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TBLA Saturday morning links: Aug. 24, 2019

Do your errands, get your lunch, Dodgers and Yankees play an afternoon game today!

MLB: New York Yankees at Los Angeles Dodgers Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports

Dodgers news ...

The Dodgers saw five Yankee home runs go over the wall in their 10-2 defeat on Friday night. You can read the TBLA recap here.

Manager Dave Roberts was ready to turn the page in his postgame comments

Before Friday’s game, Roberts said Dustin May would start on Monday in their first game at San Diego. MLB.com’s Ken Gurnick reports that May could pitch twice next week as the Dodgers will use a six-man rotation to give their pitchers an extra day of rest while they are in the midst of 16 consecutive days of play.

Only one more day to get your vote in

Around the league ...

Dodgers magic number is now 13

Arizona’s loss lowered the number again on Friday night.

Welcome to the club Ronald Acuña Jr.

The other Braves to be in the 30/30 club are Hank Aaron (44 HR/31 SB), Dale Murphy (36/30) and Ron Gant, who did in both 1990 (32/33) and 1991 (32/34).

So a few days ago, these same Braves acquired Billy Hamilton and according to this reporter, he was only acquired for his defense and base-stealing acumen.

So what happens, in the 14th inning on Friday, Hamilton is batting with two on in a 1-1 tie at the Mets.

Finally, this is the danger of tweets, they can occasionally end up like this...