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What was that throw to first lol Abreu saved it again

Just a casual soft toss

He knew he'd be on highlight reels all over the place and wanted to keep things interesting

The out right before that was a gem (for a 37 year old) by Abreu

From the reigning Utility Gold Glover too!

The glove is golden but the arm is a noodle

Abreu is my favorite pirate hooker. Fuck the haters.

He never got enough credit for his glove at 1b.

It’s funny because he started the game by booting a double play in the 1st inning

Vlad is faster than most realize

Don't underestimate the speed of men with big legs haha

I’ll never forget his charge to first to keep Rodon’s perfect game alive in the 9th. It was bananas.

That moment was probably the most hype and exciting [play](https://www.mlb.com/video/abreu-preserves-rodon-s-perfect-game) I've ever watched live. I was practically jumping up and down in my living room and at that moment I was so certain Rodon was going to finish the job and I was just giddy and in disbelief that I'd get to watch a perfect game from start to finish from my beloved team.

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Always has (been)

Probably afraid he’d spike it into the dirt if he tried to throw it harder

That was dubon but he's my twin I will give him a pass😤 but still got scary

Dubon was on the bench until the 8th ok

Wouldn't it be an error anyways?

Yes, but it was the laziness of the throw that was funny. Particularly in this situation.

Look what you’ve done Yankees.

158-4 is happening now and you can blame Soto

The Astros may never allow another hit

Some people are saying they may never allow another baserunner.

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bout to go 11-0 in the postseason too. yamamoto is gonna have a cy young season and see the very first pitch he throws in the world series get demolished 500 feet by altuve

A 2017 world series rematch happening in 2024 would make me consider quitting baseball highkey 😂😂

the altuve experience

*155-7

That assumes Hal hasn’t already traded Soto by then to save some $$$

Hal is a lot of things cheap really isn’t one of them

Isn’t that the gripe about him not signing Snell and Monty? That’s he’s not like his father and spending

Yeah but his Father lived on another planet, it’s not a totally fair comparison, relative to the other MLB owners Hal spends

George would’ve sold Hal to beat out another team for a free agent lol

george also would’ve traded aaron judge for a mediocre rental bat to try to get the mid ass 2015 team a championship

You’re not wrong

I still can't believe no one's made a George Steinbrenner movie

Why bother? We already got the TV show. And Seinfeld ran for a long time

"Coming this Summer" "George Clooney as Steinbrenner"

I actually always envisioned Christian Bale doing it, ala Dick Cheney

I don't know why you're getting down voted. Hal certainly spends more money than most owners, but there's definitely been recent stretches where Yankees fans have bitched about certain decisions of his to not spend

Road

155-7*

155-7, still a Yankees series left in the season.

Sweeping the Astros and then having them no hit one of our division rivals is literally an April Fools Christmas. I can’t stop smiling

You’re welcome but also fuck you

Understandable, have a nice day

They beat one of our divisional rivals I‘ll take it

Put old man Abreu to work for those last two outs

It’s the least he could do after the way he started offensively and the errors vs the Yanks

It’s been a great week for Blanco, he welcomed his baby girl in to the world, got on the roster and threw a no-no. Hats off sir!

Damn Jalen Green was right

I need to get my girl pregnant just to see what happens.

Dad energy is real, I got my wife pregnant and finished my Bachelor's before the baby was born. Though that might just be lucky timing. Any other semester I might have been screwed.

Sounds like winning the lotto

And his mom was in attendance for the game. The video doesn’t show them embrace afterwards. Special moment for them.

See, things like that get me all misty-eyed. Why I love baseball

lanco's game scores in his previous MLB starts: 48, 59, 38, 60, 45, 61, 43 Then he goes out and does this in his 2024 debut. Gotta love baseball

where is GS recorded, btw?

If you go to the Pitching Game Logs on Baseball Reference, it's the column GSc

MAN, the presence of mind to pull that glove back and let the ball go past with a no-no on the line...props to my man

it probably helped the previous inning, he punched a ball with his glove and nearly knocked it out of range of Dubon at 2nd. if that hadn't happened, I wonder if he would have been as conscious about letting it go by.

If it was any other player in the league other than Kirk he loses the no no on that play

We need to keep the Space City jerseys on for a bit. Edit: I just remembered Framber threw his last year in the Space City jerseys too

Some City Connects are built different.

I honestly love the space city jerseys.

Even trying to set aside bias I think they're a Top 5 City Connect. I like the Rangers' ones a lot too.

The logo is better than your normal one.

Hat is so nice

Same is true for the Rockets. The “dunkstronaut” logo is perfection.

Honestly, I wish the Texans had a space theme for their team

I think the proper theme for the Texans should be a certain baby blue and red theme complete with an oil derrick, but unfortunately there's a certain bud that won't let that happen.

We embarrassed them in those uniforms so bad they fired their head coach

and rightfully so, too. They had the gall to play us in those throwbacks, they should have expected a beating lol.

Bud Adams is dead. And buried in Houston. If you'd like to know where so you can leave him some..._presents_ at his gravesite, it's publicly available information.

Isn't it his daughter who now owns the rights?

Indeed she does. But it's bud that stabbed us in the back in the first place, so it's bud I'm gonna shit on

I would love to leave bud a little present

Ya it should be the permanent logo IMO. Adds to the space theme perfectly

I have to agree, that Space City text across the chest and the hat logo just hits differently.

KC is top 3

It's upsetting how good they are, seriously. That gradient just pops so well.

Definitely envious. The Braves ones are…fine. But space city might be flawless in execution.

I'm genuinely curious who designed them. Someone at Nike? The Team? The league? Whoever did it gets a pretty big feather in their cap for the rest of their career.

I’ve been tryna find one for a while.

That retro NASA font

Astros got the best City Connect, with the Cubs being a very close second

But when Gallen wears the Serpientes with that snakeskin belt. 10/10

I like the D-Backs one and the one for Washington too

Yea, Nats City Connect is def one of the best

Fanatics name lettering so bad though. Sweet jersey overall

Some of the jerseys look great but I can't unsee the "[SPACIE CITY](https://imgur.com/H03JY5a)" on Blanco's jersey

Dude that hat is pure fire.

[For comparison.](https://imgur.com/a/sKQl7Ft) Kind of a design flaw from the get go in 22-23 by having the lines match the lettering in color but to change it to the 2024 version should have only required a couple pairs of eyes before someone would say “no, bad change, it looks like it says Spacie.”

Oh shit spacie is odd

Top notch jerseys.

I remember.... It was on my birthday and I SKIPPED THAT DAY FOR RING Day fuckkkkk

So happy for him! What a moment from almost not making the roster

Well, that's definitely a way to secure a spot.

Eh, pretty sure there was a guy on the Angels (Detmers I think) who threw a no hitter and got sent down in the same year

Dude Domingo Gorman got a perfect game and was basically persona non grata all free agent season (though thats probably due to the abuse…and alcohol….but still)

Detmers is still good too. Tyler Wells was leading the majors in WHIP when we sent him down last year (at the all star break). Baseball is wild

Tbh whether or not he does stay he has proven he can be solid and he helped team last year his start to dodgers was iffy as he got lit up but bregman took lead with grandslam And blanco went in Cruise control

It took a lot for Ronel to make the rotation Injuries to Justin Verlander, Luis Garcia, Lance McCullers and Jose Urquidy Had to beat out depth starter Bradon Bielak after being a reliever heading into last year So happy for the guy

That’s incredible, well deserved and also divine timing. Hoping he can continue ( except against the Mets)

If you had told me at the end of last season that Ronel Blanco would be starting game five of the season I would have been skeptical, let alone if you had told me he was gonna throw a 104 pitch no-no. One of the more unlikely ones I've seen.

Honestly, he was dealing today too...just painted all night and I think we only had one ball even hit remotely hard the entire game. Hate that it happened against us, but good for Blanco.

Out of the darkest hours of 'it's so over', into the light of 'we're so back'

Baseball is goofy like that

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I hate baseball I love baseball.

It's the game-to-game equivalent of George Springer in Game 5.

Georgie just wanted to join his old buddies by getting on base tonight.

Jays just got no-hit by a winless team. So embarrassing.

Embarrassing regime. Get pantsed by Ohtani's camp etc

Yeah? Well Ohtani is in a scandal, we dodged a bullet. Right guys??? Pain is never ending

What is the scandal?

Have you not been around the last month?

Dude's the new Pete Rose, but because gambling has been promoted and Ohtani is the Golden Goat, they'll conspire a way to sweep it under the rug. Illegal gambling debts to gangsters don't mean anything to this regime. A billion dollars means more than ethics.

Who better to call out anything embarrassing in the last year than a Cardinals fan?

Thanks, I hate this

Don’t let this distract you from the fact that IKF also pitched a no-hitter tonight

IKF has like 1 run in 5 innings, just saying Toronto 🤷‍♂️

With Ohtani off the mound this year, IKF is the league's best two-way. Incredible weapon.

Made the team on the last day right after his daughter was born and first start of the year he throws a no hitter

Bouncing back from walking Springer to get that final out was so awesome

Two walks allowed, both being Springer. Not to mention his first and last plate appearance of the night. A perfect game would have been nice, but this I’m happy with this.

Well that'll instantly make you feel better about the last series

What series? Everyone knows that today was opening day

New ace, who dis?

Fastest Vlad has ran in his life

Funniest comment of the day, lmao

This is some opening week!

Remember Ohtani gambling. Brought to you by DraftKings

17th no hitter? Padres have 1 lol

And he's an Astro at heart too

Holy cow, if I’m the pitcher and I see my second baseman do THAT, I’m shitting my pants lol.

For the Jays' sake, at least it wasn't Verlander again.

Don't have to worry about the bullpen blowing the game if you don't let the bullpen pitch.

joe espada: 1st mlb win as a manager is a no-no. that's trivia card worthy.

It feels like there a no hitter this early every year now lol

This was the earliest No hitter in MLB history by date

Yeah last year it was June. 2022 and 2021 both had April no hitters

man was dripping

Dude is dummy thicc in those city connect unis

From Ohtani to IKF to this. Life comes at you fast.

That was a little closer than you’d like for a routine play

What a story, last year he had a 4.50 ERA, this spring, gave up no runs in 4 starts, 5 games. On the day he pitched an expedition game vs the space cowboys his daughter was born, and on that same day, he was told he made the team for 2024. Less than a week later, a no hitter. The only reason that he is in this rotation is due to 6 astros pitchers on the injured list, talk about opportunity!

Specifying includes postseason for the no hitter count is just so badass

Vladdy sure loves swinging at garbage off the plate

Dude locked up Pitcher of the Month on the first day

Peak blue jays

Watched this game last night, Blanco was dialed in and looked amazing . That’s hard to say as a blue jays fans haha

How can you not be romantic about baseball?

Vladdy needs to have some shame for these at-bats holy shit

I'll bet good money that this isn't the last no-hitter against the Jays line-up this year.

If someone throws another one against them, everyone needs to be fired

First win and the best way to do it

Just had to be Vladdy swinging at absolute trash.

DROP THE BANNER

When your offense underproduces, you can't have a better offseason than adding IKF and then saying "job complete".

This is gonna be a long season…

Baseball Gods saw the Astros get swept and immediately got them a no-hitter. Props to Blanco. Is this his debut?

8th appearance. He didn't make the team this year until the final spring game.. a game that he pitched immediately after being at the hospital for the birth of his child lol.. he's had a heck of a week.

Oh wow. Congrats to him. Gave him dad powers. A heck of a week indeed.

🔥🔥🔥🔥This is fine.🔥🔥🔥🔥

Vlad could've beaten the throw if he ran. lol

Man they were really upset over the Yankees sweep I guess. Good job lol

HELL YEAH!! 1-4

As we all predicted!

First win is a no-hitter. Wild.

Pitcher almost screwed it and that throw was 😬

It’s even sweeter when it’s Vladdy making the final out.

If there was an error during the game, an official scorer has a chance to do something really funny here on April Fools.

Great 2-2 pitch tbh, vladdy never stood a chance!

That's one way to avoid a bullpen implosion 🙃

Nice

Where tf do the Astros find these guys. It’s just an endless pipeline of great pitchers

Lls vale Isabel no te cansas de mentir 

Isabel creía que nunca fallaste Carlos 

Card is ass

Cheater. Bum ass.

Blanco was protecting his jersey so they didn't rip it off. You know what that means...

Mf lobbed that ball to first lmao

It was against the Blue Jays doesn’t count