MLB: ***2026 MLB Season Thread***
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LOL, right out of Bull Durham when he was trying to teach Nuke a lesson.Good way to derail your career before it ever had a chance:
Sources: Twins cut minor league catcher Derek Bender for tipping pitches
The Twins released minor league catcher Derek Bender after he told opposing hitters the types of pitches that were coming to the plate during a game last week, sources told ESPN. Bender had told teammates he wanted the season to be over.www.espn.com
Guessing he gets a chance with another organization at some point but that is going to be a tough one to win over a lockeroom going forward as he pretty much sabotaged a game for personal benefit because he wanted the season to be over. Don't know if there are any kinds of gambling lines on single A baseball games but if there are I would hope they investigate that potential angle of it too.
Crazy that AL central which has been not great in recent years is getting 3 teams in the playoffs.
Well...that is because they get to play the White Sox so much...and this is coming from a White Sox fan! The AL Central teams have a built-in advantage thru scheduling!
Well...that is because they get to play the White Sox so much...and this is coming from a White Sox fan! The AL Central teams have a built-in advantage thru scheduling!
But too be fair they made schedule changes that limits the amount of in division games from past years.
True...but a team still plays their division a lot more than than they play a particular team from another division. And that is where it is kind of unfair for the wild card...division champs is legit...but the Royals/Twins/Tigers play the White Sox a lot more often than the teams they are competing against for the wild card.
Need 4 more losses with 9 games left to set the modern day loss record.
Well...that is because they get to play the White Sox so much...and this is coming from a White Sox fan! The AL Central teams have a built-in advantage thru scheduling!
Twins, Tigers and Royals are a combined 33-3 versus the White Sox. 33 and freakin' three!
Tigers have three games left with them with a chance to go 12-1 like the Twins and Royals did. Woof. If they sweep the last series the three teams will have gone 36-3 versus the Sox.
FWIW, the entire AL is weak this season. Sort of shows with .523 teams comfortably "in".
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Last Friday I was texting back and forth with Cyclone Red Sox fan buddy. We were talking about Judge (Well his comment was "**** Judge" after his grand slam versus the Sox). Message session ending with me texting "Ohtani is on a tear". Woof, that turned into an understatement!
