Opening Day 2021, Castellanos drama, Ohtani unleashed, who is Yermin? #TWIB ThatWeekInBaseball by @Stoveminders - Post Details
Opening Day 2021, Castellanos drama, Ohtani unleashed, who is Yermin? #TWIB ThatWeekInBaseball
The best of the week that was in Major League Baseball. - Miguel Cabrera chases history in the snow - Yermin Mercedes MAKES history - Castellanos and the Reds are proud to be cocky, cooking rivalry with the Cardinals - Dodgers, Bellinger & Turner, break the rules in hilarious fashion - Cats in the outfield, something about the All-Star Game? - (inflatable) garbage cans in the outfield, Astros get what was coming, Dusty Baker cries a river - ATROCIOUS defense in the first primetime nationally-televised game of the season (Angels vs. White Sox) - Shohei Ohtani's bizarre debut, and more!
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