with Gene Rayburn hosting and six famous people trying to match contestants answers. Pretty good show, but damn that was a long time ago. Richard Dawson was one of the celebrities, before he hosted Family Feud.
— Royals 4, Astros 0
Stephen Kolek pitched 7.1 IP, gave up five hits.
Maikel Garcia was 3-for-4, with three RBI.
Astros are 33-40, three games out of the last playoff spot.
— Brewers 4, Phillies 0
Kyle Harrison allowed three hits in his six IP.
Jackson Chourio hit his fifth home run in five games.
Milwaukee leads the NL Central by five games.
— Nationals 10, Mariners 1
Miles Mikolas tossed seven shutout IP as the bulk reliever.
James Wood, Keibert Ruiz homered for Washington.
Seattle lost four of its last five games.
— Rangers 6, Red Sox 4
Wyatt Langford hit the first pitch of the game for a home run.
Kyle Higashioka homered, has three RBI.
Willson Contreras homered twice for the Red Sox.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cardinals-Phillies-Padres
AL: Bronx, White Sox, Mariners. Wild Cards: Rays-Guardians-A’s/Tex
