2021 MLB Regular Season thread

Who's your ... daddy? Or Father?

 

Went to the Indians game tonight. Small crowd, which suited me just fine. Beautiful night for baseball and a Tribe win. Foul ball landed a couple rows in front and took the wrong bounce. Didn’t even notice the extended nets down the line.

 

¡¿Quien es tu padre?!

 

But when did the Angels play their first game? They joined the league that same season too.

 

Tuesday, April 11, 1961 ... a 7-2 victory over the Orioles.

 

Arroyo's tribute to Buehler was pretty special. One of the most real things I've seen in a while.

 

Musgrove is on a short list of pitchers who have thrown a no-hitter for the team closest to their birthplace. One of the others is Bill Singer, who has this interesting bio:
Post-playing career[edit]
In 2003, Singer was terminated from his position as special assistant to General Manager Jim Duquette of the New York Mets after Singer disparaged the Los Angeles Dodgers' assistant general manager Kim Ng during general manager meetings, mocking her for her family's Chinese-American history.[4] Ng was born in Indianapolis, Indiana to American-born parents of Chinese and Thai heritage. The incident was reported by ESPN and the Los Angeles Times.[5] He later apologized, and blamed the Atkins diet and being drunk as the reasons for his remarks.[6]

He was later hired by the Arizona Diamondbacks as a Major League scout in February 2005, with the Diamondbacks GM Joe Garagiola Jr stating, "We satisfied ourselves by talking to him, to other people about him and doing a thorough background check."[5] In November 2006, the Washington Nationals hired Singer to coordinate scouting operations in Asia.

They didn't just hire him; they hired him to run scouting in Asia. Nice work.

 

Just not a winner.

 

So when does the first pace bowler out of the Asian leagues throw the first MLB yorker?

 

Pirates have scored 7 in bottom-2. The Buccos are back! Great job, ownership.