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[thenewdemocratus]

NBC Sports: MLB 1980- World Series Game 7-Kansas City Royals @ Philadelphia Phillies: Full Game

Source:NBC Sports– Philadelphia Phillies closer Tug McGraw. “Kansas City Royals 1 at Philadelphia Phillies 4, F — With the Phillies just one tantalizing out away from a Championship, Tug McGraw got ahead on Willie Wilson, then struck him out swinging at a 1-2 fastball. McGraw threw his arms up, his teammates jumped all over each other, and the franchise had its first baseball…

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[themlb]

MLB Power Rankings: Yankees, Phillies, Dodgers battle for the No. 1 spot

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[amandachristine92]

Yankees Outdid Themselves in Series Loss, Hence Sarcasm

NYY @ KC

This series had it all: a horrendous outing by Carlos Rodón, a lack of offense by the Yanks (no surprise there), and potentially saying goodbye to veteran starting pitcher for KC, Zack Greinke.

Game 1

As mentioned before, LHP Carlos Rodón got the start for the New York Yankees versus veteran RHP Jordan Lyles and the Kansas City Royals.

The trouble for the Yankees began in the bottom of the first inning with Rodón on the hill.

Straight out the gate, 3B Maikel Garcia got a single off Rodón followed by SS Bobby Witt, Jr. getting a walk.

Next, longtime Royal and 1B Salvador Perez hit a two-run RBI 2B off Rodón, scoring Garcia and Witt, Jr. The Royals took an early 2-0 lead against the Yankees.

After that, LF Edward Olivares hit a two-run HR off Rodón, scoring Perez and himself. The Royals extended their lead to 4-0.

RF Nelson Velazquez and DH Nick Loftin then hit back-to-back 1Bs off Rodón before Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake held a conference on the mound with Rodon and C Austin Wells.

What was interesting about this exchange was that Rodón purposely squeezed himself in between Blake and Wells to turn his back toward the pitching coach.

Rodón then proceeded to shoo away Blake with his glove on his right hand. Blake wasn’t finished with what he had to say to Rodón, but the lefty pitcher continued to wave off his coach.

Rodón was fired up and frustrated with his performance during this first inning. However, despite this and Blake’s lack of experience as a coach in MLB, the southpaw’s actions were disrespectful and inexcusable.

After the heated interchange ceased, 2B Matt Duffy hit an RBI 1B off Rodón, scoring Velazquez. It was now 5-0 Royals.

After Loftin stole third base, Rodón walked C Logan Porter. Without an out recorded in the inning, Yankees manager Aaron Boone removed Rodón – who threw 35 pitches – from the game.

With the bases loaded, reliever Matt Bowman was called upon to prevent any further damage in this game. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen for this righty pitcher.

CF Kyle Isbel hit a two-run RBI 2B off Bowman, scoring Loftin and Duffy. The Royals extended their lead to 7-0 versus the Yankees.

Garcia in his second at-bat and plate appearance of the first inning hit an RBI 1B off Bowman, scoring Porter from third base. It was now 8-0 Royals.

The line on Rodón was complete with all eight of his earned runs scoring.

The first out of the inning was recorded when Witt, Jr. hit a sacrifice fly off Bowman. However, a run did score with Isbel crossing home plate. 

The scoreboard had another crooked number added to it with the Royals ahead of the Yankees 9-0.

After Perez hit a single – his second hit of the inning – Bowman ended the inning by retiring Olivares and Velazquez via a force-out and strikeout looking, respectively.

In the top of the bottom of the third inning, Perez grounded into a force-out with reliever Randy Vasquez on the mound. Garcia scored on this play and it became 10-0 Royals.

In the top of the fourth inning, Wells hit a three-run HR off Lyles, scoring DH Aaron Judge and 2B Gleyber Torres. The Yankees trailed the Royals 10-3.

In the top of the fifth inning, LF Everson Pereira hit an RBI ground ball for an out, scoring 3B Oswald Peraza with Lyles still pitching. The Yankees now trailed 10-4 against the Royals.

In the top of the sixth inning, Wells hit a ground ball for an out versus Lyles, scoring Judge. The deficit was cut in half with the score at 10-5 in favor of the Royals.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, Witt, Jr. hit a two-run HR off reliever Keynan Middleton, who recently came off the injured list. Isbel and Witt, Jr. scored, making it 12-5 Royals.

With the Royals adding those insurance runs, they won by the score of 12-5 against the Yankees in this game.

Game 2

RHP Clarke Schmidt got the nod for the Yankees versus opening pitcher Steven Cruz and the Royals.

In the bottom of the first inning, Velazquez hit an RBI 1B off Schmidt, scoring Garcia. The Royals took a 1-0 lead.

In the bottom of the third inning, Perez as the DH hit a solo HR off Schmidt, extending the Royals’ lead to 2-0.

In the top of the fourth, RF Oswaldo Cabrera hit an RBI 1B off reliever and bulk pitcher Alec Marsh. Torres scored and the Yankees trailed the Royals 2-1.

In the same inning, Pereira hit an RBI 1B off Marsh, scoring 1B Jake Bauers. The game was tied at 2-2.

In the top of the sixth inning, CF Estevan Florial hit an RBI 1B off reliever Collin Snider. C Kyle Higashioka scored and the Yankees led 3-2.

Later in the inning, Torres hit a two-run RBI 1B off Snider, scoring Florial and 3B-1B DJ LeMahieu. The Yankees extended their lead to 5-2 and won by this score.

Ironically in his only appearance this season, RHP Frankie Montas got a win for himself out of the bullpen.

Game 3

RHP Michael King looked to cement his role as a starter for next season for the Yankees against RHP Zack Greinke in his second stint with the Royals.

In the bottom of the second inning, RF MJ Melendez hit a solo HR off King, giving the Royals a 1-0 lead.

Later in the same inning, 1B Nick Pratto hit an RBI 1B off King, scoring CF Dairon Blanco. The Royals extended their lead to 2-0.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, Olivares hit a solo HR off King, extending the Royals’ lead to 3-0.

Another home run was hit in this inning off King via a solo shot by Blanco, giving the Royals a 4-0 lead.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, Perez as the catcher in this game hit a sac fly off reliever Jhony Brito to Cabrera in right field. Witt, Jr. scored and the Royals extended their lead to 5-0.

Before the Yankees scored any runs in the top of the sixth inning, Greinke was taken out after walking LeMahieu to start this inning.

With Greinke taking the game ball and putting it in his back pocket as a souvenir, you would think that the 39-year-old pitcher has decided to call it a career and retire.

However, Greinke didn’t announce at the start of this season that it would be his last one. Who knows for sure, right?

Anyway, fast forward to when reliever Taylor Clarke took over for Greinke in this game in the top of the sixth inning.

With runners in scoring position after Wells’ double, 3B Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a two-run RBI 1B off Clarke.

LeMahieu and Wells scored with this clutch, two-out hit by IKF. The Yankees trailed the Royals 5-2 and unfortunately lost by this score.

The Yankees showed baseball fans why they couldn’t make the postseason this year. They lost a series that they should’ve won.

The Royals had over 100 losses this season and still beat the Yankees due to shaky pitching and not getting timely hits consistently.

Even though the Yankees had a winning season at 82-80, it was a shoddy winning season.

The positive attributes that I take away from this season for the Yankees are the following:

IFK resurging as a super-utility player instead of starting at SS. Hopefully, IFK and the Yankees agree to a reasonable contract for next season.

Anthony Volpe showing a glimmer of hope as the future SS with 21 HRs in his rookie year.

Aaron Judge playing respectable baseball by hitting 37 HRs even though he missed a third of the season with an unlucky and weird right-toe injury while playing against the Los Angeles Dodgers in June.

Michael King pitching well enough as a starter to secure a spot in the rotation for next season.

CF Jasson Dominguez getting called up by the Yankees in September. The Martian played eight games for the Bronx Bombers and hit four home runs before needing surgery on a torn UCL.

[sayruq]

[spicy-apple-pie]

“Damian has green eyes!” “Green eyed Damian!!!”

Shut up give him central heterochromia. Deep brown on the outside and green on the inside. Or sectoral heterochromia, he has a patch of brown in his green eyes or vise versa.

This is central heterochromia btw

And this is sectoral.

Different types of heterochromia is very underutilized btw…

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

Palestinian-American activist Jenan Matari and journalist Faten Elwan have some very… eye-opening background about World Central Kitchen and Chef Jose Andres:

Jenan’s latest video is also crucial to watch:

Follow her at @jenan.matari on Instagram for more much-needed context and insight.

[emaadsidiki]

Doha, Qatar. ˚ ༘✶ ⋆｡˚ ⁀➷

[baby-girl-aaron-dessner]

Israel is burning people alive in Gaza.

Scenes of untold horror are emerging from the vicinity of Al Aqsa Martyrs' Hospital in Deir Al Balah, where the Zionist occupation dropped massively destructive bombs on displacement tents roughly two hours ago.

Witnesses at the scene recorded footage of Palestinian civilians being burned alive in front of them. Due to the power and size of the fires that ignited, witnesses were helpless to aid those that burned alive in the impacted tents.

The 2-ton bombs that Israel has been using for over a year to carry out its genocide on Gaza are made in the US, Canada and the UK. They are transported to Gaza by shipping giant Maersk, with the seal of approval from the American, Canadian, and British governments.

History will record the genocide of Palestine as one that was facilitated by Western powers.

We will never forgive or forget.

[hijinxinprogress]

Civilian Gothamites realizing they can get vengeance through Sword!Robin

Gothamites figuring out if they happen to mention a rogue treating animals poorly within hearing range of sword!Robin that rogue will be in custody with at least four fractures and a concussion and Damian being completely aware that like 63% of these people are lying but it’s the only way he can get experience with the nonlethal takedowns he’s experimenting with bc everyone keeps complaining about how he treats his opponents and allies 

Like he’s guiding a civilian to safety and they mention that “this would be the worst thing to happen to me today if riddler didn’t stab my fucking cat” and this civilian does not own a cat but they did own a car that was just paid off but riddler fucking crushed it with a stupid ass hot air balloon that’s shaped like a fucking question mark and Damian is aware of this bc he was the one that verified the insurance claim (but he’s been looking for a reason to punch Nygma in the throat since his last Arkham escape when he called Damian a moron)

And he also knows that if he plays along with it and says ‘as if I’d let that gaudy and tactless imbecile get away with committing such atrocities’ when prompted that he’ll get away with barely a slap on the wrist like he gets three half hearted but long lectures he’s not going to listen to and an online sensitivity training seminar he goads Tim into completing (Damian and Tim 100% try to trick each other into doing work they don’t want to do and full heartedly believe the other has no idea what they’re doing)

Bruce’s tendency for finding small crashouts at risk of becoming future rogues in Gotham and deciding they need love & supervision but what actually happens bc he’s so fucking awkward is they get almost the same amount of supervision just with like an hour of intense helicopter parenting a week but honestly besides that they just have more money and resources to do fuck shit

Tim 🤝🏾 Damian: using the manipulation tactics they learned from their mothers then later improved on with help from an assassin cult and bat/cape interrogation questioning techniques on the homies

[thenewdemocratus]

NBC Sports: MLB 1985-8/04/-Chicago White Sox @ New York Yankees: Tom Seaver Goes For 300

To me at least, Tom Seaver and Steve Carlton are the two best starting pitchers of the Baby Boom era. Pitchers who came up in the 1960s and 70s and pitched into the 1980s or so. To me they are the two best pitchers post Sandy Koufax and Bob Gibson, from the generation before them. The only other pitcher I would consider with Seaver and Carlton, would be Jim Palmer. And not, not because I’m an…

[cavalierzee]

Don't Grow Up To Be Zionists

Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be Zionists.

By Josh Mayfield,

2024

[glitter-stained]

And we finish the low quality Classic Transformation Constellation of the Robin round-up with Damian, the Boy himself! He's about to Wonder his enemies something good

His Robin transformation also has black because of the influence of the Bat in his blood since he, like Duke, is the son of a Star and has some of the powers of said Star in his blood without needing a crystal for it.

Abilities:

Flight

Enhanced athletics

Enhanced healing

Colour Swirl: that charging light he looks about to spear you with is a colourful wave that bludgeons through enemies like a brick rain (tim can confirm)

Son of the Bat: this ability takes its roots both in the pre-existing parental link between the Constellations of the Bat and the Robin, and the parental relationship between most holders of the Robin and one of the holders of the Bat, as well as Damian's powerful drive to prove himself as Batman's son. When Robin is in the vicinity of a Bat, all of his abilities, physical and magical, are enhanced (up to 3 times more powerful) though that may be altered depending on his relationship with the current holder of the Bat.

[sayruq]

Massacres in other parts of the Gaza Strip

[artzybumpkin]

Upon further searching, I've realized there's a severe lack of (in his prime) S/tanley P/ines preg content....

Might have to fix that soon✏️

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Sara Boboltz at HuffPost:

Four men of color wrongly accused of a New York assault in 1989 walked onstage at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday with strong words of criticism against one of their accusers: former President Donald Trump. Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Korey Wise and Raymond Santana, four of the former “Central Park Five,” appeared after an introduction from Rev. Al Sharpton. “Let me tell you, this is gonna be so beautiful. Together on Nov. 5th, we will usher in Kamala Harris and Tim Walz into the White House,” Salaam told the crowd. Along with Antron McCray, who was absent, the group of men were accused of brutally sexually assaulting a white female jogger in 1989, but they were exonerated more than a decade later, in 2002. The group, who were all teens or young adults when they were arrested, is now also known as the “Exonerated Five.”

Trump infamously spent $85,000 on a full-page ad in The New York Times addressing the case: “BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY, BRING BACK OUR POLICE!”

Last night at the DNC, 4 of the Central Park Five (or Exonerated Five) appeared at the convention in Chicago alongside Al Sharpton to call out Donald Trump, who wanted them dead (or unalived). #DNC2024