DJ LeMahieu has been named manager of the Royal Oak Leprechauns
LeMahieu's hometown is Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a town neighboring the home of the Leprechauns, who play in the Northwoods League, a collegiate summer baseball league
Aaron Boone says Ryan Weathers will not start tomorrow's game due to an illness he suffered this week, but he will pitch on Monday
Tomorrow's starter is TBD
Things continue to go from bad to worse for the WNBA PR. Caitlin Clark has been box office gold, but now not even she can fill stadiums. The league has completely killed its momentum by neglecting its biggest star.
CENTCOM Adm. Brad Cooper:
“The cruise missiles were going after both US Navy ships, but mostly after commercial shipping. We defended both ourselves and consistent with our commitment, we defended all the commercial ships. We’ve had, drone launches against, commercial ships, all of which were defended against, consistent with our commitment. And then the small boats were all going against commercial ships, and all were sunk by Apaches and Seahawk helicopters.”
Just in: The United States Navy has targeted and destroyed six Iranian armed boats in the Strait of Hormuz after a failed attempt by the IRGC to target a U.S. Navy destroyer. Currently, multiple U.S. Navy warships are entering the Strait of Hormuz.
Aaron Boone was asked what Anthony Volpe would gain by not being up with the Yankees tomorrow:
"Well, one, Caballero's playing the heck out of the position and playing really well, so that complicates it. Just deciding, what's the role that exists right away? Those are things we've got to continue to work through."
All official MLB baseballs are hand-stitched at the Rawlings factory in Costa Rica.
No one has yet created a machine that can do it with the necessary precision.
Each one has exactly 108 double stitches (216 in total).