Armadillo Sports
Sunday’s 6-pack:
Major league teams with the most stolen bases:
68— Brewers, Rays
63— Cubs
52— Reds, Pirates
51— Nationals
50— Red Sox
48— Phillies
Quote of the Day
“I know the player. I know how he goes about his business. I know how he handles adversity. And look, there’s a big-time track record there. So, for us to worry about him, like, not really. I mean, he’s too good, and we know that sooner rather than later the results are going to be there because he keeps hitting the ball hard. And yeah, it’s Juan Soto.”
Mets’ manager Carlos Mendoza
Sunday’s quiz
Which baseball Hall of Famer was the quarterback at Tennessee before Peyton Manning?
Saturday’s quiz
San Francisco 49ers have gone the longest since the last time they had a player with 10+ receiving touchdowns in a season; Terrell Owens caught 13 TD passes in 2002.
Friday’s quiz
Eric Musselman is the basketball coach at USC; his father Bill was the first head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday……..
— Minnesota 143, Oklahoma City 101
Timberwolves led 72-41 at halftime.
Minnesota shot 57% from the floor.
Home team has won all three lopsided games in this series.
— Five highest payrolls in MLB (record):
Dodgers $336,802,442 (32-20)
Mets $323,933,710 (31-21)
Bronx $288,738,657 (31-20)
Phillies $279,297,954 (33-18)
Blue Jays $246,441,798 (25-26)
— Five lowest payrolls in MLB (record)
White Sox $67,064,334 (17-35)
Marlins $67,340,342 (20-30)
A’s $73,664,777 (22-30)
Pirates $90,351,625 (19-34)
Rays $90,482,005 (25-26)
— Bottom of first inning in Cincinnati Friday night; Reds’ leadoff hitter TJ Friedl hits a double down the right field line. Problem, is the ballboy thought it was a foul ball; he caught it and gave it to a fan. Not good. Umpires rightfully called it a double.
— Rockies, Pirates, Reds have all been shut out eight times this year, most in MLB.
— Mets’ batters have been hit by a pitch 30 times this year, more than any other team.
— White Sox’ City Connect uniforms look a lot like the Chicago Bulls’ uniforms; the same guy owns both teams. Nice big names/numbers on the back of the uniforms. Well done.
— Famous birthdays, May 25th:
Leslie Uggams, 82
Mike Myers, 62
Kendall Gill, 57
Miguel Tejada, 51
Brian Urlacher, 47
Chris Young, 46
Kevin O’Connell, 40
Michael King, 30
Malik Willis, 26
— Cardinals 6, Diamondbacks 5 (10)
St Louis scored two runs in the bottom of the 8th.
Cardinals are 15-4 in their last 19 games.
Arizona has lost four in a row.
— Guardians 7, Tigers 5 (10)
Detroit has lost three in row for first time since first week of the season.
Jose Ramirez has a 17-game hitting streak.
— Twins 5, Royals 4
Minnesota walked the Royals off for second day in a row.
Twins have won 16 of their last 18 games.
Kansas City led 4-0 in the fifth inning.
— Pirates 2, Brewers 1
Oneil Cruz knocked in the winning run with a 7th inning triple.
Milwaukee had 11 hits, only scored once.
Brewers are 15-10 at home, 10-18 on the road.
— Nationals 3, Giants 0
Jake Irvin allowed only three hits in 8 IP.
Washington has won seven of its last nine games.
James Wood has 9 runs scored, 10 RBI in his last six games.
— Braves 7, Padres 1
Ronald Acuna homered for the second straight game.
Matt Olson has five home runs in his last seven games.
San Diego has lost seven of its last eight games.
— Phillies 9, A’s 6 (11)
Tied 6-6, A’s had bases loaded, no one out in 10th inning, couldn’t score.
Phillies have won nine games in a row.
A’s have lost 11 in a row, after a 22-20 start.
— If the playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Phillies, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Mets, Padres, Giants
AL: Bronx, Tigers, Mariners. Wild Cards: Twins, Guardians, Royals