9-15-25
Tonight’s MLB.TV Free Game was the Orioles at the White Sox. Aggie great, Kyle Bradish, was pitching for the O’s. Glad to see him back playing. He gave up a run in the first, but went five full innings with 9 strikeouts, 4 hits, 1 run, and 4 walks. It was good enough to get the win. The Orioles got the run back in the third. In the sixth, Colton Cowser hit a three-run homer. It was probably carried by the wind. There was a shower of boo’s from the crowd as he rounded the bases. O’s win, 4-1.
It was Bark at the Park day and that was the main focus of the Chicago broadcast. They showed lots of dogs dressed up around the park. The field reporter went around to interview the dogs’ owners. The bumper going into commercial showed the players’ and crews’ dogs. The play of the game was a ball guy making a play with his stool on a foul ball. It’s been that kind of season for the White Sox.
During the game, there was bonus coverage of the Blue Jays and the Rays playing in extra innings. The Jays were 2-1 winners over Rays in Tampa in 11 innings. I’m not sure who the crowd was rooting for there. I’d hear them cheering for both teams. At the end, the crowd was chanting, “Let’s go Rays!” or, “Let’s go Jays!” It was hard to tell since they sound alike.
9-16-25
I was still tied up in current events on the Internet and very busy with work. There wasn’t an MLB.TV Free Game. I gave the Chihuahuas’ game with Sugar Land kind of minimal attention. Francisco Acuna homered for the first time as a Chihuahua. The Space Cowboys kept playing the infield in in the second and third innings when the Chihuahuas got a runner to third. They seemed to anticipate a close game.
It was 3-2 Chihuahuas for most of the game. Sugar Land tied it in sixth with a solo home run. In the seventh, Yonathan Perlaza was thrown out at home on a sacrifice fly trying to give the pups the lead. In the eighth, Clay Dungan singled in two runs in to make it, 5-3. In the ninth, Sugar Land had two on with 1 out. They executed a double steal to put both in scoring position, but they were left stranded. Chihuahuas win, 5-3, to start their final series of the year.
9-17-25
I missed tonight’s Chihuahuas game with Sugar Land from being at Aggie Volleyball. I heard the postgame and the pups won, 13-2. I also missed the Rangers game. It was a 5-3 loss and the Astros had swept them, which may have wrecked their chances for the postseason. The Rockies game was still going on, but I had bad reception. I didn’t even figure out who they were playing. I found out later they lost 8-4 to the Marlins.
9-18-25
The Chihuahuas were officially eliminated from the postseason last night after their game. Tacoma won their game to punch their ticket. The pups are on a four-game winning streak and Luis Campusano is pursuing the PCL batting crown. In the third and down by a run, Campusano hit a three-run double on a broken bat. However, this was instead ruled an error all the way. He yelled at the pressbox after scoring and was mad. Between innings, the Sugar Land staff made sure to show broadcaster Tim Hagerty that it was an error. The Chihuahuas did score a couple more in the ninth and won, 5-1. Campusano did get a hit tonight, but went 1 for 5. (I never found out if he won the batting title. He was called up before the end of the Chihuahuas’ season.)
9-19-25
Pretty busy tonight and not really paying attention to tonight’s game between the Chihuahuas and the Space Cowboys. Odd incident during the game. The Pitch Com system didn’t work for the Chihuahuas and they had to go back to catcher signs. By rule, this meant the other team had to do it, too. It was a back-and-forth game. In the top of the seventh and down 5-3, the Chihuahuas loaded the bases. A walk and a hit batter tied it. However, they gave up 3 in the eighth and lost, 8-5.
9-21-25
No Baseball for me yesterday. I either missed the games going to Aggie Soccer or they weren’t being broadcast for Football. Today, the Rangers were playing . . . I’m an inning in and listened to the pregame and I still don’t know who they’re playing. (The reception was listenable, but not great.) I check the schedule. It’s the Marlins. I didn’t recognize any of the names of the players. I barely recognize the names of the Rangers at this point, given the number of the replacements.
The pregame was talking about other playoff races. The Rangers are basically out of it after that sweep by the Astros. They might play a spoiler role for the Indians later in the week. That’s about it. I chose to listen to the Chihuahuas, but checked back at the end. The Marlins beat the Rangers, 4-2, and that was a sweep, as well.
I switched over to the Chihuahuas, since it was their final game of the season. (And a Sportscar race was on at the time. The Dallas Cowboys would be playing in an hour. After this afternoon, there’s nothing on, of course.) The Chihuahuas did win last night. For today, there was bad weather in the Houston area for the game against the Space Cowboys. The pups took an early 3-0 lead. There were blue skies overhead, but the groundskeeper was showing his phone to the ump between innings, which only means one thing: weather incoming. The teams seemed to be playing quick.
In the fourth, the Space Cowboys scored a couple, 3-2. One runner was on via an error. The pups struck back in the fifth and made it, 4-2. In the bottom of the fifth, the Cowboys tied it on a two-run homer. In the sixth, the Chihuahuas loaded the bases. A two runs were walked in with two outs to make it, 6-4.
In the bottom, the pups had another error and 2 were on. A Sugar Land run came in on a passed ball. A double brought in another run to tie it. The go-ahead run came in on a wild pitch. 7-6 Sugar Land. In the seventh, a Chihuahua batter struck out, but got on via a wild pitch, though he didn’t score. In the eighth, Yonathan Perlaza lined out, trying for a 50-double season.
A very dark cloud had appeared overhead. Broadcaster Tim Hagerty was alarmed. In the bottom of the eighth, the Cowboys got a run on a sac fly. They get another run as the rain and wind started going. This quickly became a downpour with the crowd running for cover. A wet bat slipped from a batter’s hands and flew over the infield on a swing.
A run was walked in. The Chihuahuas’ pitcher walked three in a row and couldn’t get a good grip on the ball. A wild pitch brought in a run. The pitcher chatted with the ump. Surely he said, “Why aren’t you calling the game?” They lost the field by this point with the infield completely flooded. Another run was walked in and it was 12-6 Sugar Land, which would be the final score.
The Chihuahuas were mad and yelling at the ump after the final out. Sugar Land did not come out on the field for the ninth, though the tarp not out. It was too late for that anyway. The game was unofficially called, and the kids were allowed to run the bases. Tim wasn’t sure what to do, but finally went ahead and did the postgame and said his “Thank you’s” for the season. The umps actually have to wait at least a half hour before officially calling a game, but there wasn’t any point in waiting for it. The sun did come out and there was a rainbow overhead.
Should the umps have stopped play when the rain started? Yes. Maybe it looked like it would be quick and they didn’t want to prolong the game with a long delay. By the time it was obvious they should have, it was too late. I’d think if this hadn’t been a “meaningless” final game of the season, they would have stopped play. In any case, the final broadcast is always a bit sad, but we’ll look forward to next year.
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