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Good morning folks! It’s Thursday, and we’ve got some links to get your day started.
In Mariners news...
- Get the latest on how some M’s farmhands are doing!
NEW PODCAST DROPPED
— West Virginia Power (@wv_power) August 7, 2019
Power outfielder Charlie McConnell joins @SportsKahn4 and @Kyle_Youmans on the latest edition of Expanding The Grid!
LISTEN: https://t.co/KbQWqXffma
SUBSCRIBE: https://t.co/YgD7Hptevw
ALL EPISODES: https://t.co/0T3q3glmkX pic.twitter.com/qAiojNYzjr
- Hope to see you again soon Ryon!
- Cal Raleigh continues to be awesome.
Cal Raleigh hit his first Double-A homer tonight but instead of swapping it out to keep he signed it for the young fan who caught it...on his birthday! ❤️ https://t.co/tVbcRFjVid
— Lookout Landing (@LookoutLanding) August 8, 2019
Around the league...
- A cool gesture from Joey Votto.
Joey Votto showing love to Dayton tonight on his hat. He played there for the Dragons in 2003 and 2004. #Reds pic.twitter.com/zBuHRNbtn2
— Brandon Saho (@BrandonSaho) August 7, 2019
- Lookout Landing alum Brendan Gawlowski talked about how teams are handling the new baseball in Triple-A.
- Stephanie Springer at The Hardball Times discussed how the climate crisis is affecting ballparks around the country.
- Will Leitch lists the best active MLB player at every age.
- Emma Baccellieri did a neat feature on something you probably haven’t thought about very often: the mud used in ballparks.
- The new logo: yea or nay?
Introducing our new 2019 Peoria Javelinas logo! What do you think? pic.twitter.com/WlKbfxmAG3
— Arizona Fall League (@MLBazFallLeague) August 7, 2019
- Oh Jean.
Shouldn't this be TWO strikes on Segura? He swung twice at one pitch pic.twitter.com/5IbVM6mh7a
— Paid man gets bored (@cjzero) August 8, 2019
- Craig Edwards at Fangraphs tries to make the case for Mike Trout without using WAR.