Thursday’s 6-pack
Most TD passes in the history of the Atlanta Falcons;
367— Matt Ryan
154— Steve Bartkowski
87— Chris Miller, Chris Chandler
71— Michael Vick
57— Bob Berry
50— Jeff George, Bobby Hebert
Quote of the Day
“If you look at the entirety of our league, we are by far the most competitive, the strongest football league by far. But you’re going to lose games when it’s close and competitive like that. So why have they surpassed us? It’s an oddball, it’s bounced a couple times the wrong way.”
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey
Thursday’s quiz
NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes moved to Raleigh in 1997; where did they call home before they moved to North Carolina?
Wednesday’s quiz
Long time ago, the Sacramento Kings were the Cincinnati Royals; they moved from Cincinnati to Kansas City, from Kansas City to Sacramento.
Tuesday’s quiz
Chuck Barris was the host of the great game show, The Gong Show.
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Shohei Ohtani led off the first inning with a home run.
Ohtani also pitched six innings, didn’t allow a hit.
Rockies have lost their last ten games in Dodger Stadium.
— Brewers 2, Cardinals 1
Dustin May no-hit Milwaukee for the first seven innings.
Brewers scored the winning run on an error by the St Louis SS.
St Louis has lost seven of its last nine games.
— Phiilies 3, Padres 0
Cristopher Sanchez pitched seven shutout innings.
Sanchez has thrown 44.2 consecutive scoreless IP, the all-time Phillies’ record.
Phillies are 20-7 in their last 27 games.
— Astros 4, Rangers 3
Yordan Alvarez homered twice for the second night in a row.
Joc Pederson also hit two home runs, scored three runs.
Texas is 9-13 against its AL West rivals.
— Umpire Emil Jimenez had a rough night behind the plate at the Reds-Mets game Tuesday night. Teams challenged nine of his pitch calls; seven of the nine calls were overturned.
— Mets 4, Reds 2
Juan Soto homered for second day in a row, Mets snap a five-game skid.
In their last seven games, Mets have scored a total of 12 runs.
In this game, Cincinnati left 17 men on base, was 3-15 with RISP.
— In 2022, Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs; here are the counts he hit them on:
0-0- 10 home runs
1-0- 8 home runs
2-0- 3 home runs
0-1- 4 home runs
1-1- 6 home runs
2-1- 6 home runs
3-1- 4 home runs
0-2- 2 home runs
1-2- 5 home runs
2-2- 5 home runs
3-2- 9 home runs
— Famous birthdays, May 27th:
Tom Blanchard, 78
Steve Watson, 69
Bill Doran, 68
Ed Rubbert, 64
Glen Rice, 59
Michael Oher, 40
Craig Kimbrel, 38
Rafi Gavron, 37
— Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce became part of the Cleveland Guardians’ ownership group as a minority investor; Kelce grew up in Cleveland. Must be nice to be really rich.
— Northern Arizona is playing a basketball game at New Mexico November 10th; Lumberjacks are getting a check for $88,000 from New Mexico for making the trip to Albuquerque.
— Guardians 3, Nationals 2
Gavin Williams tossed 7 IP, retired last 13 batters he faced.
Cade Smith recorded his 19th save of the season.
James Wood went 8-for-12 in this series, scoring fine runs.
— Tigers 4, Angels 0
Five Tiger pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout.
Detroit’s win snapped their seven-game home losing skid.
Loss snapped the Angels’ four-game winning streak.
— Cubs 10, Pirates 4
Ian Happ hit a three-run homer, had five RBI.
Cubs snapped their ten-game losing skid.
This was the 2,000th regular season game at PNC Park (Pirates 1003-996-1)
— Blue Jays’ C Tyler Heineman threw out four Marlins runners trying to steal a base Tuesday, the first time any major league catcher has done that since 2011.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Arizona
AL: Rays, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Min/Tor
Most TD passes in the history of the Atlanta Falcons;
367— Matt Ryan
154— Steve Bartkowski
87— Chris Miller, Chris Chandler
71— Michael Vick
57— Bob Berry
50— Jeff George, Bobby Hebert
Quote of the Day
“If you look at the entirety of our league, we are by far the most competitive, the strongest football league by far. But you’re going to lose games when it’s close and competitive like that. So why have they surpassed us? It’s an oddball, it’s bounced a couple times the wrong way.”
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey
Thursday’s quiz
NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes moved to Raleigh in 1997; where did they call home before they moved to North Carolina?
Wednesday’s quiz
Long time ago, the Sacramento Kings were the Cincinnati Royals; they moved from Cincinnati to Kansas City, from Kansas City to Sacramento.
Tuesday’s quiz
Chuck Barris was the host of the great game show, The Gong Show.
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Thursday’s Den: Doing some thinking out loud……..
— Dodgers 4, Rockies 1Shohei Ohtani led off the first inning with a home run.
Ohtani also pitched six innings, didn’t allow a hit.
Rockies have lost their last ten games in Dodger Stadium.
— Brewers 2, Cardinals 1
Dustin May no-hit Milwaukee for the first seven innings.
Brewers scored the winning run on an error by the St Louis SS.
St Louis has lost seven of its last nine games.
— Phiilies 3, Padres 0
Cristopher Sanchez pitched seven shutout innings.
Sanchez has thrown 44.2 consecutive scoreless IP, the all-time Phillies’ record.
Phillies are 20-7 in their last 27 games.
— Astros 4, Rangers 3
Yordan Alvarez homered twice for the second night in a row.
Joc Pederson also hit two home runs, scored three runs.
Texas is 9-13 against its AL West rivals.
— Umpire Emil Jimenez had a rough night behind the plate at the Reds-Mets game Tuesday night. Teams challenged nine of his pitch calls; seven of the nine calls were overturned.
— Mets 4, Reds 2
Juan Soto homered for second day in a row, Mets snap a five-game skid.
In their last seven games, Mets have scored a total of 12 runs.
In this game, Cincinnati left 17 men on base, was 3-15 with RISP.
— In 2022, Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs; here are the counts he hit them on:
0-0- 10 home runs
1-0- 8 home runs
2-0- 3 home runs
0-1- 4 home runs
1-1- 6 home runs
2-1- 6 home runs
3-1- 4 home runs
0-2- 2 home runs
1-2- 5 home runs
2-2- 5 home runs
3-2- 9 home runs
— Famous birthdays, May 27th:
Tom Blanchard, 78
Steve Watson, 69
Bill Doran, 68
Ed Rubbert, 64
Glen Rice, 59
Michael Oher, 40
Craig Kimbrel, 38
Rafi Gavron, 37
— Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce became part of the Cleveland Guardians’ ownership group as a minority investor; Kelce grew up in Cleveland. Must be nice to be really rich.
— Northern Arizona is playing a basketball game at New Mexico November 10th; Lumberjacks are getting a check for $88,000 from New Mexico for making the trip to Albuquerque.
— Guardians 3, Nationals 2
Gavin Williams tossed 7 IP, retired last 13 batters he faced.
Cade Smith recorded his 19th save of the season.
James Wood went 8-for-12 in this series, scoring fine runs.
— Tigers 4, Angels 0
Five Tiger pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout.
Detroit’s win snapped their seven-game home losing skid.
Loss snapped the Angels’ four-game winning streak.
— Cubs 10, Pirates 4
Ian Happ hit a three-run homer, had five RBI.
Cubs snapped their ten-game losing skid.
This was the 2,000th regular season game at PNC Park (Pirates 1003-996-1)
— Blue Jays’ C Tyler Heineman threw out four Marlins runners trying to steal a base Tuesday, the first time any major league catcher has done that since 2011.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Arizona
AL: Rays, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Min/Tor
