Sacramento A’s Relocation Daniel Dullum podcast: One downtown location A’s missed 12th and Broadway in What could have been

AI generated photo of A’s ballpark at 12th Street and Broadway in downtown Oakland a simulated dream of what could have been (AI generated photo)

Sacramento A’s Relocation Daniel Dullum podcast:

#1 Daniel, One other location the A’s would’ve could’ve should’ve had considered was 12th and Broadway in downtown Oakland across the street from the Broadway Street Marriott Hotel what a dream location it would have been the BART subway underneath Broadway and there is very little doubt that a park in that location would have drawn sell outs every night and owner John Fisher wouldn’t have to worry about any ballpark village that park location alone would have been a cash cow.

#2 It’s always about the location and if Howard Terminal didn’t work for the City of Oakland and MLB at the time 12th Street would have been a hub and baseball’s teams should consider locations like this with lots of potential.

#3  Friday Sep 6th a State of Nevada District Judge ruled that an attempt to stop some of the $380 million coming from the Nevada State Legislature will be allowed to be allocated. The Nevada State Education Association and Schools over Stadiums union pointed out that the bill violated the state constitution.

#4 After Friday’s ruling the A’s are rolling ahead with the construction of the park and are working on pouring cement that’s going vertical.

#5 None of the $380 million has not been spent yet and approvals to spend the money have not been met. The State of Nevada is waiting for A’s owner John Fisher to come up with his share of the construction cost. The reason why Schools over Stadiums constitution challenge was not consider was because the public money will not be made available until the A’s pay their share of the construction cost.

Join Daniel Dullum for the Sacramento A’s relocation podcasts each weekend at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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Patrick Bailey’s grand slam beats LA 5-1; Giants are half a game out of the playoffs

San Francisco Giants’ Patrick Bailey, right, hits a game-winning grand slam during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vasquez)

By Lincoln Juarez

SAN FRANCISCO – Patrick Bailey’s walk-off grand slam electrified the Oracle Park crowd Friday night as the Giants topped the Dodgers in 10 innings, 5-1 behind Justin Verlander’s masterful seven inning performance. 

Just prior to the start of game one between the Dodgers and Giants, the New York Mets lost their seventh game in a row, putting the Giants just a single game out of the final National League Wild Card spot and adding to the intensity inside Oracle Park Friday night. 

40,509 packed the ballpark on 3rd and King to witness the first great pitchers-duel of the weekend between RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-8, 2.72) and RHP Justin Verlander (3–10, 4.09). 

Verlander, who reached 20 years of Major League service time Friday night, shut the Dodger offense down, surrendering only one run on four hits while striking out four. The lone run came on a Michael Conforto home run in the seventh inning that tied the game at one. A 92mph fastball left middle-middle was the only mistake Verlander made all night. 

The Giants scored early, as they’ve done in this winning stretch, getting to Yamamoto in the first. Rafael Devers walked with one out and eventually scored from first base on a ball hit to the left-center field gap by Willy Adames. Center fielder Andy Pages had trouble fielding the ball allowing Devers to score and put the Giants in the lead 1-0. That was the only hit Yamamoto allowed in his seven strong. He held the Giants to a hit and a run while striking out 10. 

The pitching got some help keeping the score tight throughout the game. In the top of the fourth inning, with the Dodgers trailing by a run and two runners in scoring position, Matt Chapman dove right into the 5-6 hole to keep a groundball from getting to the outfield, returned to his feet and fired a lazor to first base. While stretching for the ball in order to get the inning-ending out, 1B Dom Smith strained his hamstring and was removed from the game. 

“We’ll see how he is tomorrow. He’s gonna get some imaging tomorrow” is what Bob Melvin said about Dom Smith’s high hamstring strain which shouldn’t be as bad as it sounds. 

With the game tied in the bottom of the ninth and one out, the Giants finally had a great opportunity to score with pinch-runner Grant McCray tagging up from third base on a very shallow fly ball hit by Wilmer Flores. Dodger center fielder Andy Pages threw a perfect strike to home plate to catch McCray and end the inning on the double play. 

In the top of the 10th, McCray was ready for his revenge and got an opportunity on a short pop-up off the bat of Mookie Betts. McCray caught it and threw a 101.7mph seed to catch the ghost-runner in the 10th inning and just like that the Giants had every ounce of the momentum gained. McCray’s throw was the hardest thrown outfield assist by a Giant in the statcast era. While praising McCray for coming off the bench and being ready to make a play as he did, Bob Melvin said, “There’s plenty of things you could say about the plays of the game, I don’t know that there was a bigger play in the game than that.”

The Giants took their energy to the bottom of the tenth where the bases got loaded with two walks and the already-existing runner on base to start, setting the table for Patrick Bailey, who had already provided fans a walk-off moment for the ages on his walk-off inside-the-park home run against the Phillies on July 8. Bailey sat on a high fastball in a 1-0 count and barrelled it to left field. The roar of the crowd was immediate because everyone knew Patrick Bailey had just walked off the Dodgers in grand fashion. Grant McCray, still juiced up from the throw he made in the top half of the inning, joined who else but Drew Gilbert as two of the first to storm the field toward home plate. The electrified fans cheered Bailey all the way around the bases until he officially scored, putting an end to the game and putting the Giants a half game back of the Mets for the last NL Wild Card spot. 

A game for the ages was just the start of an incredible weekend of baseball on the shores of McCovey Cove. Another great pitching matchup takes place Saturday night with LHP Clayton Kershaw (10-2, 3.27) vs. RHP Logan Webb (14-9, 3.12). 

First pitch 6:05pm at Oracle Park. 

San Francisco Giants podcast Lincoln Juarez: Giants now just 1.5 games back for last Wild Card spot; Chapman’s suspension reduced to a fine for brawl in Colorado Sep 2

San Francisco Giants third baseman Matt Chapman’s one day suspension was reduced to a fine for shoving Colorado Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeman. Rafael Devers who stood at the plate and admired his home run incensed Freeman as he and Devers got into a jawing match as both benches emptied. Devers was fined as well. (AP photo from Sep 2, 2025)

San Francisco Giants podcast Lincoln Juarez:

#1 The Giants are coming off a day off on Thursday and opens up a three game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers at Oracle Park.

#2 The Giants have won eight of their last ten games and 13 of it’s last 17 games. The Giants did lose the last game of their series finale on Wednesday 5-3.

#3 The Giants are only 1.5 games back for the final Wild Card spot as the New York Mets lost to Philadelphia and are closing in on the Mets who have now lost six in a row after dominating the Wild Card race.

#4 The Giants have got success from Willy Adames and Rafael Devers who each have hit 12 home runs since August 1 and both are tied for sixth most in the MLB and both are third for the most home runs in the NL trailing the Mets Juan Soto (14) and the Phillies Kyle Schwarber (13).

#5 Taking a look at Friday’s starting pitchers for the Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-8 ERA 2.72) RHP Justin Verlander (3-10 ERA 4.09) for a 7:15pm first pitch.

Giant notes: San Francisco Giants third baseman Matt Chapman who was in the middle of a on field scuffle with the Colorado Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeman and made contact with Freeman on Sep 2 at Coors Field after Freeman and Devers got into a jawing match over Devers’ admiring his home run that he hit off Freeman.

With the benches emptying Chapman reached out and made contact with Freeman who was issued a one day suspension by MLB which Chapman appealed and won. Chapman rather than serve the one day suspension will be fined for the incident along with Devers who also was fined.

Lincoln Juarez is a San Francisco Giants beat writer at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Stanford Cardinal podcast Michael Roberson: Stanford gearing up for home opener against Boston College

Stanford Cardinal offensive linebacker Tre Williams (38) gives defensive lineman Clay Patterson (91) a lift in week two against the BYU Cougars in Provo UT on Sat Sep 6, 2025 (Stanford Cardinal photo)

Stanford Cardinal podcast Michael Roberson:

#1 BYU Cougars quarterback Bear Bachmeier had himself an afternoon against the Stanford Cardinal last Saturday throwing for 175 yards and rushed for a touchdown as the Cougars crushed the Cardinal 27-3 in Provo.

#2 LJ Martin rushed for 110 yards averaging 6.1 yards per carry for BYU. For the second game in a row Martin had rushed for 100 yards and it was his fourth of his career. The Cardinal defense had a tough night trying to stop Martin.

#3 Stanford quarterback Ben Gulbranson threw for 142 yards and 161 total offensive. Gulbranson threw two interceptions and it just wasn’t enough to generate any kind of offensive threat against BYU.

#4 The Cardinal now 0-2 had only 12 first downs and only were two for 13 on third down. The Cardinal have a lot of work in front of them to get back on track.

#5 Next up for Stanford Cardinal the Boston College Eagles for the Cardinal home opener for 2025 after opening their first two games in Hawaii and BYU. The Eagles after crushing Fordham 66-0 in week 1 lost a close game to the Michigan State Spartans 42-40 in week 2. Michael what’s your take on Boston College and Stanford as they kick off this Saturday for the home opener.

Michael Roberson does the Stanford Cardinal podcasts each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Sacramento A’s podcast Jeremiah Salmonson: A’s host Reds for Three Starting Friday night at Sutter Health Park

Sacramento A’s Lawrence Butler (4) and teammates jump for joy after Butler’s game winning RBI in the bottom of the ninth inning at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento to beat the Boston Red Sox on Wed Sep 10, 2025 (AP News photo)

Sacramento A’s podcast Jeremiah Salmonson:

#1 Nick Kurtz is one of three A’s now to have hit 30 home runs joining former A’s Bash Brothers Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco. Quite an accomplishment for someone who just joined the A’s two months after the season had started.

#2 The A’s were coming off two tough loses against the Boston Red Sox losing by shutout scores of 7-0 and 6-0 Monday and Tuesday back with a 5-4 win on Wednesday.

#3 Jeremiah talk about Lawrence Butler and his walk off home run that won it for the A’s and ended Boston Red Sox pitcher Aroldis Chapman’s seven week hitless streak?

#4 Kurtz is on a roll he now becomes the 32nd rookie to hit 30 home runs as a rookie. Canseco did it in 1986 with 33 home runs and McGwire did it with 49 in 1987.

#5 Lets see if that win can inspire the A’s as they open a series against the Cincinnati Reds at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento Friday night. Starting pitcher for the Reds RHP Brady Singer (13-9 ERA 3.98) starting pitcher for the A’s has not been announced yet by manager Mark Kotsay.

Join Jeremiah Salmonson for the A’s podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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Cal Bears podcast Morris Phillips: Cal gets ready for red hot Minnesota; Both teams are 2-0 going into week 3

Sep 6, 2025; Berkeley, California, USA; California Golden Bears linebacker Cade Uluave (0) kneels on the field before the game against the Texas Southern Tigers at California Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images / Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images

Cal Bears podcast Morris Phillips:

#1 Morris the contest against the Texas Southern Tigers wasn’t even a contest Cal Bears (2-0) quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele was airing it out and the receivers and running backs just couldn’t be stopped by the Tigers defense.

#2 The scored three in the first quarter and eight in the second quarter in the second half the Bears ammoed up and scored 14 in the third quarter and ten in the fourth quarter can you talk about the differences in halves as far as the scoring is concerned.

#3 Sagapolutele threw 26-37 for 259 yards and one touchdown talk about the protection he got and he was able to rush a little himself.

#4 The Tigers quarterback KJ Cooper was running for his life all afternoon and had a line of 19-35, 137 yards, and one touchdown. The Cal defense kept it up on him all day long.

#5 The Minnesota Golden Gophers (2-0) are up next at Cal Memorial Stadium in Berkeley. The Gophers are coming off a 66-0 laugher against the Northwestern State Demons for their second straight win. Gophers quarterback Drake Lindsey threw for 139 yards went 8-9 and scored a touchdown. Will the Gophers be a handful for the Bears this Sunday or will Cal be a handful for Minnesota?

Join Morris Phillips for the Cal Bears podcast each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants game wrap: Seymour struggles early, and Giants fall short of sweep in 5-3 loss to Diamondbacks

San Francisco Giants Willy Adames (middle left) is caught in a run down before being tagged out by the Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Gabriel Moreno (14) in the bottom of the seventh inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wed Sep 10, 2025 (AP News photo)

Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025

Oracle Park

San Francisco, California

Arizona Diamondbacks 5 (73-74)

San Francisco Giants 3 (74-72)

Win: Eduardo Rodriguez (9-8)

Loss: Carson Seymour (1-3)

Time: 2:48

Attendance: 33,810

By Stephen Ruderman

SAN FRANCISCO–Carson Seymour didn’t make it out of the second inning, as the Diamondbacks tagged him for four runs, and though the Giants made a game of it late, Arizona held on for a 5-3 win to salvage a game in this series on Wednesday.

The Giants have won 13 of their last 16 games. After another big win Tuesday night, which put the Giants just two games back of the Mets for the third wild card in the National League, the Giants had a chance at a sweep of the Diamondbacks on a peaceful, mostly-cloudy afternoon under the monsoonal skies at Oracle Park.

Carson Seymour would be tasked with the start on Wednesday. Seymour was coming off his first major league win in St. Louis last Friday, in which he allowed just a run and two hits over five innings. Unfortunately, Seymour’s outing would be much different, and last nowhere near as long.

Geraldo Perdomo led off the game with a home run to right field to give the Diamondbacks an early 1-0 lead. While that would be the only run Arizona would get in the top of the first inning, things got rapidly worse for Seymour in the top of the second.

Blaze Alexander and Alek Thomas each got base-hits to start the inning. The Diamondbacks had runners at the corners with nobody out for Tim Tawa, who lined a base-hit to left to make it 2-0. Jake McCarthy sacrificed the runners over to second and third base, and after Perdomo knocked in a run with a base-hit to right, Seymour was done.

Spencer Bivens was brought in to steady the tide, just as he has many times this season. Katel Marte knocked in Tawa with a sacrifice fly to make it 4-0, and walks to Corbin Carroll and Gabriel Moreno loaded the bases. The Diamondbacks were about to make it a laugher early, Bivens got Adrian Del Castillo to ground out to second, and the score stayed 4-0.

The good news was that there was plenty of time for the Giants to come back, and they were down 3-0 in the second inning on Monday. However, the bad news was that Diamondbacks’ starter Eduardo Rodriguez was dealing.

Rodriguez took a no-hitter into the fifth inning. Matt Chapman finally broke it up with a doink single to left with one out in the bottom of the fifth, but the Giants were unable to make anything of it.

Bivens got the Giants through the top of the fifth, but the Diamondbacks touched Keaton Winn for a run in the top of the sixth to make it 5-0.

The Giants finally got something going in the bottom of the seventh. Willy Adames walked to lead off the inning, and Matt Chapman singled him over to third. After Wilmer Flores popped out, Rodgriguez was lifted for Jake Woodford.

Unfortunately, Casey Schmitt struck out swinging. To make things worse, when Chapman took off for second on the pitch, Willy Adames was caught in a rundown between third and home plate, and was tagged out to end the inning. The Giants came up empty, and it seemed like it was not going to be their day.

However, the Giants still didn’t give up. JT Brubaker threw a one, two, three inning in the top of the eighth, and while Woodford retired the first two men he faced in the bottom of the eighth, the Giants had some two-out feistiness in them. Patrick Bailey and Heltiot Ramos each got base-hits, and Torey Lovullo brought in the left-hander, Andrew Saalfrank, to face Rafael Devers.

Devers drove one deep to right-center field that hit off the 24-foot-high brick wall above Triple’s Alley. In almost every other ballpark in baseball, it would have been a three-run home run, but here at Oracle Park, it would only be a two-run double. That would prove to be costly, as the score would remain 5-2 going to the ninth.

Jose Butto pitched through a jam for a scoreless top of the ninth, but the Giants still fought until the very end. Chapman walked to lead off the bottom of the ninth, and Schmitt doubled him to third with one out.

The tying run in Jung Hoo Lee now came to the plate, but he grounded out to second for the second out. While Chapman came in to score to make it 5-3, Luis Matos grounded out to short to end, and the Diamondbacks held on to win it.

Eduargo Rodriguez got the win, and Carson Seymour took the loss.

The Giants fall to 74-72, and now all eyes will turn to Philadelphia, where the Phillies take on the Mets for the third game of a four-game series. As of this very second, the Giants are two and a half games behind the Mets for the third wild card spot in the National League.

The Giants will have a day off Thursday, and then their hated rivals from down south, the Los Angeles Dodgers, will come in for a massive three-game series starting Friday night.

RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-8 ERA 2.72) will start for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Justin Verlander (3-10, 4.10 ERA) will start the opener for the Giants Friday night.

First pitch will be at 7:15 p.m.

Adames homer and solid Ray start earn Giants series win vs. D-Backs in 5-3 win at Oracle Park

San Francisco Giants pitcher Robbie Ray throws against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the third inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

By Lincoln Juarez

SAN FRANCISCO–Willy Adames cracked his 28th homer of the season as the Giants continue to strike early and often. Robbie Ray picked up his 11th win of the year and the Giants find themselves right in the mix of the Wild Card race in the final three weeks of the regular season beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3.

The Giants were back in action Tuesday night at Oracle Park 2.5 games back of the last National League Wild Card spot after another Mets loss in Philadelphia. 

Robbie Ray took the ball for San Francisco at 10-6 with a 3.31 ERA and 2-0 on his career against his former team (AZ) looking for his first win since August 18.

He got through the first without a problem, striking out Ketel Marte to start the game and getting the speedy Corbin Carroll to ground into an inning-ending double play. 

In the home first, Heliot Ramos walked on a pitch right down the middle called a ball, and Rafael Devers followed in his footsteps and extended his on-base streak to 14 games. 

Willy Adames was next to bat and fouled the first pitch off of his knee, silencing the crowd in angst as they waited for the sign that he was okay. Adames, who’s slashing .333/.391/.744 with five homers, 12 RBI since August 28, has been a huge part of the Giants offensive surge the last few weeks. Losing him in a race like this would’ve fit into the storyline of the Giants season a month ago however, now things are different and going the Giants’ way. 

Luckily, Adames was okay and he proved it on the next pitch. The 0-1 offering was demolished to left field, setting off the water cannons on the arcade wall well before the ball even left the yard. Adames flipped his bat in triumph and circled the bases to a loud Oracle Park crowd, putting the Giants ahead 3-0 

The offense held out on both sides after the first as the score remained 3-0 until the bottom of the fourth when the Giants added another to their lead. Casey Schmitt flew a ball to right field just deep enough for Matt Chapman to tag and score from third, barely beating the throw from Corbin Carroll. 

The D-Backs finally had an answer and got to Ray in the fifth on back-to-back doubles scoring Tim Tawa to get on the board. After stealing third base, Jordan Lawlar scored on a sacrifice-fly by Jorge Barrosa as Arizona narrowed the deficit to two. 

The Giants responded just like the D-Backs in the home fifth when Patrick Bailey sent the first pitch of the inning into Levi’s Landing and the Giants were back ahead by three, 5-2. 

That was all the Giants needed Tuesday night as the Diamondbacks only scored one more run. 

Ray finished the night 5.0ip, 3h, 2er, 2bb, and 5k earning his 11th win of the season. 

The Giants bullpen only surrendered one run in the sixth inning, shutting the D-Backs out in the final three frames. 

Joey Lucchesi has solidified himself in the back end of the bullpen, not allowing a run in his last eight appearances (8.2ip). Ryan Walker picked up his 15th save of the year securing the Giants 5-3 win. 

Now just two games behind the Mets for the final Wild Card spot and a three game series upcoming against the Dodgers this weekend at Oracle Park, the orange and black look to make one last push and secure their spot in the 2025 postseason. 

Game three vs. Arizona will take place Wednesday afternoon at Oracle Park with LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (7-8, 5.22) vs. RHP Carson Seymour (1-2, 4.25) as the Giants go for the sweep. 

First pitch at 12:45pm.

Las Vegas Aces Squash Chicago Sky 92-61 For 15th Straight Win

Las Vegas Aces guard Jackie Young (0) is congratulated by guard Jewell Lloyd (24) and center A’Ja Wilson (22) against the Chicago Sky in the first half at T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Tue Sep 9, 2025 (AP News photo)

By Rich Perez

LAS VEGAS–The Las Vegas Aces (28-14) had a good game against the Chicago Sky (10-32) Sunday winning that game 80-66 but they turned it up quite a few notches in Tuesday night’s game beating the Sky 92-61.

Jackie Young finished the game with the team high of 15 points. Nalyssa Smith, A’Ja Wilson, and Chelsea Gray all shot in double digits. Jewell Loyd hit her 6000th shot in this game also finishing with 15 points.

She is the 16th player to achieve this milestone. Dana Evans was a great bench support shooting for 13 points. It was an amazing effort for the Aces, their 15th straight win. This was their last season game in Las Vegas. They will finish up the season taking on the Sparks in Los Angeles this Thursday.

Game recap: The Aces got after it from the get-go leading 28-14 after the first ten minutes of play. The Sky played with more energy in the second quarter outscoring the Aces 21-15. Las Vegas would take a 43-35 lead into the locker room at the half.

It had been a quiet night for Aces A’Ja Wilson who finished three quarters with 9 points. Jackie Young had the team high through three quarters with 15 points and Chelsea Gray had 10 points. A’J’a Wilson reached double digits as the clock ran out on the third quarter with 11 points. Las Vegas was on their way to delivering the final punch with a 66-46 lead going into the fourth quarter.

Mid-way through the final quarter the Aces took a 77-25 lead and this game was a done deal. Las Vegas continued to extend their lead and with under three minutes left in the game had taken a thirty-three point lead 88-55.

The Las Vegas Aces had completely smoked the Sky. Las Vegas had hit 15 shots from beyond the arc. With 15 wins in a row, the Aces are now tied for the most consecutive wins in a season. The final in this game was 92-61. With this win the Aces are in contention for the second seed in the WNBA playoffs.

Thursday’s game against the Los Angeles Sparks is a huge one for the Aces. Las Vegas will clinch the second seed with a win over the Sparks giving them home-court advantage through at least the semi-finals. Las Vegas owns the tiebreaker over the second place Dream. This will be a finish that no one saw coming in the earlier games of the 2025 season.

Game notes: The Aces took on the Chicago for a second time in as many days after winning the first game between the two teams on Sunday. Las Vegas won that game 80-66. They played that game at T-Mobile Arena and will also play Tuesday night’s game at T-Mobile.

After losing to the Aces on Sunday, the Sky couldn’t adjust their game and came into this game not playing more competitively. Las Vegas made adjustments of their own. The Aces picked up their 15th straight win.

It has been an amazing run for Las Vegas and the jury is till out as to which team will be able to put that fire out if at all. It has been a magical turnaround for this team.

The Aces took on the Sky for a second time in as many days after winning the first game between the two teams on Sunday. Las Vegas won that game 80-66.

They played that game at T-Mobile Arena and will also play Tuesday night’s game at home. After losing to the Aces on Sunday, the Sky would need to adjust their game and came back playing a bit more competitively.

Las Vegas will no doubt be making adjustments of their own. The Aces got their 15th straight win. It has been an amazing run for Las Vegas and the jury is till out as to which team will be able to put that fire out if at all. It has been a magical turnaround for this team.

The Aces will now head down to Southern California to finish off their season taking on the Los Angeles Sparks. They will be in search of their 16th straight win. Tipoff for the Aces final game of the season is scheduled for 7:00 PM Thursday night. The WNBA playoffs will begin on Sunday September 14 and will conclude on or before Friday October 17 th.

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: Guardians Cecconi loses no hit bid in eighth; Phils Turner expected back for post season from hamstring injury; plus more

Cleveland Guardians pitcher Slade Cecconi tips his cap to the Cleveland crowd after nearly throwing a no hitter against the Kansas City Royals at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Mon Sep 8, 2025 (Chronicle-Telegram Cleveland photo)

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:

#1  Monday night Cleveland Guardian pitcher Slade Cecconi went into the eighth inning against the Kansas City Royals pitching a no hitter but Royals lead off hitter Michael Massey hit a lead off single and broke up Cecconi’s no hit bit which could have been the first one of the season. It also would have ended Cleveland’s four decade long wait for a no hitter but the wait continues.

#2 Philadelphia Phillies Trea Turner who is out with a strained hamstring for the rest of the season is expected back for post season in October. Phils manager Rob Thomson that Turner’s MRI results are better than expected and that the strain is not as bad as expected. Turner is in the third year of his 11 year $300 million contract.

#3 Milwaukee Brewers Christian Yelich is back in the line up on Monday night after he was scratched out of the line up and missed five game due to lower back pain. Yelich on Monday got one hit in four at bats in the Brewers 5-0 loss to the Texas Rangers. Yelich this season has played in 132 of the Brewers 144 games hitting .268 with 27 home runs and 92 RBIs.

#4 The Los Angeles Angels catcher Logan O’Hoppe is on the seven day concussion IL after getting hit in the head by the Sacramento A’s Jacob Wilson’s backswing. The Angels Jo Adell was out of the line up due vertigo. O’Hoppe was removed after being hit in the head in Sunday’s game.

#5 Times are getting rough for the A’s after taking the first two games from the Angels on Friday and Saturday and then turning around and losing to the Angels on Sunday and getting crushed by the Boston Red Sox on Monday night 7-0 at Sutter Health Park. The hopes of getting out of the cellar are dimming for Sacramento.

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