[Amazin69]

Tim Kurkjian's mother is English by birth, so while in town, he looked up his 92-year-old aunt, whom he has not seen in 25 years, and his cousins, whom he has not seen in 50 years.

I'm not much for family, myself, but given that Tim makes more $$$ than I can conceive of (I've never had a large income), you'd think he could swing a trip to Blighty once or twice a decade. I grant you, this is none of my business…but that's why Tim (and Michael K) probably shouldn't have raised the subject, to begin with.

Jeff McNeil has a Belgian fan club, who are at the game. This came before Jeff was lucky enough to have Alec Bohm lose his foul pop-up in the rafters, followed by reaching on a bloop hit. The Pinheads think Jeff should have reached second, given how the bloop bounced on the spongy turf. In other words, they accused Jeff of waffling.

Vientos hit for Baty. Tim Kurkjian points out that Vientos is hitting .371 against lefties, which accounts for the switch. I grant you, Tim doesn't point this out until after Vientos draws a walk, but it's still better than how the Pinheads handled Bader's pinch-hitting last inning.

(With two on and none out, Torrens makes out, Lindor flies to the track in left, and Peeete hits an aggressive foul down the line before striking out on a pitch in the dirt. No runs.)