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Spencer Strider became the 4th pitcher in history to lead his league in both Ws and Ks and not win the CYA. Mickey Lolich 1971 (2nd to Vida Blue) Justin Verlander 2009 (3rd to Zach Greinke) Max Scherzer 2018 (2nd to Jacob deGrom) Spencer Strider 2023 (4th to Blake Snell)

All time regular season vs postseason ERAs for all pitchers with 100+ postseason innings pitched:

Shohei Ohtani tears his UCL and will likely need TJ surgery and on the same day Mike Trout returns to the IL marking the first time since 1889 that two MVPs (Riverboat O’Hallahan and Lefty Smith) have been put on the shelf in the same day……and the Angels win 12-3.

Jimmy Butler with the Heat: Regular season games - 231 Regular season 40 point games - 0 Playoff games - 46 Playoff 40 point games - 7

Lebron James finally gets his first 20 rebound game in his 1,691st career game. Only Robert Parish and Kareem have more combined games played and Lebron is setting career highs.

Mets vs Padres Game 3 Pitching Matchup: Over the last 3 seasons: Chris Bassitt 402 IP, 3.13 ERA Joe Musgrove 402 IP, 3.13 ERA

In Edwin Diaz’s last 25.2 IP, the opposition is SLUGGING .138 against him. 🎺🎺🎺

John Olerud hit for the cycle on 9/11/97. John Olerud again hit for the cycle on 6/16/01. Both times the triple he needed for the cycle was also the only triple the lead footed first baseman would hit all season.

The 1989-90 NBA Eastern Conf All Star Team of Michael Jordan Larry Bird Patrick Ewing Kevin McHale Scottie Pippen Robert Parish Isiah Thomas Joe Dumars Reggie Miller Dominique Wilkins Charles Barkley Dennis Rodman is the only NBA AS team to be comprised 100% of Hall of Famers

The all time #NHL IRON MAN is Doug JARVIS at 964 consecutive games played. By FRIDAY, JARVIS will be replaced by Keith Yandle.

Carlos Beltran scored 37 runs in his first 28 postseason games.

Where the top 3 players (by Win Shares) on the last 3 #NBA Champions were drafted: 2021 - Bucks: Giannis - 15 Jrue - 17 Middleton - 39 2020 - Lakers: LeBron - 1 AD - 1 Dwight - 1 2019 - Raptors: Kawhi - 15 Siakam - 27 Lowry - 24

All Time Leaders in Starting Pitcher ERA+ (min 1,000 IP) 1. Jacob deGrom - 156 2. Clayton Kershaw - 155 3. Pedro Martinez - 154 4. Jim Devlin - 150 5. Lefty Grove - 148

Most assists since All Star Break: 1. Russell Westbrook - 508 2. Chris Paul - 320 3. Nikola Jokic - 287 Most rebounds since All Star Break: 1. Russell Westbrook - 504 2. Rudy Gobert - 473 2. Jonas Valanciunas - 456

RJ Barrett shooting: 2019-20 - 40.1% FG 2020-21 - 40.1% 3FG

10 of the 11 RPG leaders in the 2020-21 NBA Season are foreign born players. The sole American is a point guard.

The late, great Elgin Baylor averaged 30.2 PPG/15.4 RPG over his first 7 seasons combined. The most recent NBA player to average 30/15 over just a single season was Bob McAdoo in 1973-74.

Only 2 players in #NBA  history have averaged 25+ PPG on 60+% FG for a single season: Kevin McHale ‘86-87 (26.1, .604) Charles Barkley ‘89-90 (25.2, .600) Zion is currently 24.6, .615 👀

Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson when he was the same age as Tom Brady.

Bob Gibson, oft cited as the most feared head hunting pitcher of all time, had 102 HBPs in his career. Jamie Moyer, who couldn’t break a plane of glass when he dialed up a heater, had 146 HBPs in his career.