It’s the first week of college football.
Four teams are trending upwards, while three others are trending downwards.
LSU is on the rise
Weather delays meant that college football fans were forced to wait longer to see Lane Kiffin make his LSU debut.
The debut was not disappointing.
Kiffin’s Tigers thrashed Clemson 51-10 and looked dominating on both sides. Transfer quarterback Sam Leavitt, who had an interception early on, went on to throw 230 yards for a touchdown, while also rushing 113 yards with two other scores, and the offense dominated the Clemson defense by a score of 309 yards. The Tigers’ offense was stifled and Dabo Swinney turned to Tait Reynolds, the freshman quarterback, earlier than expected.
Kiffin worked on his jump-shot at one point before an extra-point try:
This game may have revealed more about Clemson, but it also was the LSU fan’s dream.
They did not have any former NFL players Dae’Quan Wright or Zxavian harris in uniform.
Trending down: Clemson
What on earth was that?
Dabo Swinney stepped into the transfer market this offseason and brought in more transfers than any other program in history.
Swinney didn’t address one particular position. The coaching staff chose to give the quarterback’s position to Christopher Vizzina who was Cade Klubnik’s backup last year.
Vizzina was under pressure all night and threw an interception six. The offense only gained 145 yards. Swinney had to turn to Tait Reynolds as the freshman quarterback, who did not provide much spark. He went 4-of-6 and gained just 22 yards.
Tigers are no strangers to bouncing back after a bad start. Georgia, the SEC’s first opponent in 2024, also thrashed that team 34-3 to start off the season. The team recovered to win the ACC championship game and earn a place in the College Football Playoff.
However, the team that we saw Saturday night looks nothing alike. There is nothing.
Indiana Trending Up
Curt Cignetti, who had just won Indiana’s national championship for the first time, tried to rebuild his team in this offseason.
The biggest question was, how would the Raiders replace Fernando Mendoza? Could transfer Josh Hoover step in to fill the shoes of the Heisman-winning quarterback who is now playing for the Raiders and Las Vegas? In order to do this, Hoover would have to reduce the number of interceptions he throws. He threw 11 last year and 13 the previous season at TCU.
So far, so good.
Hoover completed 13-of-16 pass attempts for 231 yard and four touchdowns without interception in Indiana’s 52-16 victory over North Texas. He also showed his toughness, as he took a punch to the face before rebounding and throwing a touchdown to Charlie Becker.
After the match, he spoke about this moment:
Mendoza’s fourth-down, tough touchdown against Miami during the national championship was arguably the most important moment in Indiana’s season of 2025. Mendoza was tough all year, not only in his Big Ten Championship Game win against Ohio State, but also in his big hits against Iowa and Iowa against Iowa, which he discussed with me before the NFL Draft in 2026.
Hoover understands his assignment.
Trending down: Oklahoma State
The months of anticipation surrounding the arrival of Eric Morris, and the transfers that he had brought from North Texas including quarterback Drew Mestemaker shattered on the scorching hot field of Tulsa, on Saturday.
Oklahoma State’s left tackle Jacob Sexton was injured on its first drive. The Cowboys, who were played on fourth-down at the end that possession – a common theme in the game on Saturday – never got their offense going and lost 24-10 to Golden Hurricane.
Cowboys was a 14-point favorite.
Oklahoma State had a 2-of-6 record on fourth downs versus Tulsa. Next week, Oregon will be in Stillwater.
Miami Trending:
It was against Stanford.
What we saw in Darian Mensah, and Malachi toney should terrify not only the rest of ACC but all college football.
In his Miami debut the Duke transfer played a game of his career, completing 27-of-30 pass attempts for 401 yard and five touchdowns. Toney caught three of them, and he caught 12 total passes for 234 yards.
In that game, both players broke school records. Toney’s 234 yards of receiving yardage set a new record, while the Hurricanes’ three touchdowns tied their single-game mark. Even scarier, what is it? In the second, he caught only two passes.
One touchdown was, of course.
Mensah set records in Miami for most yards and touchdowns passing.
Mario Cristobal, Miami’s coach said: “His skillset really fit what we do.” His ability to understand concepts, read the field, and continue to improve is truly impressive. “The sky’s the limits.”
That should again terrify everyone else in the country.
Trending down: Florida State
On Monday, the jokes were flying on social media.
Florida State was to kick off the first week’s college football at 7:30 pm. Due to an outage in Doak Campbell stadium, the game didn’t start until 9:00 pm, without lights or scoreboards, nor any replay reviews.
It was a bizarre game, but let’s now talk about why Florida State lost it.
Opta Stats reports that SMU won the game 27-24 despite having a turnover ratio of minus three or less, more penalties than the opponent team, lower rushing yardage, shorter time in possession, and missed field goal.
The jokes grew more and more joking about the buyout due to head coach Mike Norvell. FSU avoided paying their electrical bills in order to save up money. Norvell is already under pressure to perform, and a defeat of this magnitude will only make things worse for him.
After a week off, they will travel to Tuscaloosa and take on Alabama.
Trending up: Massachusetts
Last but not least, let’s talk about Massachusetts. They started the week off with an incredible upset over Rutgers.
Minutemen, who were underdogs by 29.5 points against Rutgers in the power conference, won, arguably, the most important win for the program since it claimed the FCS championship in 1998. Virginia Tech’s transfer Pop Watson, who was a 29.5-point underdog to Rutgers in the game against them, won by a score of 19-22 for 197 yard and 3 touchdowns. This is as many successful throws as incompletes.
The Minutemen had a record of 26-134 going into the game with Rutgers on Thursday.
They were 29.5-point underdogs.
Football in college. College football is the best.

On Saturday, Doug Eddings apologized for his advice to Hancel Rincon of the St. Louis Cardinals to fix the tilted top on Friday during the Cardinals’ 7-6 victory over Colorado Rockies.
According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, Major League Baseball reportedly told the umpire that his reprimanding Rincon was inappropriate.
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Eddings’ directive to Rincon caused a stir, and Cardinals Manager Oliver Marmol was ejected for his argument over the incident.
Rincon apologized to Derrick Goold, St. Louis Post Dispatch reporter Derrick Goold via Kleininger Teran (the team’s bullpen catcher) and the St. Louis Post Dispatch. He also wished me luck in my future career as a major-leaguer.
According to Owen Perkins of MLB.com, the rookie told Eddings: “Don’t worry. It’s not personal. Everything stays here.”
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This incident occurred in the sixth inning during Friday’s major league debut of Rincon. Eddings, while the rookie pitcher was pitching against Colorado’s Cole Carrigg called timeout. He then appeared to instruct Rincon to adjust the brim on his cap through Cardinals’ catcher Leo Bernal.
Rincon already had given up a Triple to TJ Rumfield, and also thrown a Wild pitch which allowed the Rockies’ first baseman score. After Eddings stopped the game, Rincon threw down the middle of his strike zone a fastball at 96 mph that Carrigg blasted off the wall to right center field.
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Justin Bruihl replaced Rincon after he allowed Connor Norby to single. In 1/3 of an inch, he allowed three runs. Marmol was thrown out of the game for arguing with Eddings as Bruihl warm up.
Eddings informed reporters after the game that Rockies’ catcher Hunter Goodman had raised the question of Rincon’s cap and asked if it was allowed to be worn in this way. Rincon did not break any MLB rules, according to the umpire. Goodman, however, denied having said anything.
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Thomas Harding of MLB.com reported that Goodman stated, “I have never mentioned the hat.” It doesn’t really matter who is pitching. It doesn’t matter how the pitcher wears his hat. I am trying to figure out how the ball will come out and what my role is in the box. “I’m not concerned about the appearance of his hat.”
Eddings spoke to Marmol, Rockies Manager Warren Schaeffer and Rincon before Saturday’s match, in which St. Louis was defeated 10-7. He also made sure that he talked with Rincon when the Cardinals were walking to the bullpen. It is reported that this happened after MLB informed Eddings he had gone too far in telling Rincon to adjust his cap.
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Rosenthal says it’s unclear whether MLB will discipline Eddings further for this incident.
In protest, many Cardinals players turned their brims to the left during batting practice. As did many Rockies players during the game, they continued to wear their caps with a crooked brim. In solidarity, several Cardinals behind the home plate as well as radio announcer John Rooney wore their hats with a crooked edge.
Rincon stated, “I was very impressed by the support I received from my teammates.” It’s obvious that when we work together as a group like this, our performance will be better.
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Rincon pitched again in the game on Saturday, giving up four runs and hitting two in an inning. The rookie’s 47.25 ERA is not just a statement of style, but also a reflection of his short MLB career. The Cardinals announced Sunday that he was demoted to Triple-A Memphis.

Kimi Antonelli, the Formula 1 World Championship leader, has won the Italian Grand Prix after coming in 19th place on the grid and beating Mercedes teammate George Russell.
Max Verstappen beat the McLaren on the podium in an exciting display of battery-powered yo-yo race. Antonelli, who had a penalty for the grid and pitted mid-race, scythed through the pack and defeated the longtime leader Russell.
It was a big blow to the tifosi filled grandstands. Lewis Hamilton tried to pass his teammate Charles Leclerc on the inside of Turn 1’s tight chicane. Leclerc pushed Hamilton wide as the Briton exited, and Hamilton dropped six places to 10th.
Race control noted the incident, but at the end of Lap 2, Leclerc was involved in a massive crash as he tried to avoid Oscar Piastri of McLaren. Leclerc took off at high speeds and skated over the gravel before veering into the wall. He escaped uninjured but brought out the red for extensive barrier repairs.
Russell was able to overtake Gasly earlier in the lap. This ensured that the Mercedes driver will start from the pole position. Verstappen, Franco Colapinto, and Piastri were pushed down to fourth and fifth.
Under the red flag all drivers received a free change of tyres, but Verstappen was the only driver to choose mediums over hards. Russell took the lead over Gasly after an extra lap was completed for Yuki Tasunoda’s out-of-position. Colapinto then passed Verstappen for third in the second Alpine. Colapinto was pushed to the back of the field after Verstappen retaliated by a signature move on the outside corner of the second chicane.
Hamilton was in the middle of a melee with Piastri and Racing Bulls Arvid Lindblad, as they fought Norris, whose teammate he was, behind them. Antonelli, who had a fast start to the race, took advantage of this fight and sped up to sixth place with a pass over Norris on the main straight.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
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Verstappen passed Gasly for second on lap 7. This further weakened Alpine’s chances of Gasly winning the race. The Frenchman lost his third place to Hamilton three laps after that. He was also unable to hold Piastri or Antonelli back as Gasly dropped down to sixth.
The idea was to give Russell an easy path to the victory by clearing Gasly fast. However, on a day where slipstreaming played a key role, Verstappen was relentless and the Mercedes driver was forced to come under constant pressure. They traded the lead twice more on the 12th and 15th laps.
Antonelli, who started 19th out of two Mercedes drivers, quickly became the driver more likely to win the race. Antonelli, the third car in a group of three, was two seconds back of the leader. He had already eliminated Hamilton and Piastri.
Russell and Verstappen’s battle allowed Antonelli, who was battling for second with the Red Bull driver on lap 16, to quickly close on their lead fight. Antonelli needed only one pass to take the lead from Russell, taking control at Turn 1 on Lap 18.
Russell retook the lead twice on laps 22 and 23, with battery level dictating speed. The young Italian was grumpy when the pitwall suggested that the yoyo race be stopped and a distance built to Verstappen. However, he eventually agreed and tucked behind Russell to conserve his medium-tyres.
After Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin came to a stop, Antonelli and Verstappen used the virtual safety vehicle to switch from their old rubber to the new. They finished sixth and seventh respectively, only 15 seconds back of Russell who was still on his hard rubber at the finish.
Verstappen was able to catch up to Antonelli on lap 37, after he had passed Hamilton, then Piastri, to take second. He still has 16 laps left to reduce the gap of nine seconds to his teammate.
George Russell Mercedes
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Antonelli caught Russell quickly but was not able to do so in the beginning, because the Briton had escaped action after a possible yellow flag violation. Russell’s hard rubber tyres began to show signs of wear at the end, which allowed Antonelli close the gap on lap 47.
Russell cut Turn 2 to try and keep Antonelli in his rear. The Italian also went off, slipping through the gravel trap outside and allowing Russell the lead.
Antonelli, not satisfied with the Turn 1 fight, tried to repeat the tour on the next day but chose a straighter pass between Lesmo 2 Variante Ascari.
The young driver, who is 19 years old, held on to his lead all the way through the race and won his native race for the second time. Verstappen and Russell were both on the podium. Russell finished a disappointing second.
Norris finished fourth ahead of Piastri, with Hamilton finishing sixth on medium-worn tyres. Gasly, who started on pole position, finished seventh, ahead of Lindblad, Colapinto and the Racing Bulls second car, driven by Tsunoda.
Antonelli, the first Italian to win the Monza race for 60 years, has extended his lead in the championship by seven points. He now leads Russell by 66 in the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid next weekend.
F1 Italian GP – Race results
RACE
Stats
Cl Driver Number Laps time Interval km/h Pits Points retirement Chassis engine 1 A. Antonelli 12 53
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225 Mercedes Mercedes Russell Mercedes 63
+3.857
3.857
3.857 1 18 Mercedes Mercedes 3 M. Verstappen Red Bull Racing 3 53
+14.718
14.718
Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Redbull 4 L. Norris McLaren
+19.056
19.056
4.338 1 12 McLaren Mercedes 5 O. Piastri McLaren 81 53
+19.253
19.253
0.197 1 10 McLaren Mercedes 6 L. Hamilton Ferrari 44 53
+24.655
24.655
5.402 8 Ferrari Ferrari P. Gasly Alpine 10. 53
+27.351
27.351
2.696 Alpine Mercedes 8 A. Lindblad Racing Bulls 42 53
+45.136
45.136
17 785 1 4 RB Red Bull F. Colapinto Alpine 53
+47.353
47.353
2.217 1 2 Alpine Mercedes 10 Y. Tsunoda Racing Bulls 22 53
+58.187
58.187
10.834 1 1 RB Red Bull 11 G. Bortoleto Audi 5 53
+1’05.187
1’05.187
7.000 1 Audi Audi 12 N. Hulkenberg Audi 27 53
+1’06.187
1’06.187
1.000 2 Audi Audi 13 C. Sainz Williams 55 53
+1’14.117
1’14.117
7 930 2 Williams Mercedes 14 L. Lawson Red Bull Racing 53
+1’15.609
1’15.609
1.492 Red Bull Red Bull 15 O. Bearman Haas F1 Team 8753
+1’18.958
1’18.958
3.349 1 Haas Ferrari 16 E. Ocon Haas F1 Team 31 52
One lap
2 Haas Ferrari 17 A. Albon Williams 23 52
One lap
2 Williams Mercedes 18 S. Perez Cadillac F1 Team 11 52
One lap
2 Cadillac Ferrari 19 V. Bottas Cadillac F1 Team 77 51
Two laps
2 Cadillac Ferrari dnf L. Stroll Aston Martin Racing 18 26 1 Retirement Aston Martin Honda dnf F. Alonso Aston Martin Racing 14 23 2 Retirement Aston Martin Honda dnf C. Leclerc Ferrari 16 1 Accident Ferrari Ferrari

The film “Possible love” is a novelistic masterpiece from Lee Chang-dong, the most literary director of modern cinema (and a fiction writer himself). It may be dedicated to Krzysztof Kieslowski and “Dekalog 10”, but it’s not a remake. This film was conceived independently and then bundled together during pre-production with Asghar Fahadi’s terrible “Parallel Tales,” which premiered at Cannes in this year. It shares no similarities with Kieslowski series’ final episode, except for the commandment of the Bible that Lee plays on the screen right at the beginning: “Thou shall not covet.”
Even then, evidence for this instruction is elusive. This sprawling drama follows two couples brought together through the violent suppression a strike by workers at a large Korean metals plant. Who exactly is the object of desire?
The film’s female characters are easy to grasp on the surface. Ye-ji, a casually wealthy dilettante with pale skin that glows as lustrously as her perfect bob in “Parasite”, is a first-time filmmaker who hopes to create a documentary on South Korea’s declining labor conditions, with an emphasis on recent protests at SP Heavy Industries. Ye-ji pitches the project before a grant-making board, but it’s assumed that her husband Sang-woo is the one who has funded the majority of the funding and given her all the creative freedom.
The other side is the implosive and taciturn Ho-seok (“Peppermint Candy” star Sul Kyung-gu), who has been a shell of himself since being injured during the crackdown that ended the ensuing strike. She hopes to help him process his trauma by participating in Ye-ji’s documentary. Her taciturn, implosive Ho -seok (Sul Kyung-gu, from “Peppermint Candy”), who was one of the “dead,” who lost their job and purpose during the SP mass layoffs two years earlier, has become a shell since his injury in the crackdown which ended the subsequent strike. Mi-ok is hoping that Ye-ji’s documentary will allow him to deal with his trauma and stop shuffle around like a maniac. He might be able to become more of a present father for their son Cheol – whose abject incompetence is expressed best by his current lackluster performance at Taekwondo.
The matrix of desire that is at play in Lee and Oh Jungmi’s nuanced screenplay, however, remains elusive until the film’s final velvet punch. Mi-ok is envious of Ye-ji and her designer bags, but there’s also an undercurrent of sexual tension whenever Mi-ok and Sang-woo are alone. This charge eventually ignites a memorable pre-dawn scene on a beach at the end. It would be unhelpfully simplistic to say that Mi-ok is jealous of Ye-ji’s hyper-affluent best friend.
Lee loves to make us angry at the one percent. The movie’s jagged screenplay, which was inspired by a similar event at a Korean giant company over a decade ago, is most blatant when it pokes fun at the way Ye-ji bungles her way into Mi-ok and Ho’seok blue-collar lives. The privileged documentarian, who wants to watch the factory workers, stands out as a Maybach in a monastery. She is angry at not being able to switch back to the lower financial rungs despite having grown up in a poor town.
Lee uses a variety of devious ways to use the visual gag where an intimate scene is filmed and Ye-ji can be seen hiding behind a corner in a camera. She is right to want to show how the owners of businesses are automating their business to keep their wealth. But she fails to see the condescending way she insults her subjects.
While Lee’s “Burning” was more monumental, this story is built on a single instance of horrific violence, rather than building up to it. His latest film also alternates between long dialogue scenes and indelible visual moments. It’s difficult for Lee’s comparatively restrained domestic saga, to compete with Jeon Jong Seo’s Sunset Dance along the DMZ. However, Lee still has the ability to create spectacle from thin air – for injecting something as mundane as a simple car ride or a dip in the sea with a high degree of silence pathos. The film “Possible love” is a symphony showcasing the striated social abrasion. Every gesture, every comment and each detail serve to sharpen the odd geometry which brings the characters closer while also deepening the rifts that ultimately separate them.
In a few judiciously chosen moments, this geometry can be expressed in an eerie way. Sang woo has an old whistle in his living room of the summer palace. The “house fairies” (a non-verbal groundskeeper that Sang woo played with as a child) are conditioned to run whenever he blows it. The distance between characters in this film is mostly conveyed through subtle, yet powerful, gestures. For example, Sang-woo’s confident posture and Mi-ok’s wavy, brittle hair are both indicative of the character’s inner struggles. Ye-ji documents his pain with a casual air.
After “Possible Love”, which spends its last hour in Sang-woo’s summer house, Lee’s attention to the bodies of his characters and their clothing pays off – enormously. (“This looks like a home from a book I’ve never read!” Mi-ok exclaims during dinner. The movie’s exploration of power and freedom takes on a physical aspect after a drunken night at karaoke, and some early morning strolls by the beach of Sang-woo’s mansion.
The film “Possible love” is brilliant, if not unnerving. It takes great pleasure in balancing the odds between two couples. But these shifty indulgences have too much reality for them to be a wish-fulfillment. It’s not naive to think that the “poor” character will ever be able to achieve equality with their rich counterparts, and it’s also not patronizing to imply that being exploited is somehow a noble act. Ho-seok, however, is not an innocent victim. He is a deeply broken man who is utterly frustrated by a system designed to oppress him. Lee’s interest is more in expressing his suffering than in solving it.
It is not rooted in false optimism or wanton desperation that “Possible love” has the power to stay in your mind long after you’ve seen it. Lee’s film within a film uses the construct of a movie to reflect the moral values of work through the lens of how much people earn.
Ye-ji, who is working as a second-hand documentarian to achieve her goal of becoming a narrative film maker (“Imagining is my hobby”, is not exactly what one would want to hear about someone directing a movie on their life), is the victim of the smoothness of life. She has had to “method-act” to be able to approach her subjects to shoot real footage. She uses a parody to mock the invisible work she noticed for the first time on a visit to a Qattari luxury hotel. But she cannot see Mi-ok or Ho-seok unless they are fabricated for the camera.
Sang-woo, on the other hand, is so frictionless in his work that he’s able to buy and sell whole companies while drinking a latte. His marriage with Ye-ji also feels as if it were laminated. The couple snipes at each other passively in small bursts to avoid getting dirt on their bedsheets. They also relegate their latent desire to blind spots created by rich people so they can’t see beyond themselves.
Mi-ok, on the other hand, has no option but to face the difficulties that they have faced and want things so desperately they cannot forget the hard work they have put in to each other. They can’t pretend to be anything else, so they live their lives based on a potential love. Their history is imperfect and clumsy, and they have tenuous financial prospects in the future. But, because of the perfectly modulated, flashbacks, they won’t need to covet anything that this world offers for free. Mi-ok, Ho-seok felt that the moon only shone for them in the evenings. The final scenes of this beautifully shaded and gently shattering drama celebrate the freedom the two give each other.
Grade: A

On Saturday, Doug Eddings apologized for his advice to Hancel Rincon of the St. Louis Cardinals to fix the tilted top on Friday during the Cardinals’ 7-6 victory over Colorado Rockies.
Eddings’ directive to Rincon was the cause of a stir that led Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol to be ejected for disputing what happened.
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Rincon apologized to Derrick Goold, St. Louis Post Dispatch reporter Derrick Goold via Kleininger Teran (the team’s bullpen catcher) and the St. Louis Post Dispatch. He also wished me luck in my future career as a major-leaguer.
According to Owen Perkins of MLB.com, the rookie told Eddings: “Don’t worry. It’s not personal. Everything stays here.”
This incident occurred in the sixth inning during Friday’s major league debut of Rincon. Eddings, while the rookie pitcher was pitching against Colorado’s Cole Carrigg called timeout. He then appeared to instruct Rincon to adjust the brim on his cap through Cardinals catcher Leo Bernal.
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Rincon already had given up a Triple to TJ Rumfield, and also thrown a Wild pitch which allowed the Rockies’ first baseman score. After Eddings stopped the game, Rincon threw down the middle of his strike zone a fastball at 96 mph that Carrigg blasted off the wall to right center field.
Justin Bruihl replaced Rincon after he allowed Connor Norby to single. In 1/3 of an inch, he allowed three runs. Marmol was thrown out of the game for arguing with Eddings as Bruihl warm up.
Eddings informed reporters after the game that Rockies’ catcher Hunter Goodman had raised the question of Rincon’s cap and asked if it was allowed to be worn in this way. Rincon did not break any MLB rules, according to the umpire. Goodman, however, denied having said anything.
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Thomas Harding of MLB.com reported that Goodman stated, “I have never mentioned the hat.” It doesn’t really matter who is pitching. It doesn’t matter how the pitcher wears his hat. I am trying to figure out how the ball will come out and what my role is in the box. “I’m not concerned about the appearance of his hat.”
Eddings spoke to Marmol, the Rockies’ manager Warren Schaeffer and Rincon before the game on Saturday, in which St. Louis was defeated 10-7. He also made sure to talk to Rincon when the Cardinals were walking to their bullpen.
In protest, many Cardinals players turned their brims to the left during batting practice. As did many Rockies players during the game, they continued to wear their crooked caps. In solidarity, several Cardinals behind the home plate as well as radio announcer John Rooney wore their caps crooked.
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Rincon stated, “I was very impressed by the support I received from my teammates.” It’s obvious that when we work together as a group like this, our performance is going to be better.
Rincon pitched again in the game on Saturday, giving up four runs and hitting two in an inning. The rookie’s two MLB appearances have seen him achieve a 47.25 ERA.