BD Baseball – June 9, 2026: Vegas Launching Pad, Naylor Villain Arc & A’s–Brewers Madness

BD Baseball – June 9, 2026: Vegas Launching Pad, Naylor Villain Arc & A’s–Brewers Madness

On today’s BD Baseball, Jake and I break down one of the wildest games of the season: A’s–Brewers in Las Vegas, a 12‑inning circus with 11 homers, 29 runs, 34 hits, 441 pitches, and 7 pitchers used by each side in 4 hours and 14 minutes. We talk about Vegas playing like Coors on steroids, Shay Langeliers and Tyler Soderstrom going deep, Nick Kurtz leaving the yard entirely, and William Contreras hitting a tank so hard he ended up on his ass at the plate. We also hit Josh Naylor’s full villain arc in Detroit – the McGonigle play at first, the sliding mitt thrown at Dingler, the cleats‑up slide through second – and why I’m now firmly in the “fuck Josh Naylor” camp, with Jake giving his view from behind home plate on Sunday. From there we dive into the ABS challenge system (Dingler’s masterclass vs umps getting petty on timing), give props to the Philly ump who let Christopher Sánchez get his ovation, and run through the rest of the board: Mariners waking up, Rays stopping their skid, Yankees’ first extra‑innings win of the year, Astros refusing to die, the Nats’ fun young offense, plus today’s best pitching matchups including Paul Skenes vs the Dodgers and J.T. Ginn back on the hill in Vegas. Enjoy your baseball and move your ass – we’re burnin’ daylight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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]