During yesterday’s fantastic Greinke vs. Reineke Brewers-Reds matchup yesterday (with Roenicke managing, no less), somebody without a weird amount of Ns, Ks and Es in their name stood out. That was Edgar Renteria, Reds veteran and occasional shortstop, who is caught on film here emitting pure veteran presence:

That was a weak ground ball off the bat of Brewers “shortstop” Yuniesky Betancourt, who actually managed to hustle his way into second and then score on an ensuing Nyjer Morgan single. The picture really doesn’t do justice to this play — check out the video, too.

The righteous blog-folk over at i09.com have assembled a scientifically rigorous ranking of “10 scenes from the most ridiculous sports comic ever published,” and it should surprise no one that our fair game comes out on top! Congrats, cowhide and maple, and roll tape …

Indeed, why did Satan challenge a World Series team to a game of baseball? Considering his obvious mechanical flaws, could this possibly be wise? Given his stride length toward the plate, he’s surely overloading his shoulder muscles. Is it a cloven-hoof thing? Does having creepy beast feet lead to an unnatural landing point when airing out the four-seamer? In any event, I worry about our archfiend.

Still and yet, mechanical concerns will not stop me from giving the Angel of Darkness a doughty heckling!

Huzzah, black-hearted belly itcher, huzzah!

Yogi Berra is looking at, or near, your soul.

In our most recent and third-ever NotGraphs Chat, reader and commenter TheGrandSlamwich asked which, among Yogi Berra’s various and sundry bon mots, was our (Dayn’s and my) favorite. This, like picking one’s favorite child, is simple. For me, it’s this, regarding a restaurant: “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” For Dayn, I forget. His opinions, being not mine, are of secondary importance to my life experience.

In a suspiciously timed — but no less authentic — turn of events, our Investigative Reporting Investigation Team has just today discovered five previously unpublished Yogiisms. As to whether they’re Authentic Berra — who himself quothed “I really didn’t say everything I said” — it’s hard to say. Either way, you’re sure to amuse your friends and numerous lovers with what follows.

Regard:

On His Health
I’m fine: the doctor looked in my head and didn’t find anything.

On Being Second-Guessed
No one can second-guess me. I guessed more times than that already.

On Golf
I played 18 holes, I just didn’t use’em all.

On Half-Way Crooks, Existence Of
There ain’t no such things as half-way crooks.*

On Growing Up Poor
I never lived on the street, but I could see it from my window.

*There’s reason to believe that Mobb Deep took this from Berra.