Team News
With All-Star break approaching, D-backs know they need to pick up the pace
“I think it’s the balance of moving with urgency and just having urgency, but at the same time not trying to force [things],” Carroll said. “I think when you’re in that space in this game, it’s a bad one to be in. So I would say that’s kind of the balance that I feel like we’ve got to juggle right now.”
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/d-backs-drop-series-vs-brewers-in-finale-loss?t=fourth-of-july-coverage
Corbin Carroll
on season in balance: Diamondbacks need urgency without pressing https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/carroll-need-urgency
Eduardo Rodriguez Backs Up All-Star Nod With Strong Start vs Brewers https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/eduardo-rodriguez-all-star-nod-strong-start-brewers
Diamondbacks recall Tim Tawa from Triple-A Reno
https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/diamondbacks-recall-tim-tawa
Other Baseball
Dodgers’ Alfonzo has ’emotional’ debut after deaths in family https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49280827/relatives-dodgers-c-alfonzo-jr-found-dead-venezuela
Alfonzo makes MLB debut with heavy heart after family tragedy in Venezuela https://www.mlb.com/news/eliezer-alfonzo-makes-mlb-debut-with-dodgers-after-family-tragedy
Ranger Suarez exits Red Sox win with left adductor tightness https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49283838/ranger-suarez-exits-red-sox-win-left-adductor-tightness
Pérez, perfect after 7, pulled before Marlins nearly blow lead https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49281722/perez-perfect-7-pulled-marlins-nearly-blow-lead
Eury lifted after 7 perfect frames, with Marlins looking ‘beyond regular season’ https://www.mlb.com/news/eury-perez-throws-7-perfect-innings-in-marlins-win
Ryan’s 7-inning gem leads Twins to 1st series win in Bronx in 12 years
https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/joe-ryan-tosses-seven-scoreless-innings-in-twins-win-vs-yankees
How all 30 teams can upgrade at Trade Deadline
https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-trade-deadline-2026-each-team-biggest-need
Anything Goes
This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-6
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/July_6
Flamingos eat with their heads turned upside down.
Flamingos are unable to eat normally due to the structure of its mouth. Their bills are made to filter food from the mud and water. They feed by coming through the mud with their feet and catching their prey in their beaks.
The word “Checkmate” in chess comes from the Persian phrase “Shah Mat.”
Shah Mat means “the king is dead.”
Maps sometimes have fake places to prevent plagiarism.
Plagiarism can be hard to avoid for mapmakers. After all, what should they do? Invent new places? You’d be surprised to know some mapmakers do just that. Cartographers can add wrong streets, fake towns, or other landmarks to prove whether a competitor mapmaker is copying their work.
