From Last Night:

• Chris Young hits a 3 run 9th inning HR to beat the Astros 6-5
• The O’s win a slugfest against the Jays
• Zimmermann solid as the Nats beat the Phils
• Lynn cruises against the Dodgers early
• Another strong start for McCarthy
• Sanchez nearly no-hits the Twins

What I’m Watching Today:

• Lester faces the Indians in Boston (130p Eastern)
• Moore faces the Yanks (4p Eastern)
• Cashner and Miley battle to determine who has the better beard, see below (10p Eastern)

• Felix faces the Rangers (10p Eastern)

The Big Question:

• Did you see the phantom double play in Seattle?

Here is a link to the .gif of the play from the great Drew Shepherd (@dshep25), Blackbelt GIF-ologist. The umpire calls the batter-runner out, even though the ball doesn’t go to the fielder who is touching first base. Keith Law brought this up on Twitter, quite angrily, while a number of people shot back that the umpire is watching the foot and listening for the ball. That’s probably a fair defense of the umpire except he should have been able to use his peripheral vision to notice the pitcher converging on the play and should have at least made some attempt to check to see who had the baseball. Umpires often ask fielder to show them the ball to confirm it remained in their glove through the play and this is when that should happen. MLB needs replay. Full replay. It would be very easy and would cost, by the estimate of a former umpire with knowledge of the planning, only about $3 million. That’s less than Brendan Ryan makes this year.