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Sibling Strength

Today was a fantastic day for the Lombard family. George Lombard Jr. became the 3rd youngest Yankee to ever make his MLB debut at shortstop, only behind Bobby Murcer and Derek Jeter, so pretty good company. Lombard Jr. also became the 14th Yankee ever to hit a home run in his debut. As if that wasn’t good enough, George’s younger brother, Jacob Lombard, made his pro debut in the minors and also hit a home run earlier today in Single-A Jupiter! I’m not a parent, but I can only imagine their mom and dad are ecstatic. The only way this could be better is if they both hit a debut homer in MLB.

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Alaska-born Pitching

Bob Brenly mentioned tonight that only 13 players born in Alaska have played in the major leagues, 11 of which were from Anchorage, one being tonight’s starter for Colorado, Gabriel Hughes, but most notably the decorated former Diamondback, Curt Schilling.

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6.8

The (baseball) Minneapolis Miracle

Down 3-0 in the bottom of the ninth, with two away and nobody on, it looked like it for the Minnesota Twins in their matchup against Kansas City. Yet, after a hit by pitch, single and walk, Kody Clemens stepped up to the plate as the winning run against new pitched Matt Strahm. It didn’t start out the way the son of MLB icon Roger Clemens would have wanted it to, as he took a strike and hit a foul ball. Yet, on the third pitch, Clemens uncorked a walk-off grand slam into the right center field seats, winning the matchup for the Twins. On that play, history was made and added to. The slam was the 34th Ultimate Grand Slam in MLB history, a rare walk-off grand slam hit when down by three runs. And in addition to joining that elite club, Clemens became the sixth player in history to do so down to his team’s last strike. The company he joins is formed by Roger Freed (1979), Dick Schofield (1986), Alan Trammell (1988), Chris Hoiles (1996), and David Bote (2018). But what separates Clemens from that group is that he became the FIRST player, in the HISTORY of Major League Baseball, to hit a two out, Ultimate Grand Slam on an 0-2 COUNT. Occurrences like this are what makes baseball fun to watch, and why we tune in every day each summer for more.

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4.7

Pilin on the Runs

The Detroit Tigers are just the 22nd team in MLB history to finish a game with a run in every inning they played in. Funnily enough, they would’ve been the first team to do it in a decade if not for the Royals accomplishing the same feat 22 days ago. Regardless, it is a crazy feat that I was rooting for HARD while behind home play and I am so happy I was there for this game. Gleyber Torres led the way in RBIs with 5, but my personal star was Eduardo Valencia whoas 4 RBIs only trailed Torres and his 3 runs only trailed McGonigle. Just an awesome day for Valencia. As if that wasn’t enough, the Tigers are the 2nd team EVER to score a run in every inning they batted in and not allow a run in every inning they pitched. The other one was accomplished in 1935.