Sometimes, baseball can be that game we all fell in love with *covers mouth so you can't hear number* years ago. Whether it's Paul O'Neil hitting a triple with an error to score a home run for a child in the hospital or that minor leaguer who crashed through a fence to make a catch or Bryce Harper tossing a foul ball to an actual clown to silence his questions or Reggie Jackson thinking about someone other than himself for a moment after Thurman Munson's plane crashed or Lou Gehrig's speech or Kirk Gibson's fist pump or Saturday. It would've been Yordano Ventura's 26th birthday. Obviously Edinson Volquez was very close to him when they were both on Royals. According to Volquez, they shared everything, even constantly having to tell people, "No, I'm not Johnny Cueto." Edinson posted a pic of Ventura on his Instagram page Saturday morning, then went out and pitched the game of his life that afternoon, a no hitter -- 9 IP, 0 ER, 2 walks, 10 Ks, lowering his ERA to 3.79. For one day, Edinson was able to say, "No, I'm not Johnny Cueto. I'm better." Anyway, here's what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
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