Baseball happenings of the past twenty-four hours

Astros 7, Ramírez 2, Guardians 1

• José Ramírez fouled off nine pitches and then hit a home run.
• Zach Plesac, who is not out of options, gave up 7 runs in Houston. The Guardians bullpen gave up zero.

Regarding the sport of baseball

• Jacob deGrom is progressing in distance and could get on a mound this weekend.
• Aroldis Chapman was placed on the IL.
• Some elderly men have started pitching careers recently.
• I think Rachel Balkovec should be commissioner, and Rob Manfred should try managing the “Tampa Tarpons.”

Questions

• If Hammy’s story last night about Framber Valdez was right and curveballs hiss, it should have been easier for hitters to ID them in crowdless 2020?
• When will Rob Manfred ban long plate appearances?
• Does Terry Francona realize Zach Plesac is not Pedro Martinez?
  
  Sports, it was stuck to.