Team News
Arizona Diamondbacks’ Justin Martinez can’t hold lead as Cardinals rally late for 6-5 win
D-backs find offensive identity in 8th-inning rally before late collapse
“I missed my location with Walker, trying to go in with that pitch and it missed right down the middle,” Martinez said. “And that’s what happens when you miss right down the middle in the show, you get hit.”
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/d-backs-eighth-inning-comeback-falls-short-in-loss-to-cardinals
Diamondbacks’ 4-run 8th inning not enough in loss vs. Cardinals
https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/diamondbacks-9/3584981/
D-backs Lose Another 1-Run Game as Justin Martinez Blows Late Lead
Diamondbacks Move Diaz to Complex, Amendt to Injured List
Groover Continues Hot Streak, Organizational Pitching Stays Dominant
Other Baseball
Guardians Promote Nic Enright
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/05/guardians-promote-nic-enright.html
From March, but linked in the mlbtraderumors article.
In ‘22, a cancer diagnosis. In ‘24, a lat injury. In ‘25? Enright seeks MLB debut
How Skubal has gotten even better after Cy Young season
https://www.mlb.com/news/tarik-skubal-improving-in-2025-after-cy-young-season
Cubs Making Push To Host 2027 All-Star Game
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/05/cubs-making-push-to-host-2027-all-star-game.html
‘It’s worse than I thought’: Bregman (right quad) placed on IL
https://www.mlb.com/news/alex-bregman-right-quad-injury
Fantasy baseball: What to expect from Red Sox prospect Marcelo Mayer
Dbacks connection
ex Dbacks on the move:
Cooper Hummel Granted Release By Yankees
Anything Goes
Stumbled across this on Facebook, and since it is Memorial Day weekend…
This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-25
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/May_25
18 newborns can be switched at birth daily.
If you’ve ever worried whether you were switched at birth, it may be likely. On average, 18 babies can be sent to the wrong delivery rooms. However, cases of being switched at birth are usually identified immediately.
Humans have farted 17 quadrillion times since the beginning of time.
If you want a picture of how far the human race has come, you can measure it in farts. The average person farts 14 times a day.
One kiss transfers more than 80 million germs.
When Dua Lipa said, “One kiss is all it takes,” she meant more than just falling in love. In one 10-second French kiss, over 80 million microbes are transferred between partners. Sounds pretty icky, but scientists actually think kissing may boost the immune system through shared bacteria. Similarly, people in long term relationships were found to have the same bacteria in their mouths. How sweet!
