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Team News
Gotta be the shoes? Old cleats help Gallen build scoreless streak (Steve Gilbert)
https://www.mlb.com/news/zac-gallen-extends-scoreless-streak-beyond-21-innings
D-backs’ Zac Gallen Ks 11 to become MLB’s strikeout leader in win over Padres
“Today was a special day for Zac Gallen,” Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said postgame. “He had all this stuff, he had all his pitches working.
‘Gotta be the shoes’: D-Backs’ Zac Gallen credits cleats for dominant start (Nick Piecoro)
“First time this year that my delivery felt fully in sync,” Gallen said. “I felt like the last few starts I was just kind of was getting by with the fastball. (On Friday night) I felt like I could command it pretty much to all four quadrants and I had some extra life and some extra velo. I was happy with how I felt today.”
Zac Gallen Embraces the Stopper Role
“It wasn’t something I really thought about until last year, just having a talk with Torey. He said, this is what the elite level guys in baseball do. They’re the stopper in terms of your team is on the skid, or you’re facing a team that’s hot. He [Lovullo] challenged me to go out there and take that role.”
https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/game-day/zac-gallen-embraces-the-stopper-role
Why the Diamondbacks did not call up Brandon Pfaadt to replace Madison Bumgarner
Other Baseball
Catcher jumps on pitcher to end perfect game bid
https://www.mlb.com/news/drew-smyly-perfect-game-broken-up
Ohtani strikes out 11, lowers ERA to 0.64
“It’s probably the best stuff I’ve ever seen,” said catcher Chad Wallach, who connected on a two-run homer in the third in his season debut. “It’s fun for me to sit back there and just catch pitches.”
https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/shohei-ohtani-strikes-out-11-in-win-vs-royals
Vlad Jr. adamant he won’t join Yankees: ‘I will never change that’
Guerrero said that his favorite city to play in outside of Canada was New York, but that’s only because he loves “[crushing] ‘Los Yanquistas’ (Yankees fans) and the Yankees.” When asked if he’d ever play for the Yankees at that time, Guerrero replied, “No, not even dead.”
https://www.mlb.com/news/vladimir-guerrero-jr-says-he-will-never-play-for-yankees
Rays Tie MLB Record With Homers in 20 Straight Games, Beat White Sox on Walk-Off
The Oakland Athletics Chapter Is Closing...as is my fandom
Anything Goes
Career appearances for Dbacks tracker:
Ziegler: 377
Chafin: 346
This day in history:
The first National League game was played in 1876, amongst other things.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/day/april-22
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/April_22
Craving ice is a symptom of iron deficiency.
If you like munching on ice, you might have anemia. The compulsive eating of ice is also known as pagophagia, and could possibly be a subconscious way of cooling mouth inflammation caused by iron deficiency.
A french pig was executed for killing a child.
A pig from the middle ages was tied to a crime involving a murder. The pig was said to have come in contact with a child’s face which caused complications due to the injuries. Ultimately, this led to the death of the 3-month old child. The pig was sent to jail and eventually publicly executed.
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