Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Matt Chapman is none too pleased with Jays manager John Schneider’s decision to pitch to Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani who slugged his 39th home run in the top of the first inning at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Fri Jul 28, 2023 (Sportsnet Network TV Toronto still photo)
#1 The Toronto Blue Jays opened a three game series with the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night and Jays manager John Schneider pitched to Angels slugger Shohei Ohtani who ripped his 39th home run of the season off Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman on the first pitch in the first inning. Jays third baseman Matt Chapman approached Schneider and said “Why did we pitch to him? He’s the only f****** guy on the team that can hit?” Was it Schneider’s fault for pitching to Ohtani or Schneider had the confidence in Gausman to pitch to Ohtani?
#2 The Chicago Cubs outfielder Ian Happ’s backswing on Thursday hit St Louis Cardinals catcher Wilson Contreras in the head sending his mask flying. Contreras went down and was bleeding from the right side of his head as the trainer came out to take look at him. Contreras had to leave. The Cards had replacement catcher Andrew Knizner replace Contreras. Cards pitcher Miles Mikolas threw high and inside to Happ and inside on the next pitch, on the third pitch Mikolas hit Happ in the hip and Mikolas was ejected as well as manager Oliver Marmol. Mikolas also was hit with a five day suspension for throwing at Happ.
#3 New York Mets pitcher Max Scherzer wants to have a conversation with the Mets brass after they traded closer David Robertson to the Miami Marlins. Despite beating the Washington Nationals on Thursday night 5-1 Scherzer was having none of the Robertson trade saying he wants to talk to team owner Steve Cohen and wants an explanation why it was necessary to trade Robertson.
#4 On Wednesday the MLB owners voted Commissioner Rob Manfred in for a third term that will take him 2029 a four year extension. Despite his handling of the Houston Astros trash can debacle, the owners liked the rule changes Manfred has made in baseball and say the game has been profitable under his leadership.
#5 Seeing how the owners voted Manfred back with almost everyone on board do you see the owners voting the same momentum for the Oakland A’s relocation in November?
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