— Baseball is heading towards a lockout next year; an on-line sports book has posted an ever-under total for how many games each team will play next year.
That line is 99.5 games, meaning they expect the 2027 season to miss six weeks or so.
— Braves 2, New York 1 (10)
Michael Harris had the game-winning hit for Atlanta.
Matt Olson hit his 34th home run in the 7th inning.
Both teams had only four hits.
— Phillies 7, Blue Jays 6 (12)
Derek Hill had the walk-off single for the Phillies.
Kyle Schwarber homered twice, had 4 RBI, three walks.
Bryce Harper walked four times, for the first time since 2018.
— White Sox 5, Guardians 3
Colson Montgomery hit a three-run homer in third inning.
White Sox lead the AL Central by 3.5 games.
— Brewers 4, Twins 3 (10)
Jake Bauers had the walk-off hit for Milwaukee.
Luis Lara made a great catch against outfield wall in the top of the 10th
— Diamondbacks 4, Dodgers 1
Eduardo Rodriguez struck out nine guys in 7 IP.
Arizona wins the season series with LA, 7-6.
Dodgers have lost eight of their last nine games.
— Tigers 3, Giants 1
Detroit is 23-11 in its last thirty-four games.
Tigers are one game behind Texas for the last Wild Card slot.
— RIP to Basketball Hall of Famer Don Nelson, who passed away this weekend at age 86.
Nelson won five NBA titles while playing for the Celtics, then went 1,365-1,063 in 31 years as an NBA head coach. Nelson scored
— Famous birthdays, August 10th:
Ralph Simpson, 77
Don Buse, 76
Rosanna Arquette, 67
John Starks, 61
Gino Torretta, 56
Angie Harmon, 54
Samari Rolle, 50
Dalvin Cook, 31
AJ Ewing, 22
Saturday would’ve been Jerry Tarkanian’s 96th birthday; the legendary coach brought UNLV to four Final Fours, winning the 1990 national championship.
— Braves P Chris Sale was thrown out of Atlanta’s game Sunday, before the game started; he was still steamed over a balk call in Saturday’s game.
— Washington Nationals are leading the MLB in both home runs and stolen bases; that hasn’t happened in the major leagues since the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers.
— Obscure trivia: Former Atlanta Brave Mark Lemke holds a major league record; he batted 3,664 times without ever being hit by a pitch.
— In 1982, OF Joel Youngblood got a hit for the Mets in a day game; he was traded after the game, and got a hit for the Expos in Philadelphia that night, making him the only player ever to get hits for two teams in two different cities on the same day.
— Modern college sports: Texas Longhorns poached a kicker from Memphis.
North Carolina’s basketball team poached a 7-foot center from the South Dakota Coyotes.
Gonzaga poached a 6-10 forward from Florida State.
— Murray State’s basketball team is on a two-week trip to Spain, which should help their team next winter.
— Indianapolis Colts signed RB Jonathan Taylor to a two-year, $44M contract extension.
— Last year, Green Bay Packers were the first NFL team in the last 60 years to lose three games in a season, when they didn’t punt in any of the three games.
—If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
AL: Rays, White Sox, Astros. Wild Cards: Bronx, Red Sox, Rangers
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cubs, Phillies, Arizona
