[General Discussion] Around the Horn & Game Thread Index - 7/22/26
The Red Sox have tied a franchise record with 15 straight wins! They have a chance to break the record tonight!
Jose Caballero gets called for a pitch clock violation for looking up at 9 seconds. He claims the umpire is picking on him.
Cubs declined to ban fan who struck another fan for not standing for the anthem
Gerrit Cole gets called for a balk for trying to tell the umpires that the pitch clock was broken.
Jake Bennett gets drilled in the stomach at 103 doesn’t react and calmly throws out Ward at first
Mets rookie pitcher Zac (formerly Zach) Thornton on why he got rid of the ‘H’ at the end of his first name: “I never understood what the ‘H’ really did at the end of it. My whole life, I’ve always wanted Zac and I’ve always written it down like that.”
Once again, a ball finds Tsung-Che Cheng and he makes the game sealing play on the outfield grass to push the streak to 15 consecutive wins for Boston
[Heyen] These are the 8 teams on RHP Kevin Gausman’s no-trade list from the Blue Jays, per Ken Rosenthal: Reds, Brewers, Tigers, Mets, A’s, White Sox, Pirates and Mariners.
The Mets Are the Biggest Waste of Money in Baseball History
Pete Crow-Armstrong has overtaken Shohei Ohtani as the most valuable player in baseball this season by fWAR.
[Highlight] Jarren Duran’s 2-run triple gives the Red Sox a quick 4-0 lead in the 1st inning as they go for their 15th consecutive victory
Salvador Perez hits his 317th career home run to tie George Brett for most home runs in Royals franchise history
The Red Sox’s lineup the last time they won 15 games in a row
The Boston Red Sox streak of 15 straight wins is only the 17th winning streak of 15 or more in the last century and the longest since St. Louis won 17 in a row in 2021.
[Highlight] The Dodgers turn a 5-2-6-4 double play to end the game!
[Highlight] THE MARLINS TURN A TRIPLE PLAY!
23 year old Jasson Dominguez is the longest tenured Yankee in today’s starting lineup
Aussie Travis Bazzana’s History Playing Cricket Has Helped him Succeed In a Unique Way in His Rookie Season. Stopping His Bat Mid Swing For Hits
7’ 9” Olivier Rioux, center for UCI Men’s Basketball, threw out the first pitch at the Angels-Cardinals game
Salvador Perez might have the all-time best accolades with the worst counting stats. This is not a HOF advocacy post.
[Highlight] Ben Rice ties the game with a 3-run blast!
[Stebbins] He’s back. The Guardians activated José Ramírez off the 10-day injured list. Kahlil Watson optioned to Columbus
PCA is on pace to have the first 10 fWAR season in the NL since Barry Bonds
Rockies pregame seems like an absolute vibe
Gerrit Cole entered the 5th with a perfect game, now the Yankees trail courtesy of a Jacob Gonzalez 2-run homer
The Brewers commit a NOBLETIGER against the Mets in the Bottom of the 5th
[Highlight] Ceddanne Rafaela adds to the Red Sox lead with a solo homer to the monster seats
What happened to the Blue Jays 2026 season?
[Talkin Baseball] Joshua Kuroda-Grauer suffered a ruptured testicle from being hit by a foul ball yesterday
Glen Powell To Play Lou Gehrig In New Richard Linklater Movie
Derek Hill throws out Shohei Ohtani out at 2B for the 3rd out. Eliezer Alfonzo’s run does not score because he didnt touch home before the out occurred.
[Phillies Radio and TV Broadcasts] Dodgers win 2-1 with a rare 5-2-6-4 double play to end the game!
The Blue Jays are on track to be the first World Series Game 7 loser since the 1987 Cardinals to miss the playoffs the following year.
MLBPA calls to preserve draft system after owners’ proposal
MLB Player Hits Ball Into His Own Testicles, Somehow Stays In Game Before Emergency Surgery
Dodgers-Yankees was the 2nd most watched Sunday Night Baseball game since 2011 with 3.9M viewers, only trailing Yankees-Red Sox from June 28th of this year, which got 4.0M. LAD-NYY had a peak of 4.6M viewers in the late innings.
[Highlight] Turang makes a great play at 2nd to get the Uribe out of the jam
[Speier] Garrett Crochet is trying to create a plan w/Sox medical staff to be available by the playoffs. He also said his lengthy IL stint will trigger a contract clause that will void his opt-out and reduce the $ of a 2032 team option
PCA’s latest ridiculous catch gives him a Statcast record [mlb.com]
Gerrit Cole vs. the Pirate: 7 IP, 4 H, 3 R/3 ER, 11 K, 0 BB, 93 pitches, 64 strikes.
Josh Naylor bloops a Single just enough out of Elly’s range. Then he gets his 21st stolen base of the year with ease which allows him to score on a Single showing off his wheels chugging home
Ryan Waldschmidt hits his first career home run to make the score 9-2 Dbacks
Tony Vitello Ejected After Play at 2nd
Christian Encarnacion-Strand is 5 for 10 since being called up by the Orioles, he demolished this one to dead center field for his second homer in birdland orange
The Red Sox under Alex Cora in 2026: 10-17 (.370 W%) | .667 OPS | 4.44 ERA The Red Sox under Chad Tracy in 2026: 41-31 (.569 W%) | .729 OPS | 3.22 ERA
This is what Fenway Park looked like during the last 15-game Red Sox winning streak
[Secret Base] MLB’s most famous forfeit, 10-cent beer night, and the hero behind it all
Encarnacion-Strand just keeps hitting, he’s 5 for 6 on THE SERIES with his 4th RBI on this single off the monster
Royals have acquired RHP Nate Pearson from the Houston Astros for minor league RHP Max Martin.