Team News
Diamondbacks unable to muster much offense in loss to Rays as team falls back to .500 https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/diamondbacks-loss-rays
‘He’s going to continue to get the ball’: Cabrera earning D-backs’ trust
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/jose-cabrera-impresses-d-backs-despite-taking-loss
What Jose Cabrera’s Strange Start vs Rays Really Means for D-backs https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/what-jose-cabrera-strange-start-rays-really-means-d-backs
D-backs’ Painful
Troy-Waldschmidt Decision is Getting Great Results So Far https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/diamondbacks-troy-waldschmidt-decision-great-results
Former Diamondbacks Infielder Signs With Braves https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/former-diamondbacks-infielder-signs-braves-santana
Yilber Diaz claimed by Tigers after getting DFA’d by Diamondbacks https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/yilber-diaz-claimed-by-tigers-after-getting-dfad
Other Baseball
Red Sox OF Jarren Duran has verbal exchange with fan at Fenway Park during Saturday’s game vs. Yankees
Angels fire GM Perry Minasian, hire former Cardinals exec John Mozeliak for interim job https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/angels-fire-gm-perry-minasian-hire-former-cardinals-exec-john-mozeliak-for-interim-job-002843824.html
Was it the right pick? Best all-time MLB draft debates at No. 1 https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49176655/mlb-2026-draft-debates-no-1-first-overall-skenes-crews-bregman-swanson-jackson
With 3-homer game, Goodman joins elite company in early-season 25-HR club https://www.mlb.com/rockies/news/hunter-goodman-has-three-homer-game-vs-twins?t=statcast-coverage
Devers drills 2 HRs (on his bobblehead night!) as Webb caps off historic month https://www.mlb.com/giants/news/rafael-devers-hits-two-home-runs-in-giants-win-vs-braves
Down to final strike, Suárez’s 3-run HR lifts Reds in rainy roller-coaster game https://www.mlb.com/reds/news/eugenio-suarez-hits-clutch-homer-as-reds-beat-pirates
MLB’s No. 4 prospect electrifies with leadoff inside-the-park homer
https://www.mlb.com/nationals/news/nationals-eli-willits-hits-leadoff-inside-the-park-home-run-high-a?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage
Anything Goes
This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/june-28
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/June_28
Rome has a purgatory museum.
The Museo delle anime del Purgatorio is a small museum in Rome that displays documentation of hauntings from people stuck in Purgatory. Usually, their claimed hauntings manifest as burn marks on pages of the Bible and other objects.
Bangkok has the world record for the longest name.
Bangkok’s full name is “Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit.” Why it was eventually called Bangkok is still unconfirmed, but some theories point to the Thai word for “island village” or that it is named after a certain plant.
Germans eat twice as much chocolate as Americans.
At 11.3 kg of chocolate consumed each year, Germans eat twice the amount of chocolate that Americans do.
