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Marathon men: How does a total of 34 innings of baseball over two games sound? Nirvana, until you have to put in the work. The Oakland Athletics, who beat the Los Angeles Angels 10-8 in 19 innings, would say it was was worth it. And so would the Miami Marlins, who rallied to beat the New York Mets 4-3 in 15 innings for their first two-game winning "streak" of the season.

A's slugger Brandon Moss ended the longest game ever played at Oakland with a two-run home run in the bottom of the 19th against Barry Enright, the 16th pitcher of the game. It was his second homer. The best part might have been broadcasters Glen Kuiper and Ray Fosse thanking Moss for cutting things short at 6 hours, 32 minutes.

"What a two-day experience," Fosse said.

What else happened?

• A's left-hander Brett Anderson, who had been scratched from his start because of a sore ankle, pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball in his first career relief appearance.

• The Angels took a 6-1 lead in the fifth, but the A's tied the score with two outs in the bottom of the ninth with a single by Yoenis Cespedes.

• The Angels took a one-run lead in the 15th, but the A's tied the score in the bottom half on a two-out single by Adam Rosales after Albert Pujols made a costly error. Pujols also hit two home runs and finished with four hits.

• Coco Crisp strained his left hamstring and had to leave early.

As for the Marlins and Mets, they breezed to a finish in only 5 hours, 31 minutes.

(milb.com/Getty)

Not to get all Dark Side on the minor-league Toledo Mud Hens and their upcoming "Star Wars" weekend, but these Chewbacca jerseys are not very strong with the Force. Get better rags, they must.

The Hens, the Class AAA affiliate of the Detroit Tigers since Chewie was the size of an Ewok, no doubt will put on an entertaining party Saturday and Sunday. They've got lots of cool-sounding space plans, not the least of which would be having Hens players decked out like Chewbacca the Wookiee, the hairy best pal of scoundrel/smuggler/freedom fighter Han Solo, and first mate of the Millennium Falcon. You've heard of the Falcon. It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.

It sounds cool, the concept of Chewie jerseys, until you look at them. What the heck?! The "Mud Hens" part is nice, with the feather, but Chewie's bandolier looks cheap and I don't know what's up with the camo pattern. It's got to be Chewie's hair, but that's only because we know it's got to be Chewie's hair. It looks like tall grass. Or maybe it is tall grass, like that on Chewie's home planet. Tall grass and a bandolier could reference Nicaragua in 1983, for all we know. Are these jerseys Contras or Sandinistas?

The jerseys are to be auctioned. But why would anyone want one? It's like being given the choice of seeing a prequel. Most would decline.

Now these, THESE are good Chewbacca jerseys:

Pitchers and umpires disagree all of the time, but it's not every day two of them go on the record and call each other a liar. That's what happened at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on Sunday, after left-hander David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays and plate umpire Tom Hallion disagreed about the 118th pitch Price threw.

Well, "disagreed" only begins to cover it. Price (and many other Rays players) claim Hallion unnecessarily dropped an "F-bomb" at Price, which Hallion denies — and then some, calling Price a "liar" in response. Price later took to his Twitter account — which is usually full of fun stories and pictures about his awesome dog, Astro — and defended himself.

Price seemed to fool Chicago White Sox slugger Dewayne Wise — and Hallion — with a pitch in the eighth inning that caught the outside corner for strike three. Price's body language showed he was upset by the call and this, as reported in the Tampa Times, is what happened next:

The United States is a wonderful place. You can do what you want. At least that's what it says in the directions. But if you come to a Major League Baseball game and just sit there, off by yourself, and Anthony Rizzo of the Chicago Cubs hits a home run that lands in the row in front of you and you barely acknowledge that it happened — much less make an attempt to pick up the ball with no other fans around, almost as if a radioactive meteor has fallen at your feet — you are going to be questioned and made fun of on the internet.

The Miami Marlins draw so poorly at home, they probably don't care much how people act once they're inside of Marlins Park, as long as they buy concessions. Just get 'em in. And yet, Fish management shouldn't want to encourage folks to be catatonic, either. It doesn't exactly send the message that people are having fun at the old ballpark.

Why do you think these fans reacted as they did? The Stew has 10 theories. Actually, we have at least 46, but these are 10 of them:

Jeff Baker of the Texas Rangers made one of the best diving-catch/throws you could want to see an outfielder make Tuesday night. What a genius move, giving himself maximum springiness by using both knees on the fence!

But sometimes, when you sacrifice your body to make a play, you make a real physical sacrifice. Baker injured both of his knees diving legs-first into the fence at Angel Stadium to rob Josh Hamilton of extra bases. Baker, who is not an outfielder by trade, was forced to leave the game in the first inning, but later said he does not expect to miss any more time. Phew.

Still, he learned a valuable lesson: Never lead with your knees, no matter how cool it looks.

The play is viewed best in animation form, courtesy of a GIF by Erik Malinowski. The best part, other than the old-timey silent film nature of the animation, is the throw. He just pops right up and gets the ball back into the infield to prevent the Angels from advancing on the bases.

Speaking of selections that Jeff Baker makes, here's the lastest from the George Baker Selection:

(AP)

How's this for a third-inning performance by right-hander Alfredo Aceves of the Boston Red Sox:

He allowed six runs and three hits, he walked three batters, he committed two balks, he was late covering first base and — on the same play — he made a throwing error. And all it took was 42 pitches, an extremely high total for one inning. Other than that, Mrs. Yastrzemski, how did you like the Oakland Athletics 13-0 rout in seven innings against the Red Sox?

Aceves' third inning: 6R, 3H, 3BB, 2BK, E, didn't cover 1B. "How'd you do that? I'm not even mad... That's amazing."

— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) April 23, 2013

Oh, they're probably mad in Boston. It has to be the ugliest inning in the history of Fenway Park. Perhaps in the history of baseball. Maybe, in the history of ugly. OK, maybe that's all subject to debate. But, whoa. After the game, during an introspective session with reporters, Aceves took responsibility for what happened. Oh, wait, as the video above shows, no he didn't.

(AP)

If you happen to think that Barry Bonds should not be recognized as the all-time home run leader in Major League Baseball history, this news is right up your alley.

The orange-colored plaque at AT&T Park that honors Bonds' 756th career home run, the one that nudged him past Hank Aaron in 2007, has been missing for several days, San Francisco Giants spokeswoman Staci Slaughter said. Only traces of glue, in the rough shape of a 5-foot-tall badge, can be seen on the brick wall where the plaque was mounted in center field beyond on the home-run fence. By its placement, the sign is easily accessible by fans, although you'd think anyone trying to steal it would have been noticed. Looking at 150-200 hours of security footage ought to tell them something.

[Also: Justin and B.J. Upton hit back-to-back homers]

"We're in the process of replacing it," Slaughter said. "We're not sure what happened. We're reviewing video, but haven't found anything yet."

UPDATE: It's unconfirmed, but a Stew reader via Twitter says the Bonds plaque was in pieces in a dumpster at AT&T Park:

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Kendrick's no schmendrick: The Los Angeles Angels hope their walk-off party against the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night will mean something come pennant race time. Howie Kendrick hit his second home run of the game in the 11th inning to break a tie and power the Angels to a 5-4 victory against Texas. The Angels won in their final at-bat for the second time in three games, improving to 8-11, while the Rangers fell to 13-7. See? It's a swing game! Kendrick also hit a two-run homer earlier. His second big pop also produced the awesome photo you see, taken by Lisa Blumenfeld.

Kendrick's heroics came after Mike Trout made a terrific diving catch of Adrian Beltre's liner to left that would have put the Rangers ahead in the ninth, had it dropped. Beltre bemoaned having to hit against the Angels outfield defense, which includes three guys with center-field credentials: Trout, Peter Bourjos and Josh Hamilton.

"It's not fair. I mean, where am I supposed to hit it?''

Someone suggested over the fence, to which Beltre replied: ''That sounds like a good idea. I'll try that tomorrow.''

Crewsin' for a bruisin': Does anyone remember that the Milwaukee Brewers started the season 2-8? They won their ninth straight, beating the San Diego Padres 6-3 at Petco Park behind a "meh" performance by right-hander Yovani Gallardo and a five-run outburst in the second inning. Yuniesky Betancourt drove in a pair and Jean Segura had three hits. Gallardo walked five, including three straight in the seventh before being removed, but didn't allow any runs after the second inning.

No free passes. OK, one: Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals finally issued a walk, his first after throwing 34 2-3 innings to open the season without allowing a freebie. But that's the only trend the Washington Nationals could buck in a 3-2 Cards victory. The Nats are kind of nasty right now, having dropped to 10-10 after losing eight of 11.

Back-to-back Uptons: Hasn't been done by brothers in 75 seasons. And the Atlanta Braves swept, or shoveled, their way past the Colorado Rockies in a doubleheader.

MORE SCORES

Diamondbacks 6, Giants 4 (11 inn.): Oh, this is no honorable way to score a go-ahead run! Gritty, though.

Josh Reddick in disguise. (AP)Athletics 13, Red Sox 0 (7 inn.): From afar, it looks like they invoked a mercy rule, but if they did, it was because of the weather in Boston.

Orioles 4, Blue Jays 3: O's win for the 100th consecutive time when leading after seven innings, a streak that dates to August 2011. Toronto knuckleballer R.A. Dickey dealing with back problems right now.

Pirates 2, Phillies 0: The Treatise of Jeff Locke goes like this: Thou shalt not score. Am I mixing up my famous documents here?

Cubs 4, Reds 2 (10 inn.): Where have we heard this before? Cubs blow lead, only to re-take lead only to ... oh, they didn't blow the lead a second time. This time.

Royals at Tigers, ppd. (rain): But Jose Valverde is on the way for the Tigers.

Dodgers 7, Mets 2: Two home runs from Mark Ellis, who has 101 for his career. Between him and Kendrick, L.A. second basemen had four home runs Tuesday night. Is anyone in a home-run pool for two-city, same-position players? Because if so, you've won! Regardless of all that, Clayton Kershaw was not impressed with himself.

Marlins 3-8, Twins 4-5: A long, cold day at Target Field.

Indians at White Sox, ppd. (rain): This space for rent.

Yankees 5, Rays 4: Thanks to Ichiro, who came in batting .220.

Astros 3, Mariners 2: Marwin Gonzalez has three home runs in 16 games after hitting two in 80 during 2012. It's the switch to the AL culture. Bud Norris fact: He allowed eight hits and a run in five innings but got the win because wins are dumb. Justin Maxwell broke his left hand getting hit with a pitch, doggone it.

''I have to see the hand specialist tomorrow, but