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D-backs finally putting pieces together as NL Wild Card battle heats up
“Everybody in that room believes we can tell a really good story and our journey is very incomplete,” said manager Torey Lovullo. “We have to go out and continue to play good baseball. At our core in this organization are pitching and defense, and we believe in that. We know that keeps us in games. When we combine that with a little bit of slug, it’s a complete effort. I want us to keep making statements with good play.” https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/nolan-arenado-eduardo-rodriguez-help-d-backs-win-series
Nolan Arenado crushes 2 homers as Diamondbacks’ bats wake up in win over Braveshttps://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/diamondbacks-bats-wake-up-in-win-braves
Torey Lovullo Addresses Concerning Diamondbacks Trendhttps://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/torey-lovullo-addresses-concerning-diamondbacks-trend
Why Lars Nootbaar Hasn’t Made a Big Impact on Diamondbacks Yethttps://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/why-lars-nootbaar-hasnt-made-big-impact-diamondbacks-yet
Thunderstruck pic.twitter.com/rOsoq0lxpk
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) August 16, 2026Unc still got it. pic.twitter.com/8bTZx09YLM
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) August 16, 2026Vargie's Smokehouse pic.twitter.com/rt0atrTyPu
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) August 16, 2026Other Baseball
Báez has historic MLB debut surrounded by family and a special bee
https://www.mlb.com/news/joshua-baez-celebrates-mlb-debut-with-family-at-wrigley-field
3 HRs in 1st 3 at-bats?! Cards prospect Báez first to accomplish feat in epic big league debuthttps://www.mlb.com/news/joshua-baez-mlb-debut?lctg=4067111706&p=0&partnerId=it-20260816-19423690-mlb-1-A&utm_id=it-20260816-19423690-mlb-1-A
7 stats and facts to know from Joshua Báez’s debut for the ages
https://www.mlb.com/news/joshua-baez-mlb-debut-three-homers-stats-facts?lctg=4067111706&p=0&partnerId=it-20260816-19423690-mlb-1-A&utm_id=it-20260816-19423690-mlb-1-A
Red Sox, Royals to face off in 2027 edition of Field of Dreams Gamehttps://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/red-sox-royals-to-face-off-in-2027-edition-of-field-of-dreams-game-181213905.html
Ashby, Garner honored and inducted into the Astros Hall of Fame
https://www.mlb.com/astros/news/phil-garner-alan-ashby-inducted-astros-hall-of-fame
Detmers earns first home win with 11 K’s in 8 scoreless frames
https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/reid-detmers-strikes-out-11-royals-in-win
Guards ride complete effort to 10,000th win in franchise history
https://www.mlb.com/guardians/news/guardians-secure-10-000th-win-in-franchise-history
Joshua Baez is the first player in MLB history with 3 home runs in his debut
The previous earliest career game for a player to have a 3-HR game was 10th, by 8/10/19 Aristides Aquino and 9/4/97 Bobby Estalella
h/t @EliasSportshttps://t.co/M0zT1mGfVD
449 ft!
Of the 5 players to homer on their first pitch of their first at-bat under Statcast (2015), Joshua Báez’s went the longest https://t.co/RevFHBzJI4
Teammates celebrate a HISTORIC 3-HR game
The Memphis Redbirds clubhouse erupted watching Joshua Báez's third home run in his MLB debut!
📹: @_LooCijntjepic.twitter.com/fYnU7sshPq
Carson Benge!
98.1 mph
That’s the 3rd-fastest tracked OF assist by a Mets player under Statcast (2015)
He now has each of the top 3, with 100.0 mph on 7/24 and 98.2 mph on 7/10
Benge is the only MLB player with 3 98+ mph OF assists this season (only Jordan Walker even has 2) https://t.co/aRnfP7yuZ7
Anything Goes
This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-16
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/August_16
Their necks physically cannot bend to look up. This is because the body of the pig is designed mainly to prioritize finding food.
In 1993, researchers at Cambridge’s computer science department got tired of walking up to an empty coffee machine. So, they wired up a system that would stream images to the Trojan Room that housed the coffee pot.
Bob Ross once created a monochromatic painting.One of the most amazing facts about Bob Ross is that he once painted using only gray colors for a color blind viewer. Ross did this so that the viewer would not need to worry about his color blindness getting in the way of his artistic creativity.
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