Snake Bytes 8/16

Team News

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

Other 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

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

Pigs can’t look upwards.

Their necks physically cannot bend to look up. This is because the body of the pig is designed mainly to prioritize finding food.

The first webcam was invented to monitor a coffee pot.

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.