Benjamin Royer
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sports scribe for hire | @ucla, @uscannenberg M.A. alum | words in @latimes, @nytimes, @fannation, @uclablueprint | forever: @dailybruin | rt ≠ endorsement
Performance-enhancing drugs in baseball created an MLB epidemic, tearing through the fabric of the game as we know it. Pitchers’ arms could do the same. I spoke to trainers, coaches, historians and doctors about it for @latimessports. In Sunday print: latimes.com/sports/story/2…
Tanner Scott confirmed that his MRI showed no ligament damage, just inflammation Timetable to return is TBD, but he said he fully expects to be back this season
In other positive injury news for the Dodgers: Max Muncy is taking batting practice on the field today He has been ahead of schedule in his recovery from his knee injury latimes.com/sports/dodgers…
Corona high:
NEWS: The Pirates announced that they have signed first round draft pick (No. 6 overall) RHP Seth Hernandez.
.@latsondheimer with a really phenomenal story: ICE raids put a chill on L.A. high school football: ‘I’ve never experienced anything like this’ latimes.com/sports/highsch…
Diaz has no criminal history. He’s had DACA protection since 2013. He had his real ID in his wallet, but agents took the wallet away I asked DHS why Diaz was arrested and held for week. Their response: “Deferred action does not confer any form of legal status in this country.”
I spent time with Javier Diaz Santana, who is deaf and unable to speak. He was working at a car wash when ICE raided it. Diaz is a DACA recipient, allowing him to live and work in the U.S., but ICE arrested him and held him for weeks in El Paso. latimes.com/california/sto…
Should inquiring #NCFC minds want to know:
It is July 21, and the best record in Major League Baseball belongs to the Milwaukee Brewers.
Scoop: A WSJ reporter was slated to be part of the travel pool this weekend when Trump travels to Scotland. After the paper's Epstein story last week, the WH booted them from the pool. w/ @iriesentner politico.com/news/2025/07/2…
Former @UCLABaseball southpaw, who the Cubs drafted in 2023, made his pro debut a month ago after battling back from injury. He’s been electric since.
A Prospect Profile - Ethan Flanagan May End Up Being Quite the Breakout in the Second Half examiningcubs.wordpress.com/2025/07/03/a-p…
NL West July 3: LA -- SD 9 SF 9 ARI 12.5 July 20: LA -- SD 3.5 SF 6 ARI 8
The Americana at Brand AMC does not letter the rows of the interior of its theater so it’s a guessing game to find which letter equals each row. @CaseyMLoving and I struggled to find K. But now, most importantly, we are seated for Eddington.
Dave Roberts said he moved Mookie Betts into the leadoff spot in hopes it will give him a new mindset at the plate — just to get on base and take good ABs He said he will stick with this at least until Max Muncy is back (which could roughly be in “a couple weeks”)
Mookie Betts is back in the Dodgers lineup today — and back in the leadoff spot for the first time since last June
okay longshot request here: this weekend i’ve been to the ballet at the MET and tonight i’m going to a professional wrestling event is anyone looking for a personal column on how Gen-Z spends their weekends? I could have something done by tonight.
In Dodgers broadcaster news, former first baseman James Loney made his color commentator debut on the radio broadcast alongside Stephen Nelson as PxP broadcaster. Loney has previously worked as an analyst for SNLA.
Tommy Edman snapped an 0-for-29 skid with a single in the sixth, and now goes deep for a solo blast in the eighth It might be too little, too late though after the Brewers scored in each of the past three innings 8-6 Brewers, btm 8th