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Saturday’s 6-pack:
Major league leaders in total bases:
71— Corbin Carroll, Ariz
69— Aaron Judge, NYY
65— Kyle Tucker, Chi
62— Pete Alonso, NYM
59— Tyler Soderstrom, A’s
58— Alex Bregman, Bos/Fernando Tatis Jr SD
Quote of the Day
“I know he would love to wear that number, but hey, I think it’s retired. Get another number, I don’t care if it’s double zero, and then make it famous.”
Lawrence Taylor, declining Abdul Carter’s request to wear number 56
Saturday’s quiz
Where did Lawrence Taylor play his college football?
Friday’s quiz
Tom Brady was the 199th player taken in the 2000 draft, a 6th round pick; Mark Bulger was drafted by the Saints in that 6th round, 31 picks ahead of Brady. Bulger was 42-56 as an NFL starter, 1-2 in playoff games
Thursday’s quiz
Last time the New Orleans Saints drafted a QB in the first round, they took Archie Manning, way back in 1971.
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Saturday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy Friday night……..
— Three rounds of the NFL Draft are over; five QB’s have been selected:
Cam Ward, Titans
Jaxson Dart, Giants
Tyler Shough, Saints
Jalen Milroe, Seahawks
Dillon Gabriel, Browns
— Giants drafted DE Abdul Carter with the #3 pick Thursday; apparently he reached out to Giants’ legend Lawrence Taylor, to see if he could wear Taylor’s number 56, which has been retired by the team.
Taylor said no, so Carter won’t be wearing number 56.
— Jets drafted TE Mason Taylor, whose father Jason Taylor was a Hall of Fame defensive end, mostly for the Dolphins.
— Ohio State has had a receiver drafted in the first round of the last four drafts.
— Rams only got 459 receiving yards from tight ends last year, lowest figure in the NFL; they drafted Oregon TE Terrance Ferguson, who Nick Saban gave a thumbs-up to. Truth is, Saban tends to be more enthusiastic about defensive players than players on the offensive side.
— Six of the first 38 picks played college ball at Ohio State.
— There was a trade between Carolina-Denver which wound up involving eight draft picks, all so the Panthers could move up six slots in the second round.
— Las Vegas Raiders have made the playoffs twice in the last 22 years; you get the idea that with Pete Carroll the coach now, that is about to change.
— Chicago Bears drafted Missouri WR Luther Burden III, whose grandfather Ticky Burden played in the ABA (Virginia Squires) and NBA (Knicks). Ticky Burden is from here in Albany, NY; he is in the starting five of best-ever ballplayers who grew up in this area.
— Famous birthdays, April 26th:
Carol Burnett, 92
Gary Cuozzo, 84
Amos Otis, 78
Bill Wennington, 62
Kevin James, 60
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, 58
Geoff Blum, 52
Toby Leonard Moore, 44
Cole Beasley, 36
Joey Wendle, 35
Aaron Judge, 33
Bailey Zappe, 26
— Nationals 5, Mets 4
Washington scored twice in the bottom of the ninth.
James Wood had the game-winning hit.
Mets hit into a triple play for first time in 15 years.
Loss snaps the Mets’ seven-game winning streak.
— Royals 2, Astros 0
Seth Lugo threw eight scoreless innings.
Kansas City has won five games in a row.
Bobby Witt has a 17-game hitting streak.
— Rays 1, Padres 0
Shane Baz threw seven shutout IP.
Padres lost five of their last seven games.
San Diego got shut out in its last two games.
— A’s 6, White Sox 5
Jacob Wilson homered, drove in three runs.
White Sox led 3-1 in sixth inning
A’s even their record at 13-13.
— Twins 11, Angels 4
Trevor Larnach, homered, doubled, drove in four runs.
Kyle Hendricks gave up seven runs in three IP.
Minnesota won three of its last four games.
— Pirates 3, Dodgers 0
Paul Skenes got 19 outs, allowed only five hits.
Skenes threw a career-high 108 pitches.
Dodgers are 8-10 after their 8-0 start.
— Reds 8, Rockies 7
Noelvi Marte was 3-5 with two RBI
Colorado lost for 21st time in its first 25 games.
Jordan Beck has five home runs in his last three games.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Mets, Cubs, Padres. Wild Cards: Giants, Dodgers, Diamondbacks
AL: Bronx, Tigers, Rangers. Wild Cards: Guardians, Mariners, Astros
