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Will David Moyes right the ship this season? His (mis)use of substitutes has certainly come under fire. [BBC]
A double good news brief from the Bobble, as Christian Norgaard successfully completes his medical and James Garner edges closer to a return.
Everton Under-21s defeat Bolton Wanderers 4-2 in preseason warmup. [EFC]

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Dbacks manager Torey Lovullo started off his postgame interview stating that this game had a 'funky rhythm' to it, and I think that is a great way to summarize it.
Eduardo Rodriguez who went 8 scoreless in his last outing, got jumped in this outing. The Padres came out of the gates with a lot of hard contact scoring 3 runs in the first inning and 2 more in the second inning and before anyone could get settled in, the Dbacks were already chasing 5 runs. ERod certainly didn't have his best stuff tonight, but due to the amount of hard contact he was giving up early in this game, Im sure there are going to be people who are suspecting there was atleast some degree of pitch tipping going on.
The defense behind ERod also let him down multiple times as multiple ****** clanked off of Arenado's mitt at 3rd base, none of them errors, but still not common to see from the perennial gold glove winner. Ketel Marte also missed a critical double play on a bobble that allowed extra runs to score as of the 7 runs scored tonight while ERod was pitching, only 5 of them were earned. Certainly not the crisp defense this team typically relies on to win games. It should be noted however that despite not having his best stuff, ERod was still able to pitch into the 6th inning tonight.
The offense did nothing for 8 of the 9 innings tonight with the exception of the 7th when the Dbacks offense blasted 2 homeruns. Nolan Arenado hit the first, a 2 run shot to get the Dbacks on the board. James McCann hit the second of the inning another 2 run shot, and then all of a sudden its an 8-4 ballgame and the Padres are getting up Mason Miller in the 8th. However the Padres would then tack on another run in the 9th inning to sit Miller back down and solidify the final score of 9-4.
Of particular note in this one, Ketel Marte and Corbin Carroll combined to go 0-8 as they continue to slide as they have done the past 6 weeks or so. This team desperately needs them to step up if this team is going to maintain any kind of wild card lead and make a playoff run. Hopefully this is just the calm before the storm.

#team #ketel

After multiple days of sunshine, the New England Patriots were forced to move inside to WIN Waste Innovations Field House and closed practice to the public after downpours plagued the practice field on Monday, Aug. 3.
A notable limited participant was receiver Kyle Williams, who left Saturday's practice with an injury. Williams missed a significant portion of practice on Monday, but did appear for the final four periods.
Before team drills, head coach Mike Vrabel and some of his coaching staff put on pads for an offensive line blocking drill. While the staff was mostly used to simulate where defensive linemen and linebackers would be lined during run formations, Vrabel took one opportunity to show off the skills he learned during his 13-year career.
Running back Jack Westover received the handoff and hit the gap as the drill intended, but out of nowhere, Vrabel came in and "stopped" Westover. Vrabel then pumped his fist and celebrated in front of the offense while the defense cheered him on.
After Vrabel showed off his defensive prowess, the receivers and defensive secondary went against each other in a 1-on-1 drill. It was essentially a draw between the two groups, with each group making a play over the other. The play of the drill was on the first play when receiver A.J. Brown bobbled the ball to himself and made a one-handed grab for a touchdown over cornerback Christian Gonzalez as the two players continue to go against each other this summer.

#williams

WORCESTER — With Boston Red Sox brass and fans in wait-and-see mode around Monday's 6 p.m. MLB trade deadline, the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox will welcome Lehigh Valley nearly 24 hours later to kick off a six-game homestand at Polar Park.
As all eyes and ears fixate on rumors swirling around the Red Sox, and what Boston chief baseball officer Craig Breslow is (or isn't) doing heading into the trade deadline, the WooSox cruised to their fifth-straight win on Sunday in Norfolk, Va.
While no big moves were made (as of Monday morning) involving anyone from AAA Worcester, the Red Sox' recent resurgence in the standings flipped the franchise from pretenders to contenders at the deadline — which makes what's happening with the WooSox a little more pressing at the moment.
So, while we wait for any more news to break with Boston (and possibly Worcester), here's a look at the upcoming WooSox homestand and promotional schedule, which includes a Ceddanne Rafaela Bobblehead giveaway:
Tuesday (6:45 p.m.): Taco & Tequila Tuesday, presented by Teremana; Tail Waggin' Tuesday (fans can bring their dogs); AARP Ticket Tuesday; Wepa Night, presented by Modelo and La Mega 106.1 celebrating Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.

#worcester #tuesday #woosox #fans

Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona only had one criticism of the bobblehead likeness of him being handed to fans at Great American Ball Park.
The Francona bobblehead giveaway Aug. 1 marked the second bobblehead produced by the Reds organization, but the first distributed at a home game. A 2025 Francona bobblehead was presented to fans who donated at a certain level to the Reds Community Fund.
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The 2026 Francona bobblehead features a manual, four-digit tally counter that allows fans to keep up with the future-Hall-of-Fame manager's career wins, a number that stood at 2,085 entering play Aug. 1 against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

#francona #pirates

SAN DIEGO – After spending the later innings feeling like they were pushing a rock up a hill, the San Diego Padres finally got over the top on a game-winning sacrifice fly by Xander Bogaerts in a wild 8-7 win over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night at Petco Park.
Fernando Tatis Jr. set a new career high with five hits while driving in a pair of RBI, as the Padres (54-53) cracked a home-season-best 16 hits to extend their win streak to four games. Encinitas-born Mickey Moniak hit a two-run home run, the eighth of his career against San Diego, part of his three-RBI night for the Rockies (42-56), who saw four costly errors all come back to hurt.
Jackson Merrill led off the ninth with a single, his third of the game, then stole second and advanced to third when Hunter Goodman's throw went into center field. Back-to-back walks to Luis Rengifo and pinch-hitter Sung-Mun Song cued up Bogaerts' decisive RBI, which made for the seventh walk-off win of the season by San Diego and their third time against Colorado.
The Padres rallied to tie in three consecutive innings, with Manny Machado lacing a single to the right-center alley that Hunter McCarthy bobbled and allowed Jake Cronenworth to score in the eighth. Mason Miller then came on to set the Rockies down in order, whiffing all three he faced to set the stage and ultimately earn his third win.
Reliever Adrian Morejon was able to limit the damage in the top, as after a Bogaerts error loaded the bases and a walk to Ezequiel Tovar pushed across a run, the lefty got a ground out to end the inning.

#diego #Rockies #Third

Shane Bieber melted down, which cost the Jays a chance to win but probably more importantly derailed a string of solid starts that had hopefully been pushing his trade value back up. Also, Vladimir Guerrero jr. left the game before the bottom of the fourth after legging out an infield single and throwing error in the third. It was later reported to be a right hamstring injury. So a good day all around.
We got a fun moment before the game as Louis Varland and his brother Gus, recently recalled from AAA by the Nationals, got to do the lineup card exchange.
There was an hour long rain delay before we could get going tonight. Cade Cavalli didn't look bothered, but it looked like the delay really threw Shane Bieber. He couldn't get any of his pitches across, missing badly all over the plate. After the Jays were retired in the first with just a Nathan Lukes single erased by a Vladimir Guerrero jr. double play ball, Bieber walked two the first three Washington hitters. Then CJ Abrams reached on an infield ground ball when Bieber couldn't find the bag while recieving Luis Urias' toss, loading the bases with just one out. Walks to Keibert Ruiz and Daylen Lile forced in a pair of runs. A Nasim Nunez sac fly plated Abrams to make it 3-0. Then another walk, to Jorbit Vivas, re-loaded the bases, and a sixth, to Jacob Young, pushed yet another run across. That was enough for the Jays, who called for Brendon Little. He got a ground out to finally end the inning.
The Jays had a chance in the second, with George Springer walking and Ernie Clement lining a single, but they failed to capitalize. Little returned for the bottom half and struck out the side.
Toronto got on board in the third. Yohendrick Pinango walked with one out, but was traded for Lukes on a fielder's choice. The speed upgrade mattered, as Vlad hit a slow roller to third and Vivas's throw to first went wide, allowing Lukes to come all the way around to score, cutting the deficit to 4-1. Little kept dealing, getting a ground out and a strikeout among the first two batters. Nunez reached when Ernie Clement bobbled a soft chopper to third, but Brandon Valenzuela gunned him down stealing second with a beautiful throw.

#lukes

Get ready to celebrate all things Pittsburgh this weekend with the Pittsburgh Pirates — and grab a bobblehead inspired by HBO Max's Steel City-inspired medical drama "The Pitt."
Yinzerpalooza, an annual celebration of all things Pittsburgh hosted by the Pirates and Mrs. T's Pierogies, will take place this weekend, with the Bucs set to play three games at PNC Park.
Each game will feature giveaways, with one game giving fans the opportunity to nab a bobblehead inspired by Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch from "The Pitt."
Yinzerpalooza will run from Friday, July 24 through Sunday, July 26, with three Pittsburgh Pirates games scheduled at PNC Park. All three games over the course of the weekend will be played against the Chicago Cubs in Pittsburgh.
Each game will feature a giveaway, with Friday, July 24 kicking off the weekend with a t-shirt giveaway for the first 20,000 fans.

#pittsburgh

The Orioles jumped on Boston’s starter Eduardo Rivera early and used that early offensive explosion to propel them to victory. After Taylor Ward barely missed a leadoff double into the right field corner, Pete Alonso started the rally with a ground rule double over the low wall in right. Gunnar Henderson then worked a four-pitch walk to bring former Red Sox Tyler O’Neill to the plate. TON hit a hard grounder to third, but Caleb Durbin’s throw to second was bobbled by Anthony Seigler, leaving everyone safe and the bases loaded.
After Christian Encarnacion-Strand struck out, Dylan Beavers stepped into the box looking to make sure the early opportunity wouldn’t go to waste. Rivera’s first-pitched slider bounced well in front of home plate, skipping past catcher Carlos Narváez and allowing Alonso to score from first.
Rivera went back to slider 2-2, but the breaking ball caught too much of the plate, and Beavers flipped it into center field for a two-run single. Johnathan Rodríguez then capped off the rally, lining a ball just over the head of Jaren Durran in left and off the Green Monster. The double scored Beavers from first, gave Baltimore a 4-0 lead and chased Rivera after just 41 pitches and two outs.
The early four-run lead was more than enough for Kyle Bradish, as he continued his recent run of good form. The newly minted $90M man, in his first start since his extension, breezed through the 1st inning on nine pitches. He got Seigler to ground out to second on two pitches, got Ceddane Rafaela to fly out to right on three pitches and punctuated the inning with a punch out of Wilyer Abreu.
The Red Sox made Bradish work a little harder in the 2nd, making him throw nine pitches to get the first two outs before getting their first base runner via a Durbin walk. Duran then sent his own hard liner to left, but it was hit right at Ward to end the inning.

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The Yankees announced that tonight's game, scheduled for 7:05 EST against the Pittsburgh Pirates, has been postponed due to inclement weather forecasted to sustain through much of the night in New York.
The Yankees and Pirates will play a split-admission doubleheader tomorrow, with Game 1 at 1:05 EST and Game 2 at 7:05 EST. Those with tickets to tonight's postponed game can exchange them for tickets to tomorrow night's Game 2. Tickets from the postponed game cannot be exchanged for Game 1. As tonight was scheduled to be Aaron Judge Harry Potter Bobblehead night, the giveaway will now occur during tomorrow night's game.
We'll keep you updated on how the postponement affects the Yankees' rotation plans and roster, as the team now will have to play a second doubleheader in the span of four days. New York called up Elmer Rodríguez as their "27th Man" for the doubleheader against the Dodgers over the weekend, and the top prospect could be in line to come up again, after having gone unused on Sunday. Will Warren was scheduled to start tonight, with Gerrit Cole scheduled for tomorrow.

#yankees #tomorrow #pirates

ARLINGTON, Texas -- After Wednesday night’s 13-1 loss, Texas Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said that Thursday night’s rubber match against the Los Angeles Angels would be a test for his team.
It was certainly anything but an easy test. However, Schumaker and his team passed in symbolic form.
Wyatt Langford not only retuned to the lineup on his bobblehead night, but provided a walk-off single, lifting the Rangers past the Angels 6-5.
“There’s a lot of credit to our training staff of getting him [Langford] back in such a fast time,” Schumaker said.
“They [Langford] put a lot of work in. A lot of debate on if he was ready or not but you trust the player and the training staff and the training staff did an amazing job with him and that last at-bat was crucial, obviously, we don’t win that game without Wyatt Langford…”

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Ryan Johnson profiled as one of the Angels' most promising pitching prospects after he was drafted in 2024, but so far in his sophomore season Johnson simply hasn't found his groove, especially not on Sunday against the Boston Red Sox.
While he started his night by striking out the first four batters he faced and the Angels offense gave him an early three run lead to work with, Johnson went just four innings while allowing five earned runs courtesy of a two-run home run by Jarren Duran and Wilson Contreras' second three-run home run of the series.
Though he might have escaped the fourth inning without giving up the long ball to Contreras, but Zach Neto bobbled what would have been the third out to allow Wilyer Abreu to reach base, setting the table for Contreras to do some damage.
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Zach Neto #9 of the Los Angeles Angels celebrates against the Boston Red Sox at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 5, 2026 in Anaheim, California.

The Baltimore bats couldn't deliver in the clutch, and a strong Kyle Bradish start went to waste, as the O's dropped their series finale in Cincinnati 3-2.
The O's came into the bottom of the 9th trailing 3-1 after struggling to get their bats going all afternoon. The pinch-hitting Dylan Beavers worked a leadoff walk to put the winning run on base. Jackson Holliday then entered for Jeremiah Jackson, with the former No.1 overall pick correctly challenging a 3-1 pitch to also reach via walk. The red-hot Blaze Alexander then battled Reds closer Emilio Pagán, finally getting ahold of a 2-2 cutter and sending a single into left to load the bases.
With the bases loaded and one out, former All-Star Gunnar Henderson stepped to the plate. After falling behind 1-2, Gunnar just missed a fastball up and away, sending a fly out to deep left field. The sac fly allowed Beavers to score and cut the deficit to one.
That put the weight of the Orioles' chances on the newly named All-Star Adley Rutschman. The Orioles' catcher fell behind like Henderson and could only send a fly ball to center, ending the game with the tying run on second base.
The rally in the 9th was the Orioles' first good scoring opportunity since the 6th inning. With the O's trailing 2-0. After Adley Rutschman started off the frame with a fly out, Taylor Ward got the rally going with a double to the left field gap. Pete Alonso then sent a rocket of a ground ball to short, where a bobble by Elly De La Cruz allowed Ward to advance on a 6-3 groundout. That brought up Coby Mayo, the lefty masher, against Reds' left-handed starter Nick Lodolo. The southpaw left a 1-1 changeup over the plate and Mayo smashed it into left field to bring home Ward.

The Mariners attempted to prop up their flagging bullpen today, trading out lefty Josh Simpson for righty Cole Wilcox.
With the Mariners past the Oops! All Lefties Guardians lineup, there’s no need for an extra lefty in the ‘pen, but Simpson didn’t make a strong argument to stay, providing the bottom bread in the disaster sandwich that was the Mariners’ meltdown eighth inning in one of the most unpleasant games I’ve recapped yet this season. For Simpson, the issue remains command. Wilcox hasn’t been the picture of pinpoint command – or he has, if that picture was drawn by someone who’d consumed ten double espressos while riding a Gravitron – but the thing Wilcox does bring is an ability to work multiple innings, something that’s useful for the bullpen-impoverished Mariners, down a man due to the fluctuating piggyback strategy.
Wilcox is carrying a rough-looking ERA of over five in Triple-A, but his peripherals are good: his FIP and xERA are both about half that, and he’s striking out over a third of batters faced while keeping his walks in check. It’s the walks that were the pain point for Wilcox in his first go-round with the big-league club in April, when he flashed solid strikeout stuff but also walked almost as many hitters as he struck out. That issue has calmed down significantly in his time at the notoriously hitter-friendly PCL, where he’s also collected a pair of saves.
Wilcox was my Pile Pick this spring training but his command issues caused Alex Hoppe to leapfrog him in the pecking order. Hoppe had his own struggles, however, and was optioned down to Triple-A three days ago. With Hoppe ineligible to be recalled from Triple-A for at least another week, Wilcox has some runway for another audition to the big-league club as they continue to search for consistency in the bullpen. And as a fun bonus, Wilcox has brought along a good luck charm this time that he keeps in his locker: a bobblehead of former Georgia teammate Emerson Hancock given away at Foley Field this May – a reminder from one Bulldog to another that the path to a big-league career doesn’t always run smoothly.

The Atlanta Braves return home to Truist Park for a three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals and four-game series with the New York Mets.
The Braves are also celebrating America's 250th birthday with Independence Week specials, eating contests and two firework shows.
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Fans can grab tickets for just $17.76 in the Coca-Cola corner for the June 30-July 2 games against the Cardinals and July 5-6 games against the Mets.
The offer is good for the NAPA Corduroy Throwback Cap giveaway on July 2, Drake Baldwin Rookie of the Year Mini Bobblehead kids giveaway on July 5 and Delta's Matt Olson Bobblecard giveaway on July 6.

Jun. 4—ABERDEEN — A play at the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning was the difference in a Class B quarterfinal thriller between No. 4 seed Hanson and No. 5 Avon on Thursday at the Players Softball Complex.
Having rallied from five runs down in the final frame to tie the game, Hanson's Delaney Jarding sprinted from second base to home plate on a batted ball that was bobbled but didn't leave the infield dirt with two outs.
The gamble paid off, as Jarding was ruled to have barely beaten a tag in a close play at the plate, giving the Beavers a dramatic 11-10 walk-off win. Jozlynn Tegethoff provided the game-winning hit for Hanson, which had trailed 7-0 in the fourth inning and 10-5 in the seventh. All 11 of the Beavers' runs were scored in either the fourth or seventh frames.
Jarding, Neecee Suber, Jacey Schoenrock and Rylee Furgeson all recorded two hits and scored two runs apiece for Hanson, which had 10 hits total. Furgeson and Marah Doyle each dive in two runs. Schoenrock hurled all seven innings in the circle, finishing with five strikeouts, four walks and seven earned runs allowed.
Kaydence Metzger had three hits and drove in one run for Avon, though she was also tagged with the pitching loss, yielding three walks and six earned runs with five strikeouts. Rowan Brandt, Rilyn Thury, Brielle Voigt, Pria Sesler and Kensley DeVries all added two hits toward the Pirates' total of 14 hits, as Sesler had three runs batted in and Voigt tacked on a pair. Both teams had four errors.