Texas Rangers pitcher Jonathan Hernndez made his first appearance in the Majors in more than a year on Saturday, to sing a scorele s seventh inning in a . Hernndez started the seventh by getting the Mariners Ty
Dallas Cowboys Pet Gear France to ground out to third. After giving up a Je se Winker single, Carlos Santana line out to right field and Eugenio Suarez struck out to end the frame. Hernandez threw 15 pitches, eight of which were strikes. It was good to see him out there competing, Rangers manager Chris Woodward said. I mi sed him pitching. To see the competitor in him and to see where his stuff was. He got a zero on the board and helped give us a chance to win.The Rangers activated Hernndez
Dak Prescott Hoodies Sweatshirts from the 60-day injured list on Saturday. Hernandez had Tommy John surgery on his right elbow on April 12 of last year. He began a rehab a signment in the Rangers minor league system on June 3 and went 0-2 with a 3.60 ERA with 13 walks and 16 strikeouts in 16 relief appearances. His numbers were better in his last nine rehab outings, as he had a 1.08 ERA, giving up just one earned run in 8 1/3 innings with four walks and 11 strikeouts. He last pitched on Wednesday against Midland, where he
Trevon Diggs Jersey gave up no runs and no hits in 1 2/3 innings. Scroll to ContinueHernndez was one of the promising young arms in the organization before the injury. In 2020, he was named the Rangers Rookie of the Year by the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Baseball Writers A sociation of America. He went 5-1 with a
NFL Dallas Cowboys Jersey 2.90 ERA in 27 games. In his Major League career, which started in 2019, he went 7-3 with a 3.40 ERA in 36 games. He averaged 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings. He originally joined the Rangers organization as a non-drafted free agent in 2013. Hernndez is the
Dak Prescott T Shirts second Rangers reliever to return to the staff after mi sing more than a season due to injury. returned last month after mi sing most of the 2020 and 2021 seasons with Tommy John surgery on his right elbow. He returned to the staff on June 18 in Detroit, and he has a 5.68 ERA in nine games.
The Dodgers home opener is usually an incredible evening in Los Angeles. Thursday night exceeded even the loftiest of expectations. It was first baseman first game at Dodger Stadium
Charles Mann Jersey and he did not disappoint.In his first at-bat at Chavez Ravine, Freeman did Freeman stuff.
Jamin Davis Jersey With an effortle s swing, he went opposite field for a routine single off of Reds pitcher Luis Ce sa.The magic didn't stop there. With the game deadlocked at three runs apiece, Freeman led off the eighth inning with a double to left center.Scroll to ContinueAfter the hit, thousands of fans at Dodger Stadium rose out of their seats and began raining down chants of "Freddie
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On this date in franchise history, Texas Rangers third baseman Adrin Beltr announced his retirement.The moment came on Nov. 20, 2018, as Beltr called
Shon Coleman Jersey it quits after a long, productive career that placed him among the best players in baseball history. Beltr broke in with the Los Angeles Dodgers as a 19-year old infielder in 1998 and played for a total of 21 seasons. He found his first taste of national recognition in his last season in LA in 2004, as he hit 48 home runs and finished second in National League MVP voting, even though he wasnt selected an All-Star. After that, Beltr spent the next five seasons with the Seattle Mariners as he started to enter the prime of his career, earning a pair of Gold Gloves in 2008 and 2009. He played one season in Boston in 2010, where he finally made it to his first All-Star game at age 31.But, with the Rangers from 2011-18,
Quenton Nelson Jersey his career seemed to hit a zenith. Joining a franchise that has just reached the World Series, Beltr only added to their arsenal, hitting .296 with 32 home runs and 105 RBI in his first season. He went back to the All-Star Game, finished 15th in MVP voting and won a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger award. For the next five seasons, Beltr would either go to an All-Star Game, finish in the Top 15 in MVP voting (including a third-place finish in 2012), win a
Alec Pierce Jersey Gold Glove or win a Silver Slugger award. In many cases,
Matthew Adams Jersey he did more than one thing. Beltr finished his career with the Rangers with a .304 batting average, 199 home runs and 699 RBI. For his 21-year career, Beltr finished in elite company with 3,166 career hits, along with 477 home runs and 1,707 RBI. Scroll to ContinueThe Rangers retired his jersey and . Beltr will be eligible for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2024.Just dont touch his head. Also on this date Nov. 20, 1974: Jeff Burroughs becomes the first Ranger to win the American League MVP award. He hit .301 with 25
Indianapolis Colts Home Office home runs and a league-leading 118 RBI as the Rangers finished second in the American League West under Billy Martin. Burroughs finished ahead of Joe Rudi, Sal Bando and Reggie Jackson, all of whom played for Oakland. Nov. 20, 2013: The Texas Rangers shook the foundation of their fan base by trading second baseman Ian Kinsler to the Detroit Tigers for first baseman Prince Fielder.
April 25, 1978.17,227 were in the stands at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia to watch the Phillies take on the Chicago Cubs. The Phillies won the game 7-0, with newly elected Hall of Famer Jim Kaat earning the win.But that wasn't the only spectacle to behold that night, as a large, furry, and green creature hailing from the Galapagos Islands appeared for the first time on the Astroturf that night: the Phillie Phanatic.The Phanatic's creator, Bonnie Erickson, said the mascot's debut was a bit anticlimactic."Everybody decided to just let him appear, not to make any big announcement," she said in a . "And so he just sort of appeared. He came on the field. The costume looked clean, bright and got a
Derwin James Jersey lot of laughs. Its the laughs you're waiting for. So, all in all, that first day was a big succe s."The days of the colonial Phil and Phillis were no more, as the Phillie Phanatic made his debut to the Philadelphia faithful that night, and he's taken the sports world by storm ever since.So, how did the most recognizable mascot in sports come to be?The Phillie Phanatic's story begins with former Phillies owner and Vice President Bill Giles deciding that the team needed a mascot that was similar to the San Diego Chicken and would attract more families to the Vet. Giles and the Phillies sought out Jim Henson, the creator of the Muppets, asking him if he could design a new team mascot.Henson said no, that he didn't really design things like that, but pointed them to Erickson. She had
JK Scott Jersey previously worked with Henson's Muppets, having designed Mi s Piggy, and Waldorf and Statler, the two old hecklers on the balcony.Erickson, along with her husband, Wayde Harrison, established Harrison/Erickson in 1977. And their corporation began having meetings with the Phillies to design their new mascot and establish his background."I think I wanted to make a shape that was going to have its own sort of character," Erickson said. "So that if you put a performer or a human being in it, it was going to be funny just because of the way it moved.""They had a slogan which was 'Philly, Be a Phillie Phanatic,'" Erickson continued. "I took that as wanting to have a megaphone. So that's where the snout for the Phanatic came from. And on the back, we wanted to give him a sort of logo of his own, so we gave him a five-pointed star."And why the Galapagos Islands?"Because, we figured, who could contest that?" Erickson explained. "This seemed to be the perfect background for a character that nobody could describe. It's a purely fantasy animal."Now that the Phanatic was designed and had a backstory, it was time to find someone to give the creature life. The Phillies enlisted David Raymond, who was then working as an intern in the team's front office. Raymond portrayed the Phanatic for fifteen years, from 1978 to 1993, which he jokes that the Phillies "found the kid that was stupid enough to say yes" to taking the position."That first day, I went into Bill Giles's office and said, 'Mr. Giles, what do you want me to do?' A smile came acro s his face and he said, 'I want you to have fun,'" Raymond . "I was tearing out of his office thinking, 'Wow, this is going to be easy,' and he screamed, 'G-rated fun!'"Raymond said his first night on the job didn't go quite as planned, but ultimately helped shape the Phanatic's goofy and lovable personality."The first night I fell over a railing by accident,
Dustin Hopkins Jersey and people laughed," he said. "So I was thinking, I have to fall down more. Slapstick humor was something I loved, I was a Three Stooges fan, I watched all the cartoons. It was Daffy Duck and Foghorn Leghorn and Three Stooges because that's what they laughed about."Raymond continued to form the Phanatic's antics as the years went by, including dancing with the ground's crew."The first night I did that, I tripped one of the guys by accident, the kid tripped and fell, and people laughed," he said. "That turned into me running around the bases and at each base I would knock one of the kids over, and then we would all gather behind home plate and dance. Fans were giving us standing ovations, because they'd never seen the grounds crew animated!"Scroll to ContinuePerhaps one of the most iconic moments during Raymond's tenure as the Phanatic was his 1988 run-in with Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda. The Phanatic had me sed with the late Dodgers' skipper for years, and it was all in good fun, until one night."He just snapped, and he came out and tried to beat the ever-lovin you-know-what out of the Phanatic," Raymond said. The mascot and Lasorda patched things up following the incident, though.Tom Burgoyne took over Phanatic duties in 1994 after serving as the backup from 1989 to 1993 and in the Phillies marketing department, as well as a creative force in the stadium scoreboard control room throughout the 1993 NL Championship season. Burgoyne has chosen over the years to be referred to publicly as the Phillie Phanatic's "best friend," in order to maintain the illusion that the Phanatic is his own being.Since then, Burgoyne has capitalized on what Raymond had established during his time in the costume. He rides around on an ATV, wanders the stadium, mocks the opposition, and even shoots hot dogs out of a hot dog cannon.Some more of his regular routines include taunting the visiting team by dancing provocatively in front of their dugout, mocking the actions of their players, smashing or stomping on an
Ty Long Jersey object, such as a batting helmet representing the team, and standing on the roof of the Phillies dugout between halves of the seventh inning for "The Phanatic Dance." Other popular acts include remaining on the dugout roof for the home half of the inning to "hex" the opposing pitcher and visiting the various broadcast
Michael Bandy Jersey booths.He is also famous for committing various pranks such as pouring popcorn on the broadcasters, spraying Silly String on them, or serving them Philly cheesesteaks, and buffing the heads of any bald fans who happen to be sitting near him in the stands.The Phillie Phanatic's antics have earned him a number of honors since his advent. The Phanatic was voted "best mascot ever" by a little known publication called .In 2005, Raymond founded the Mascot Hall of Fame, and the Phanatic was inducted as a charter member.In 2008, magazine named the Phanatic the best mascot in sports.In 2015, Good Morning America bestowed the honor of the best mascot in baseball on the Phanatic. And along with Youppi! and the San Diego Chicken, the Phanatic is one of only three mascots on display in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.Of course, the Phanatic will always be the most beloved in his native Philadelphia, and that is why when the Phanatic was subsequently re-designed in Feb. 2020 following a legal battle with his creators, Phillies fans were quite upset. Luckily, after two seasons in the new costume changes to the shape of the snout, star-shaped eyelids, a longer tail with blue feathers on the
20 minutes before game time, Jos Berros took a slow walk out of the dugout.As he sauntered towards the warning track to get his warm-ups in, only the fans in the front row noticed him. By the time he reached the outfield turf, the entire stadium serenaded No. 17 with a spontaneous and surprisingly loud ovation.So when Berros, who's under team control through 2022, toed the mound in the top of the first, the Rogers Centre crowd was understandably amped. After all, the Blue Jays dealt their to acquire him from the Minnesota Twins."I've never been in this position before in my career," Berros said. It had been
Antonio Hamilton Jersey an exhausting journey to Toronto for Berros. He was initially scheduled to pitch Friday for the Twins, but after being traded, had to pack his bags and head to a new team in an entirely different country all in a matter of days."I did my best trying to get through my routine," Berros said. "I had a good rest, good food, and then today came to the ballpark to do my work. So that's what I did and we came out of the game with the win."When the time came to just go out there and pitch, Berros was ready to go. With his glove still bright red, Berros attacked a Kansas City Royals team he knows well from his days in the AL Central.The Royals have hit Berros hard this season (eight runs in 14 innings) and got to him for four hits in the first two innings.After that, nothing.Berros pitched six innings scorele s in Sunday's 5-1 Blue Jays win, allowing only
Kurt Warner Jersey five hits, one walk, three hit-by-pitches and struck out seven on 95 pitches to earn the win.It took nine batters, but Berros got his first strikeout as a Blue Jays with a sweeping curveball to sit downRoyals shortstop Nicky Lopez.Berros throws the curve more than any other pitch in his arsenal. With an average horizontal break of , it's a filthy pitch.After a single and two hit-by-pitches put Berros in a sixth-inning jam, he leaned heavily on his spinner. The 27-year-old uncorked five straight curveballs that tumbled off the plate and got three swings-and-mi ses from Royals No. 8 hitter Edward Olivares.Excellent outings from a trio of Ro
Marco Wilson Jersey s Stripling, Alek Manoah and now Berros helped Toronto cruise to three straight wins over the Royals. With Robbie Ray, then Hyun Jin Ryu on deck for Monday and Tuesday, the Blue Jays look much more poised to win than they did prior to the trade deadline.Scroll to Continue"That's all you can ask," Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said. "Our starters have been great, and like I always say, if we pitch and play defense, we're going to have a chance because we swing the bats."First and foremost, the Blue Jays get a serious innings-eater. Berros has pitched 787.1innings in his six-year big-league career and has never been placed on the injured list.During media availability on Friday, Blue Jays general manager Ro s Atkins said the right-hander's durability was a factor in the team targeting him."In order to get better, you need to pitch a lot. And to get those reps you have to be durable. Berros always has been. I think there are a lot of pitchers out there that maybe don't have this track record that can be as durable moving forward, but that is certainly an attractive attribute," Atkins said.If Ray departs this offseason, Toronto's left with a glaring hole at the top of the rotation. Ray's 3.04 ERA and season average of nearly six innings per start would be tough to replace, but sliding Berros into the 2022 rotation alongside Ryu might ease the sting.At just 27 years
Deandre Hopkins T Shirts of age, Berros still has room to grow, too."I think it's really interesting," Atkins said. "As young as he is, as athletic and how hard working he is, it's easy to think about him just continuing on a positive trend."Whether that is in more just how he's deploying his work and how he's learning how to attack different teams and learning how to reshape certain pitches or make adjustments. He has the ability and all of the attributes to do all of those things."That said, the Blue Jays front office didn't mortgage a good chunk of its future on a distant vision of what might be."The current version and the current form was obviously exciting enough for us," Atkins said.Blue Jays management likes
Zach Allen Jersey Berros for who he is right now and his acquisition represents a ma sive commitment to contending in the next two years. Combine that with an excellent debut to seal a series sweep at Rogers Centre, andBlue Jays fans should like Berros too.Further Reading:
Ezequiel Durans two-out triple in the ninth inning scored three runs for the Texas Rangers, who overcame a brilliant start by Detroit's Beau Brieske for a 3-1 victory at Comerica Park on Thursday. The Rangers (30-33) struggled all night to get
Dre'Mont Jones Jersey a run acro s the plate. In fact, by games end, the Rangers had just four hits. But Duran, a rookie called up by the Rangers just a couple of weeks ago, broke the game wide open off Tigers closer Gregory Soto. Duran connected on an 0-1 pitch by Soto and hit it opposite field down the right field line. The Rangers had the bases loaded after Soto struggled with his control, walking Corey Seager, hitting Kole Calhoun and walking Nathaniel Lowe. Durans triple the first of his Major League career brought all three runners home as Soto ended up with his second blown save and the Rangers had a two-run lead going into the bottom of the ninth. I was thinking that was a good situation for me, Duran said through an interpreter.Joe Barlow came on to get his 12th save and the Rangers claimed their 15th come-from-behind victory of the season. I think they feed off it, Rangers manager Chris Woodward said. The makeup of the team relentle s, resilient whatever you want to call it. Theres no quit in them.Durans brilliance spoiled the terrific outing by Brieske, who
Rico Gafford Jersey was cruising to his second straight victory in just his 11th MLB start. The former 27th-round pick bedeviled the Rangers for the seven innings he was on the hill. It was the first time he went more than six innings in a start. Brieske gave up three hits and two walks, while striking out six. The Rangers left three on base and were 0-for-2 with runners in scoring position while he was on the hill. Texas best chance before the ninth was in the top of the fifth after Heim's bunt single down the
Terrell Davis Jersey third-base line against the shift, followed by a Lowe single. But hit a sharp liner to Tigers shortstop Javier Bez, who doubled up Heim after he was too far off second base. Brieske then struck out Brad Miller to end the inning. Scroll to ContinueMartn Prez helped Texas keep the game close. He went seven innings and gave up eight hits while striking out five. Defense played a hand in keeping the game scorele s, as Garca easily threw out Detroits Eric Haase at the plate on a Miguel Cabrera single to prevent a run early in the game.Duran made another great play in the bottom of the fifth on a sharp ground down the third-base line by Victor Reyes. Duran stabbed at the ball and made a long throw to cut down Reyes and end that inning. The Tigers (24-39) scored their
Kenny Young Jersey only run in the bottom of the sixth. Willi Castro led off the inning with a single to center field, followed by Miguel Cabreras line drive out to center. Baez then hit a ground-rule double, as his long drive to center field flew over the Rangers center
Denver Broncos Kids Jersey fielder Leody Taveras, bounced on the warning track and flew over the fence and into the bushes above it. Castro advanced to third. Robbie Gro sman \hit a sacrifice fly to right, and Garcas attempt to throw out a tagging Castro was late. Before the game, the Rangers made , the most significant being former closer being activated off the 60-day injured list. He is with the team in Detroit. The Rangers continue their series with Detroit on Friday as Jon Gray takes the hill. The Rangers return home from Detroit for interleague play, with two games against Philadelphia on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then a three-game series with Washington starting next Friday.
All four Cleveland Guardians full season minor league teams were in action on Wednesday while all three of the Rookie League clubs had the day off.Columbus came into Wednesday's contest against Rochester looking to extend their win streak to nine straight games. The Red Wings and their pitching staff had different plans
Chicago Bears Hoodies Sweatshirts holding the Clippers to just two hits in the game and shutting the team out using four different pitchers.Both hits for Columbus came off the bat of shortstop Gabriel Arias who would reach base three times in the game finishing 2-for-3 with a walk.The Clippers would waste an outstanding start form Konnor Pilkington who would allow just one run on three hits over five and two thirds' innings striking out eight in the game.The lo s snapped the Clippers eight game winning streak dropping the teams record to 63-43 on the season.Top Performers:Gabriel Arias 2-3 BBBo Naylor 0-3 BB SBKonnor Pilkington 5.2(IP) 3H 1R 1ER 1BB 8SOIan Hamilton 1.0(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 2SOFor the second straight night Akron trailed Bowie heading to the bottom of the ninth inning and for the second straight night RubberDucks first baseman Micah Pries would send the team home with a win!Bowie would load the bases in the ninth inning with nobody out on a walk and then two consecutive batters would get hit by pitches setting the stage for Pries once again.Pries would rope a base hit to right field scoring Jose Tena from third and Brayan Rocchio from second who was flying around the bases
Mike Ditka Jersey just beating the throw from the outfield on a headfirst slide scoring the winning run.The base hit by Pries extended his on-base streak to 17 games and his hit streak to 5 games. He now has a .844 OPS over 89 games with Akron.RubberDucks starter Gavin Williams would allow two unearned runs over three innings of work Wednesday, but it was the bullpen who stole the show for the Ducks.Three Akron relievers Eli Lingos, Kyle Marman and Carlos Vargas would combine to throw six scorele s innings without allowing a hit or a walk while striking out six Baysox batters.The comeback win was Akron's 5th straight victory improving their record 57-45 on the year.Top Performers:Micah Pries 1-4 2RBIRay Delgado 1-3 RBIBrayan Rocchio 1-3 R 2BDaniel Schneemann 1-3 R SBEli Lingos 2.0(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 2SOKyle Marman 2.0(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 2SOGavin Williams 3.0(IP) 4H 2R 0ER 2BB 4SOCarlos Vargas 2.0(IP) 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 2SO (W)Lake County trailed Fort Wayne 3-to-0 until the bottom of the fifth inning when they would plate four runs with the big blast coming on a Johnathan Rodriguez three-run home run his 18th long ball of the season.Rodriguez continued his torrid stretch at the plate for the Captains. Over his last 36 games is hitting .342 with 16 home runs and 38 runs batted in.With Lake County now up 4-to-3 right fielder Alexfri Planez would plate an important insurance run on an RBI base hit in the seventh inning giving the Captains a two-run cushion.Fort Wayne would score one run in the eighth, but Captains left-handed reliever Raymond Burgos would come on in the
Jimmy Graham Jersey ninth inning and throw a scorele s ninth securing win and earning his first save of the season.Scroll to ContinueThe win extends Lake County's win streak to five straight games as they are now 57-45 on the season.A couple of side notes in center fielder Petey Halpin extended his on-base streak to 30 straight games finishing 0-for-3 with a walk. Shortstop Angel Martinez extended his own on-base streak to 22 games going 2-for-5 at the plate scoring a run.Top Performers: Johnathan Rodriguez 2-4 R HR 3RBIJoe Naranjo 2-2 R 2BBAngel Martinez 2-5 2RMilan Tolentino 1-4 R 2B RBIAlexfri Planez 1-4 RBI SBAaron Bracho 2-4Aaron Davenport 5.0(IP) 5H 3R 3ER 1BB 6SO (W)Raymond Burgos 1.0(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 0BB 0SO (SV)Lynchburg starter Juan Zapata held Charleston hitle s over five scorele s innings allowing just one baserunner on a hit by pitch while striking out five in his best outing
Tarik Cohen Jersey of the season.The Hillcats would hold the RiverDogs scorele s until the ninth inning when they would touch up Lynchburg reliever Yeury Gervacio for a three-run home run making it a 5-to-3 game. Gervacio was able to settle down and get the final out of the inning to secure the win.On offense Hillcats center fielder Isaiah Greene would lead the way driving in three of the teams five runs collecting a pair of hits and a walk. Greene has been tremendous over his last 11 games especially in getting on-base drawing 16 walks over that span.Over the 11 games he is hitting .314 with a pair of triples, six RBI's, 8 stolen bases along with the 16 walks giving him a .539 OBP.The win over Charleston evens the current series as 1-to-1 and improves the Hillcats record to 51-53 on the season.Top Performers:Isaiah Greene 2-4 3RBI BBYordys Valdes 2-
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