Day 881

• Luis Ortiz of the Pirates minor-league system has done something unthinkable:  After doing so last night, he has broken the professional record for two immaculate innings the fewest days apart.  Only 25 days after he struck out AA Richmond on nine pitches in the second inning, he struck out AA Binghamton as well -- ALSO in the second inning!  Chris Sale did it 28 days apart for the Red Sox in 2019.
• More information coming out from the Vogue interview has Serena Williams stating she might not have had to retire if she didn't have to live up to expectations of being a woman.  I also wonder if she's also a victim of what is about to happen to the high-testosterone (and before any bigots show up, cis-)female athlete...  Recall the bigot in Russia, for example...   
• 7500 fans enjoyed a precursor to Thursday's Cincinnati-Cubs game at the Field of Dreams in Iowa, as two A-ball teams played there yesterday.  Chander Champlain with an outstanding pitching performance:  Quad Cities (Kansas City A-Ball) won over Cedar Rapids (Twins) 7-2.
• It appears that not only did the cancer get Olivia, but so did secondary infections she got in the hospital, according to reports attributing the information to her niece.
• And there goes #45 in an afternoon game for Aaron Judge -- 16 short of Maris and the known clean home run season record.
• ESPN's Michelle Voepel has announced he is a transitioning female-to-male transgender.  He will now be known as M.A Voepel.  Voepel has been with ESPN since 1996 and covers female sports.  I do not see his employment at the Worldwide Leader In Snorts lasting much longer.  If the obvious right-wing bigotry of the "Embrace Debate" ESPN doesn't get him (see the Michael Sam debacle!), harassment and hazing from his fellow employees or some of the athletes might finish the job.  Either way, this smells like someone leaving ESPN and then suing them.