The A’s And Brewers Got Stupid In Las Vegas

So you think Jacob Misiorowski is a big deal, do you? The next big thing in ball, you say? The scourge of hitters now and for years to come? Yeah, well, let's see you do it in Vegas. Throw a hundred on a hot, dry, hundred-degree night in a Triple-A park. Then we'll talk, big shot. He won't get the chance, sadly, so we won't know for at least a year and maybe several. The new face of Milwaukee Brewers baseball doesn't pitch again until Friday at home against Philadelphia, which means he will miss the brand new and objectively hilarious experience of pitching in a big league game in Nevada in 2026. Yes, one game is a small sample size, but this was one hell of a loud sample. Ask Jeff Levering, one of the Brewers' TV broadcasters, who described A's Jonah Heim's game-ending fly ball with relief as a popup. Or Brewers catcher William Contreras, who tapped his glove in triumph on that play. Or pitcher Aaron Ashby, who dropped his head and prepared to accept congratulations on his 10th relief win of the season. They were all wrong. They were wrong because Heim hadn't actually ended the game at all; that popup just kept on carrying in the desert air, and became a homer that tied the game up at 14-14 in the 10th. It was a homer that could not have happened in any big-league park, but because the A's were house-sitting for the Triple-A Aviators, it happened. And, once again, it tied the game at 14-14. 14-14!