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Good morning everyone and a Happy Fathers' Day to all of the dads out there! Hope you have a fantastic day, and here's some ripe links to get that fantastic day started:
- Hisashi Iwakuma had a successful rehab outing in Everett.
- Indians' outfielder David Murphy spoke to Fangraphs about what it was like to face Taijuan Walker and the Mariners.
- Jay Yencich at U.S.S. Mariner previewed the 2015 AquaSox.
- Eno Sarris at Fangraphs analyzes how Taijuan Walker has improved on his walk totals.
- Chris Mitchell lists some interesting early-round pitching draft selections, including the Mariners' Andrew Moore.
- The White Sox have DFA'd pitcher Hector Noesi.
- An Angels minor league team is holding a "Caucasian Heritage Night." (Update: they canceled it)
- Tony Blengino breaks down the American League so far this season.
- The Diamondbacks and Braves matched up for a deal that sent Touki Toussaint and Bronson Arroyo to Atlanta.
- Major League Baseball is canceling up to 65 million votes for the All-Star Game.
- Alex Rodriguez got career hit #3,000, and the man who caught the home run ball is keeping it.
- Max Scherzer threw a no-hitter against the Pirates.
- Miles Wray tries to mathematically eliminate some teams from playoff contention using an interesting formula.
- Pablo Sandoval found himself out of the starting lineup for using Instagram during a game.
- Dan Mullen at ESPN lists the most memorable instances of a position player pitching in a game.
- Things got a little squirrelly at the Cardinals-Phillies game.