Spaeder built his follower base of over 65,000 people through years and years of tweeting obscure baseball stats, which led to his book “Incredible Baseball Stats: The Coolest, Strangest Stats and Facts in Baseball History.” On Wednesday, he launched into a since-deleted Twitter thread accusing several players and teams of cheating.
“The Yankees had cameras in left, center, and right, all pointing at the pitcher’s glove, rather than the catcher, to pick up his grip.
“I should not have reported on unfounded allegations,” Spaeder tweeted in his underwhelming apology, in which he also cried about how his life had been turned upside down by his tweets.
It’s pretty rare that a 10-3 Thursday afternoon game becomes historical.
The Arizona Diamondbacks, though, changed that, as they were on the wrong side of the 10-3 drubbing in San Francisco, which was their 23rd straight road loss.
Thursday’s notable defeat also brought the Diamondbacks to 14 losses in a row and 28 L’s in their last 30 games.
The Rockies are a miserable 5-27 outside of Coors Field, but remain comfortably ahead of Arizona in the NL West standings thanks to a 24-14 home record.
The last time the Diamondbacks grabbed an away victory, Madison Bumgarner threw his seven-inning no-hitter.
Shohei Ohtani announced on his Instagram that he will participate in the 2021 Home Run Derby on July 12 at Coors Field.
Major League Baseball has announced that all fully vaccinated players and coaches can stop wearing masks in the dugout, bullpen, and clubhouse.