*Last night's last-second, turn-three-points-into-one-point USMNT match with Portugal has me the most Sports Depressed since this.
*Annual reminder of why we have an Electoral College: Jose Altuve is 4th in All-Star voting.
*Matt Albers will throw bullpen sessions at Minute Maid this week.
*Anthony Bass' rehab outing at Quad Cities was delayed by rain. Also, QC's Chan Moon was promoted to Lancaster to replace Carlos Correa.
*"It's difficult to imagine what the Astros were thinking when they let (J.D. Martinez) go..."
*Jake Cosart - brother of Jarred Cosart - signed a below-slot deal with the Red Sox.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
