Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) on X (original) (raw)

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  Dusty Baker on #Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly: "What really enraged everybody was what he told Carlos [Correa] when he struck him out, "Nice swing bitch!''
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  Six security guards chasing a man with a stolen stadium seat outside the Oakland Coliseum
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  Yankees pitcher Aroldis Chapman said he would attend their mandatory workout if he definitely was going to be on their postseason roster. The Yankees could not give him that assurance. Chapman stayed home in Miami. The Yankees told him to stay there. His Yankee career is over.
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  RIP Col. Gene Nightengale My hero. My father.
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  World Series TV viewership for the first 2 games: United States: 12.6 million Japan: 10.7 million. Canada: 7 million
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  Shohei Ohtani’s decision to earn just $2 million a year certainly is a great benefit to the Dodgers’ payroll, but also a stroke of genius for tax repercussions. If he’s not living in California once his deferred payments start, he will not be subjected to heavy California tax.
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  Shohei Ohtani is NOT in Toronto. Ohtani is NOT on a flight to Toronto. Ohtani is at home in Southern California.
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  It’s official: The WBC is returning in 2026
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  Albert Pujols hit a HR in his first AB at Busch Stadium on April 9, 2001. Pujols hits a HR in his last AB at Busch Stadium on Oct. 2, 2022
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  Trea Turner calls the grand slam the biggest hit he ever produced in his career, and this was the loudest baseball crowd he ever witnessed
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  Remember when the #Athletics drafted Kyler Murray with their No. 1 pick in 2018, trying to convince him to choose #MLB over the #NFL? Well, he just signed a 5-year, 230.5MextensionwithArizonaCardinals.He’llearnanaverageof230.5M extension with Arizona Cardinals. He’ll earn an average of 230.5MextensionwithArizonaCardinals.He’llearnanaverageof46.1M a year. The A's entire payroll is $48.5M
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  The Minnesota Twins, who are about $440 million in debt, erased a huge chunk of it by trading away virtually their roster in a matter of 12 hours. No wonder Carlos Correa wanted out.
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  The Oakland A’s attendance today: 2,703. Lowest since 1980.

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