The Midwest quickly went from quite comfortable to wholly unbearable in a span of days, with tornadoes and thunderstorms last week giving way to what now feels like a multistate pressure cooker. It’s always good to step outside and get punched in the face by intense heat and humidity before climbing into a car doing its best to simulate the surface of Venus. Please stay hydrated and use plenty of sunscreen.
Craig Counsell‘s team appears to be wilting under an unrelenting June schedule that had them playing 26 games in 27 days before a rainout last week.