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In Mariners news...
- Shoot, this stinks.
Austin Shenton to the IL for West Virginia, which is a bummer both for him and for Bobby Honeyman, who I've been hoping they would promote to Modesto with Shenton playing well at 3B. Boo, boo, boo.
— Lookout Landing (@LookoutLanding) August 21, 2019
- Yesterday was a super cool moment for Jake, who got to fulfill his dream.
Around the league...
- Major League Baseball has issued a warning to its players against taking...sexual enhancers?
- The Braves have brought former top Mariners prospect Alex Jackson back up to the big leagues.
- Baseball America wonders if robot umpires could create a reshaping of the strike zone.
- Well this is hilarious.
I don't think I've seen something like this before: Ethan Wilson from the Mets media relations department inadvertently walked in on a live shot of the TV booth to report they they were wrong about Marcus Stroman's injury. pic.twitter.com/WwtwCyjtr3
— Roger Cormier (@yayroger) August 22, 2019
- My head hurts.
Nick Castellanos tells Joe Maddon "Happy Opening Day" before every game
— Rick Tarsitano (@RickTarsitano) August 21, 2019
I asked him why
"Prove to me it's not"
"If what has happened is a memory and whats going to happen is a thought, you're taking yourself out of right now. So in that case, every day is Opening Day" @WGNNews pic.twitter.com/Bzn37s2Eiu
- Russell Martin is mulling over the idea of retirement.
Anders’ picks...
- This is so weird.
i don't think anything captures The Current Moment™ better than this New Hampshire town opening up a time capsule to discover that nothing is inside:https://t.co/8Xc4khklkw
— nathalie graham (@gramsofgnats) August 21, 2019