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The 'Switch-hitter single-season HR leaders' quiz
Regardless of what happens in October, the summer of 2025 will be remembered as the summer of Cal Raleigh. Raleigh has smashed record after record this season, starting in August when he became the first catcher to hit 50 home runs in one season. On Tuesday – in his MLB-leading 10th multi-home run game of the season – he passed Mickey Mantle for the most home runs by a switch-hitter in a season with his 55th before tying Ken Griffey Jr. for the most home runs by a Mariner on his 56th against the Kansas City Royals. The most recent homers also came in a 12-5 win that marked 10-straight for the surging Mariners, who have finally overtaken the Houston Astros for first place in the American League West. Which brings us to today’s quiz. A major league switch-hitter has hit at least 35 home runs on 35 occasions in MLB history. How many of the switch-hitters to reach that milestone can you name in five minutes? Good luck! Did you like this quiz? Are there any quizzes you’d like to see us make in the future? Let us know your thoughts at quizzes@yardbarker.com, and make sure to subscribe to our Quiz of the Day Newsletter for daily quizzes sent right to your email!
Concerning report emerges about Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin's health
The Washington Capitals began their first day of training camp with an injury scare, as star left winger Alexander Ovechkin left practice early with a lower-body injury. Alexander Ovechkin addresses the media It wasn't immediately clear if the injury affected the same leg that Ovechkin broke last year, when a fractured fibula cost the Capitals captain 16 games. The injury was not severe enough to restrict Ovechkin from speaking to reporters following Thursday's practice. Per NHL.com's Tom Gulitti, Ovechkin sounded "unconcerned" about his lower-body injury, but he added that the Capitals captain might not skate on Friday when training camp resumes. Gulitti added that Washington head coach Spencer Carbery called the decision "precautionary" to take Ovechkin off the ice. Ovechkin, who turned 40 on Wednesday, enters the 2025 season as the NHL's all-time leading goal-scorer with 897 tallies. When asked if he is approaching this season as if it would be his last, Ovechkin said he didn't know. Ovechkin is also the NHL's all-time leader in regular-season power-play goals (326), game-winning goals (136) and shots on net (6,864). Depending on the severity of this injury, Capitals fans may have to wait to watch Ovechkin continue padding those totals and try to lead the Caps to their second Stanley Cup.
Trevon Diggs injury update: Cowboys CB’s status revealed on Thursday practice report
The Dallas Cowboys released their practice report for Thursday, and Pro Bowl cornerback Trevon Diggs returned to the field. Diggs (illness), offensive lineman Tyler Guyton (shoulder, and wide receiver/return specialist KaVontae Turpin (neck) were listed as full participants in practice on Thursday. Cornerback DaRon Bland (foot) did not practice for the second consecutive day and is not expected to play on Sunday against the Chicago Bears. Trevon Diggs did not practice on Wednesday, but the illness was likely nothing serious since he was a full participant on Thursday. The Cowboys will need Diggs in the secondary since Bland is still out with an injured foot. In 2023, Diggs played in just 11 of the Cowboys’ 17 regular season games because he dealt with multiple injuries, including an injured left knee, which he had surgery on during the offseason. The former Alabama star returned to action in the Cowboys’ season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles and played in 26 snaps. “It felt good,” Diggs said of his return, per Tommy Yarrish of DallasCowboys.com. “Thankful, blessed to just go out there and be with my teammates competing. I missed it a lot being out all the time I was, so it was a blessing just to be out there.” Trevon Diggs enjoys playing in new Cowboys’ defense Diggs also reacted to the new defense led by defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus. “This defense has been really cool to be a part of,” Diggs said. “Just the different coverages that we have, a lot of zone, a lot of man, corner blitzes, we’ve just got many coverages mixing it up and keeping an offense on their toes… I like it a lot, just being able to do the different things.” Speaking of Eberflus, Sunday’s matchup will be a homecoming for him since he was the Bears’ head coach from 2022 to last season. This week, Eberflus spoke to reporters about his time in Chicago. “There’s always hard moments in coaching,” Eberflus said. “You always are disappointed when you lose because you put so much into it, the players put so much into it, and you’re most disappointed for the players. Then once that settles in and you work towards the next day, the sun comes up and you move forward.”
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REPORT: McDaniel Threatened to Release or Trade Players in 2024
REPORT: McDaniel Threatened to Release or Trade Players in 2024 A report is out about how the 2024 Miami Dolphins season ended, and Mike McDaniel was not pleased with some members of the team. Per the ESPN.com report, in the final team meeting of the 2024 season, after the Week 18 loss to the Jets, Mike McDaniel said that anyone who wasn’t on board with what they were doing as an organization would be traded or released. And he would bring in players who would put team over self. Per the report: “IN THEIR FINAL team meeting of the 2024 season, shortly after a season-ending loss on Jan. 5 to the New York Jets, McDaniel issued a challenge to his players,” ESPN’s Marcel Louis-Jacques wrote. “According to multiple players and team staff, the Dolphins coach stressed the importance of player-driven accountability and said that anyone who wasn’t on board could say so, and the team would either trade or release them.” There are a lot of Dolphins veterans who were on the Dolphins roster in 2024 who weren’t brought back in 2025, and some of which Miami made no offer to retain. Da’Shawn Hand Jevon Holland Jordan Poyer Anthony Walker Jr. Braxton Berrios Duke Riley Raheem Mostert Jaylen Ramsey (was traded, and we know about the issues he had with Coach McDaniel) Now, to be clear, not all of the names above were problem players. Some weren’t retained because of their quality of play on the field, salary cap reasons, or Miami having younger and cheaper alternatives on the roster. The question many would have with this report coming out now is, why did it take McDaniel until after the season ended to have this conversation with the team? And how did it get so bad over the course of the season, and thsi was never addressed? Right now, Mike McDaniel is coaching for his job in Year 4 in Miami, and it isn’t going well. While many want to see McDaniel be firmer with the team, show some emotion, and be tougher on the players, it appears that is just not his natural style, and waiting until after Week 18 to have such a meeting is very confusing.
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