One of our cats has developed a very specific affection for walking up my legs when they are up and extended from a chair to an ottoman. It’s fine, except she’s a very chonky cat, and doesn’t have great balance. So when she missteps slightly, she extends her claws instinctively to regain purchase, and they tend to jab right into my leg. I should have stopped it sooner, because I knew it was going to happen: last night when she did it, she fell all the way down, with a claw in my leg, ripping down like a pirate who stuck a knife in a sail and slid down.
So I’ve got a healthy slash on my right leg, which will leave a scar. How do I know? Because about seven years ago she did the same thing to my left leg. Now they match.
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Knucle curve.
— ダルビッシュ有(Yu Darvish) (@faridyu) August 28, 2019
Darvish said he got two strikeouts with his new knucklecurve tonight. Yu: “Kimbrel taught me that a week ago.”
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) August 28, 2019
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The pitch that registers between the cutter and four-seamer is what the Cubs internally call a "hard cutter." https://t.co/U3eqfMDaVZ
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) August 28, 2019
So, Yu Darvish currently throws a…
Four-seamer
Two-seamer
Cutter
Hard cutter
Curveball
Slow curve
Knucklecurve
Slider
Splitter
ChangeupAnd he has a 26.0 K/BB ratio dating back to the start of July.
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) August 28, 2019
Feeling unsure about the Cubs’ future? @PJ_Mooney has some prospect positivity for you this morning: https://t.co/RH57mOIV92
— The Athletic (@TheAthleticCHI) August 27, 2019
Just an awful tragedy: The wife and child of Blake Bivens, a Double-A pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization, were among three people killed in rural Virginia on Tuesday, sources tell ESPN. Police have charged Bivens' wife's brother with first-degree homicide.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) August 28, 2019
Breaking news: Nick Castellanos now has a banner outside Wrigley. pic.twitter.com/pM6GrgSh32
— Ryan Thomure (@RyanThomure) August 28, 2019
The Bears Have More Than $22 Million In Salary Cap Flexibility Right Now https://t.co/z2D20rXj1l pic.twitter.com/PgUOIc3ic3
— Bleacher Nation Bears (@BN_Bears) August 27, 2019