Heartbreak in Anaheim: JT Ginn's 8 No-Hit Innings Spoiled by Zach Neto Walk-Off | BD Baseball 5/19

Friggin' Farm & Ranch Report — Screwworm, Spy Collars & Board vs Barn | June 9, 2026

Howdy there, I'm Matt McKinley and we're Burnin' Daylight. Today's Friggin' Farm & Ranch Report for June 9, 2026 covers: 🐛 NEW WORLD SCREWWORM — What's really happening in South and West Texas. What the quarantine zones and border closures mean for cattle and trade. Why DC handed screwworm preparedness to a meat-packing and export power broker instead of a parasite nerd or a working cow-calf rep. 📡 VIRTUAL FENCING & SOFT CONTROL — GPS collars, NRCS money, and conservation maps that might save you some fence posts while they quietly write a surveillance log of everywhere your cows ever walked. 📊 MARKETS: BOARD VS BARN — Cash cattle still out-muscling the futures. Sale barns paying up for the right kind of calves. Grains sliding. Diesel camped out around $5.35 as policy and war premium keep squeezing margins. 📅 ON THIS DAY — D-Day, the Bill of Rights, the Antiquities Act, Orwell's 1984, and the USS Liberty incident. Judge governments by their incentives, not their press releases. Full transcript + sources: https://burnindaylight.substack.com We're Burnin' Daylight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Tigers Wake Up, Miz Dome Shot, A's Scuffling | BD Baseball 6-8-26

The Tigers woke up. The A’s scuffled. And Jacob Misiorowski put a 98 mph cutter off Tyler Freeman’s dome at Coors in one of the scarier moments of the weekend. I’m rolling through the full MLB weekend recap on today’s BD Baseball. The A’s got beat up by Houston Friday and Saturday, but rookie Gage Jump shoved Sunday and helped Oakland avoid the sweep. Not a great series, but a 5-5 road trip feels a lot better than getting broomed by the Astros. Detroit also did the A’s a favor by taking two of three from Seattle, including a walk-off win Sunday. Terek Skubal looks like he might not be human, and the Tigers are starting to show some life. I also hit Braves-Pirates, Brewers-Rockies, Cardinals-Reds, Dodgers-Angels, Padres-Mets, standings, wild card picture, injuries, transactions, and the week ahead. Now move your ass — we’re burning daylight. #BDBaseball #MLB #Athletics #Tigers #Rockies #Baseball #BurninDaylight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

A's Bullpen Implodes, Ketel Marte Walks Off Doyers | BD Baseball 6-5-26

Happy Friday, Daylight Burners. Jake is out today, so I’m rolling solo through a lighter MLB slate that still gave us plenty to talk about. I’ve got to start with the A’s, because that one hurt. JT Ginn gave Oakland six innings, two hits, one run, and eight punchouts. That is exactly the kind of start you want. The offense did its job too. Shea Langeliers hit an inside-the-park homer and another shot, Tyler Soderstrom went deep, Jonah Heim joined in, and the A’s put six runs on Shota Imanaga. That should have been enough. It was not. The bullpen gave up six, the Cubs walked it off 7-6, and Wrigley got to celebrate snapping an eight-game home losing streak. The A’s still took two out of three in Chicago, but that was one they had in their pocket. I also get into Zach Wheeler keeping it rolling for the Phillies, Baltimore roughing up Boston, the Yankees edging Cleveland, the Giants and Brewers putting up a football score, Toronto avoiding the sweep in Atlanta, Kansas City’s offense showing signs of life, Pittsburgh beating Houston, and Ketel Marte walking off the Dodgers in Arizona. Then I look ahead to the weekend series that matter: A’s-Astros, Mariners-Tigers, Pirates-Braves, Guardians-Rangers, Reds-Cardinals, Brewers-Rockies at Coors, and the Battle of L.A. The A’s are still hanging around the AL West and wild card picture. The Cubs still look like June swoon candidates to me. The Braves and Dodgers keep looking like monsters. And the NL Central is still the division I’m watching closest. Now move your ass. We’re burning daylight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Screwworm’s Back at the Gate | Friggin’ Farm & Ranch Report June 4, 2026)

The New World screwworm is not just another fly. It is a livestock parasite that eats living flesh, nearly broke parts of the cattle business before eradication, and is now back in Central America, Mexico, and pushing hard against U.S. cattle country again. In this Friggin’ Farm & Ranch Report, Matt McKinley breaks down what screwworm actually is, why it matters, how bad it got before eradication, how the sterile insect technique changed the game, and what modern ranchers have now that their granddads did not: better wound treatment, systemic products, emergency approvals, surveillance, and a whole lot more science behind the response. We also talk cattle markets, feeder prices, corn relief, diesel, the sale barn picture, and why a Texas-scale screwworm establishment could mean hundreds of millions in producer losses and billions in broader economic damage. This is a bug your granddad hated and your kids have never seen. Let’s keep it that way. Topics covered: * New World screwworm biology * Why it targets fresh wounds, navels, castration cuts, dehorning stumps, and other injury sites * Why newborn calves, lambs, and kids are at highest risk * The old benzol-and-pine-tar treatment era * How sterile insect technique helped eradicate screwworm from the U.S. * Why the Panama sterile-fly barrier matters * Modern treatment tools: topical larvicides, systemic products, emergency authorizations, and wound care * Why a Texas-scale outbreak would be an economic wreck * Cattle markets, feeders, grains, diesel, and sale barn reads * Why ranchers should watch the situation without letting fear merchants run the show Full immersive version with transcript, charts, slides, and source appendix is available on Substack: burningdaylight.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

A’s Stun Cubs, Tigers Sweep Rays, Rockies Get Rocked, Sánchez Makes History, Ohtani Is AI | BD Baseball 6‑4‑26

Solo Thursday BD Baseball — Jake’s out, I’m running the full slate east‑to‑west, then shutting it down to read about New World screwworm instead of doing the farm and ranch report. We hit every game on the board: Marlins–Nats ruining my over, Tigers absolutely cooking the Rays at the Trop behind Troy Melton’s best start yet and Dillon Dingler’s third homer and ninth RBI of the series, and the White Sox offense dragging the Twins through the mud while Sam Antonacci reaches six times. From there it’s Mets ending Seattle’s eight‑game heater, Braves winning their 12th straight on two‑out bombs, Giants–Brewers playing a 1–0 game decided by a rookie’s first homer, Royals–Reds drama, Yankees–Guardians, and an Astros–Pirates game where Houston explodes late and Josh Hader finally closes one for them. In the homer block, the A’s pull a 10‑inning win at Wrigley on a Nick Kurtz RBI and a Colby Thomas rocket off the bench, Rockies get exposed by the Angels as Vaughn Grissom and friends hang 11, and then we zoom out: Cristopher Sánchez’s scoreless streak ends at 50 2/3 but he sets the all‑time lefty record, and Shohei Ohtani throws six scoreless while reaching base five times in a 7–0 Dodgers win. We close with today’s probables — Wheeler, Rodón, Chris Sale, Seth Lugo, JT Ginn, Robleski and more — plus a quick reminder that if you think Ohtani isn’t MVP, I don’t know what you’re watching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]