Bob Waterman

Ensuring the proper application of Rule 9.16(i) for over 35 years.

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

Only two MLB players in the modern era (since 1900) have done the following in a loss:

4-for-4 or better
4+ runs scored
1+ HR
1+ SB

Those players are Joe Morgan for the Astros on July 8, 1965, and AJ Ewing for the Mets last night.

[MisterChip (English) @MisterChiping]

#GetThisChip - In 12 of the last 14 penalty shootouts at the World Cup, the team that took the first kick has been eliminated. In this recent run, only Morocco (vs Spain) and Croatia (vs Brazil), both at Qatar 2022, bucked the trend.

[Bob Waterman @esbbob]

@DanHayesMLB @EliasSports Aaron Nola and Corbin Burnes both K'd 10 consecutive batters in 2021 (tying Tom Seaver's MLB record), not just straight outs via strikeouts.

[Bob Waterman @esbbob]

@MaxTGoodman Marcus Semien (.613 OPS) is sixth worst and, FWIW, Jeff McNeil (.614 OPS), is seventh worst.

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

Bryce Harper finished tonight's game a triple short of a cycle after hitting for the cycle in his last game. The last player to finish one element short of a cycle the game after hitting for a cycle was teammate, Trea Turner, when they were Nationals teammates in April 2017.

[Opta Analyst @OptaAnalyst]

Scotland 0-1 Morocco

Ismael Saibari’s goal, scored at 01:10, is the earliest winning goal in men's FIFA World Cup history.

[Bob Waterman @esbbob]

@CodifyBaseball Would have been shorter to write "Every team has done it at least once in the last five years."

[Barney Ronay @barneyronay]

Harry Kane fulfils his 10 year old ambition of scoring an Arsenal goal

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

Jordan Staal:

Feb. 2007: 5-game goal streak at age 18
June 2026: 5-game goal streak at age 37

He's the only player in NHL history with a 5+ game goal streak (reg or post) as a teenager and at 35 or older.

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

The @SFGiants are the first team in MLB history with a walkoff grand slam to cap off a comeback from 8+ runs down in the 8th inning or later.

[Bob Waterman @esbbob]

@HowieRose 1.000 career BA

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

Goals for the @GoldenKnights' Brett Howden this season:

Regular season: 12
Postseason: 13 (including 2 tonight)

No other player in NHL history has scored a dozen or more goals in the regular season and then surpassed that total in the postseason.

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

The @Canes lost Game 1 to the Canadiens 6-2. They never trailed for a second the rest of the series.

They're the first team in NHL history to lose Game 1 of a best-of-7 series by 4+ goals but then win the next 4 games without trailing in any of them.

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

The Hurricanes are 5-0 in overtime this postseason with all five wins coming by a 3-2 score. They're the first team in NHL playoff history to win five consecutive OT games in a single postseason by the same score.

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

1 - Arsenal have become the first side in @premierleague history to neither concede a penalty or receive a red card in a single campaign. Focused.

[Bill Edgar @BillEdgarTimes]

Cristiano Ronaldo will have played in a major tournament straight after the past 2 Arsenal league titles:
Euro 2004
World Cup 2026

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

After Friday night, the @Brewers' Aaron Ashby now has 8 wins this year - all in relief. No one else in MLB has more than 6 wins.

It's the first time in the modern era a pitcher had at least 2 more relief wins than any other MLB pitcher had total wins at the end of any given day.

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

Kyle Schwarber of the @Phillies hit his 20th HR of the season tonight.

This is the earliest date any player has reached that mark in MLB history (previous record: Luis Gonzalez on May 17 in 2001).

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

The @Mets' A.J. Ewing had a triple, 3 walks, a stolen bases and 2 RBI in his MLB debut tonight.

Prior to Ewing, the last MLB rookie to reach those marks in a single game was Rob Andrews on May 4, 1975.

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

27 - There have been 27 goalless draws in the Premier League this season, as many as there were in 2023-24 (11) and 2024-25 (16) combined. Stalemate. #SUNMUN