NEWSLETTER
I’m in that danger zone of three straight nights of a couple hours less than normal sleep. Mood goes down, higher-level brain functioning is reduced, and patience is low. It helps to identify it early, though, say it out loud, and then proceed with that knowledge in mind before I scream at someone for not using their turn signal. (Eh, I might do that anyway … THAT’S WHY THE TURN SIGNAL EXISTS YOU SON OF A … )
Oh my God we're back again
Brothers, sisters, everybody sing pic.twitter.com/QhKIF1VtMN— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) May 8, 2019
Want to know something really wild about Brandon Kintzler's success so far this year? He's still getting lots of groundballs (56.4%), which is his "thing."
… but he's also recording strikeouts (28.3%) AND walks (3.3%) at the best rates in his *entire career*!
— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) May 8, 2019
I genuinely wanted to know how Lester/the hamstring, felt in the cold tonight & he decided to make jokes: “I felt great. I was yelling at Butter, the 3rd baseman was basically in my back pocket & I wanted to steal 3rd. He shook his head emphatically, no. I yelled at him again.”
— Kelly Crull (@Kelly_Crull) May 8, 2019
Cubs with 24 extra-base hits within the teams first 33 games (since 1908):
Javy Baez, 2019
Hack Wilson, 1926
Vic Saier, 1915(Per @Cubs notes)
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) May 8, 2019
The A’s Made Back-to-Back Wild Catches (Including a HR Robbery) to Save the No-Hitter! https://t.co/yiTNv3B3cI pic.twitter.com/QVJ4B8saay
— Baseball is Fun (@flippingbats) May 8, 2019
Breaking down Clayton Kershaw's distribution of pitch speeds by pitch type since 2008. Interesting to see his velocity trend down the last few years. pic.twitter.com/rv67xwsC0U
— Daren Willman (@darenw) May 8, 2019
