The TEN: 8/13/2021

(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)

  1. Baltimore Orioles slugger Chris Davis retired after 13 years. Davis finished his career with 295 home runs with the Orioles and the Texas Rangers.
  2. The Dodgers lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 Thursday but still took two out of three in Philadelphia. 
  3. The Rams will face the Chargers Saturday in the first preseason game at SoFi Stadium.
  4. Tim Anderson hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Chicago White Sox a 9-8 walk off win over the New York Yankees at the Field of Dreams in Iowa Thursday night. 
  5. The Clippers re-signed Kawhi Leonard to a four-year, $176.4 million max deal. 
  6. Rams HC Sean McVay will not play any starters in the team’s preseason games. 
  7. The Chicago Cubs released pitcher Jake Arrieta Thursday ending his second stint with the team. Arrietta previously pitched for the Cubs from 2013 – 2017 winning a Cy Young Award in 2015 and helping them to win a World Series title in 2016. 
  8. Whittier at San Dimas, Friday night August 20, 7:00 p.m. 
  9. Former Dodgers relief pitcher Tom Niedenfuer turns 62 today. 
  10. High School football season kicks off in six days.    

2 Comments to "The TEN: 8/13/2021"

  1. Area's Gravatar Area
    August 15, 2021 - 8:33 pm | Permalink

    I went to watch San Dimas, very clean didn’t seem any extra curricular activity.

  2. FBFan's Gravatar FBFan
    August 15, 2021 - 9:05 am | Permalink

    Hearing that there were a lot of fights during scrimmages this weekend. The couple games I saw during the pandemic spring season had some terrible sportsmanship from players and fans alike. I thought that would be gone now with full off-seasons but it sounds like it’s here to stay 🙁

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