MLB Daily: Nolan Arenado's Dynamic Catch over the Tarp; Fernando Rodney's Very Bad, Not Good Night

Mike Cardillo is our Salvador Perez . . . so today is the equivalent of a day game after catching seven in a row. We’ve got to keep him fresh for the postseason run, people, or he might start complaining about the internet and social media! Here it is, the freshest, most-original daily baseball post on the Internet! This one’s gluten-free also, so everyone can consume.

Arenado-Dynamic Flight Simulator: Nolan Arenado won the Gold Glove in each of his first two seasons. He just went ahead and submitted is application for the third. What a catch, and it came with two men on in the 8th inning with the Rockies leading 3-0. Spectacular range from the third basemen, and I’m not sure how many even get to this ball in the first place. Then, to flip over the tarp and–the underrated part of the play–throw it back on a rope from his knees and almost get the advancing runner.

Blartolo, BP Cop: We’ll just leave this here. Bartolo Colon and Kevin James have both now been seen in the same place. And that place is with a bat in each of their hands. They are not the same person, though Bartolo could have been a stunt double in “Paul Blart, Mall Cop.”

Dodgers Walk-Off With a Win Again: Sometimes, life just isn’t fair. The Los Angeles Dodgers have a big payroll, fans get to listen to Vin Scully call game winning hits, and then they also win twice in a row grabbing victory from the jaws of defeat. This is like the good-looking guy (picture one of the bearded writers here if you are struggling for a mental image) also getting the best job and saving puppies in his spare time. I mean, screw something up, will ya?

Speaking of screwing up, here are some choice tweets on the Mariners’ Fernando Rodney.

Ouch.

Worse. Than. Not. Good.

Ah, Vin. Seattle is a popular pick to break through to the postseason, but emulating the Detroit bullpen from 2014 is not advised.

Kung Fu Panda, Hitting Below the Belt: Now this is how you break up a play while sliding into second. He probably thought those were dumplings.

Scary Moment for Carlos Carrasco: As a pitcher, you have little control on where the ball goes after you deliver it. Sure, you can hit locations, or throw with certain movement, that make it less likely a hitter will be able to elevate or pull the ball. But ultimately, the exact location is beyond what the pitcher can control.

This hit back at Carlos Carrasco highlights just how scary that uncertainty can be. You never know when one will come right back at your head. Let’s hope he’s okay. He did get a slight deflection before it hit him in the face.

This & That: Best fans in baseball, stadium mural on chest edition . . .  Stars are hamstrung, Yasiel Puig sat out last night with a sore hamstrung, while David Wright left the game in the 8th with a hamstring injury, and we await just how serious . . . Alex Rios is out indefinitely with a fractured hand after getting hit by a pitch, and it came with the Royals getting hit on another first-pitch on Monday. There’s no way this was intentional (bases loaded, two-run game at time), but it’s baseball so expect the Royals to want to “set a tone” . . .

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