Snake Bytes 5/21

May 20, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Paul Sewald (38) celebrates with catcher Adrian del Castillo (25) after beating the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-Imagn Images | Matt Kartozian-Imagn Images

Team News

Triple shy of cycle, red-hot Marte leads dominant D-backs stretch
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/ketel-marte-leads-diamondbacks-to-win-over-giants

Diamondbacks sweep Giants, as Ketel Marte stays hot from walk-off heroicshttps://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/ketel-marte-stays-hot

Diamondbacks Finish Sweep of Giants Behind Resurgent Ketel Martehttps://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/diamondbacks-finish-sweep-giants-resurgent-ketel-marte

New Corbin Carroll Update Should Ease Diamondbacks Fans’ Concernshttps://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/corbin-carroll-update-ease-diamondbacks-fans-concerns

‘Sick of throwing bullpens’: Burnes (UCL surgery) set to face hitters
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/corbin-burnes-to-begin-throwing-to-hitters

The Path Forward for Ketel Marte and the Diamondbacks is Clearhttps://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/the-path-forward-for-ketel-marte-and-the-diamondbacks-is-clear-01ks34xgz1jb

Other Baseball

Rays use 4-run eighth to beat Orioles, complete MLB-best sixth sweep while improving to 21-4 in past 25 games
https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/rays-use-4-run-eighth-to-beat-orioles-complete-mlb-best-sixth-sweep-while-improving-to-21-4-in-past-25-games-001219146.html

2026 top 50 MLB prospect rankings update: Made, Emerson, morehttps://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48825315/top-50-2026-mlb-prospects-rankings-update-jesus-made-leo-de-vries-colt-emerson

Are the White Sox for real? A deep dive into baseball’s Cinderella team
https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-improvements-in-2026-real-or-fluke

History says you can’t score runs without power. This team is proving that wronghttps://www.mlb.com/news/brewers-scoring-runs-without-homers-in-2026

Anything Goes

This day in history:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-21

This day in baseball:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/May_21

Babies are born without kneecaps. 

Turns out, babies are as soft and delicate as they look. Babies may have more bones than the average fully-grown human, but they definitely won’t be doing any stunts anytime soon. Babies are born with a cartilaginous structure in their knees that will eventually develop into kneecaps by the time they are four years old. 

The smallest ocean is the Arctic ocean.

It is also the shallowest and the coldest ocean among the world’s five ocean basins. The Arctic ocean is about 1.5 times the size of the United States. 

A double rainbow is a mirror image of the first rainbow.

A double rainbow forms when a raindrop has two reflections where one reflection will be at an angle of 42 degrees. However, the sun’s reflection may also cause a second image off the back of the raindrop.

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