We have our first title change since The Stew introduced its Glass Joe Title a few weeks back. Named for lovable loser Glass Joe of "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out" fame, the titles — one for each league — belong to the losingest losers in baseball. But not by record, in head-to-head series.

The Los Angeles Angels had been saddled with the Glass Joe Title since getting swept by the Houston Astros. But the Angels fared well enough over the weekend to break free from their Glass Joe-ness.

Now it belongs to the New York Yankees, who lost two of three games in Anaheim. George Steinbrenner must be turning over in his grave — or trying to sign Chipper Jones.

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Bryce Harper, for all the accolades and attention, is only 20 years old. Remember that as you watch this Vine posted by Bryce's girlfriend of him and his brother Bryan — who you remember from his mustache. It's the two of them talking in goofy voices after huffing helium. Apparently they like coloring, which means they have a lot in common with my 2-year-old.

Given the context of raw sewage stewing in the Oakland Athletics clubhouse, it's a good time to re-examine something that Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price tweeted Friday. Yep, that's his famous dog, Astro, on Tropicana Field, unleashing something raw of his own. Right there next to the pitcher's mound too.

Astro thought it was real grass!! Same color at least..not the same smell but he had to go!! So what... pic.twitter.com/JuXAXeWSZ7 — David Price (@DAVIDprice14) June 14, 2013

Alfonso Soriano (left) and Carlos Marmol frolic and shake hands during happier times. (Getty)

Alfonso Soriano recently gave some tough love to beguiled closer Carlos Marmol after he blew another game Sunday for the Chicago Cubs. Reporter Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune said he's never seen Soriano more upset during his seven-year stay with the Cubs:

It's no matter that British comedian Anthony Richardson probably did this voiceover of New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox opening day for folks who are less familiar with Major League Baseball. American fans of our nation's pastime should find it funny, too, as long as they're aware of rounders or cricket (unless those are the same thing), the sport (or sports) from which baseball partially derived.

Richardson's top observations include:

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Clayton Kershaw doesn't want you to know what Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reported Sunday, that he and the Los Angeles Dodgers "have made progress" on contract talks that would make him the richest pitcher in baseball history. Once they agree, Kershaw stands to make as much as $300 million.

The key phrase is, in Kershaw's view, "once they agree." He's unhappy that news regarding the negotiations got out before a deal was put into place. Kershaw claims the leak hasn't come from his side of the negotiations, Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register reports:

"I think the reason we've been able to continue discussions this long is that it hasn't been talked about (publicly). Now that it's being talked about, it's a distraction because I'm being asked about it."

Asked if he was upset that some details of those discussions had gone public, Kershaw said. "Yeah."

"I don't love the fact that I have to talk about it."

Leaks and snitches, man! Kershaw hasn't been this mad in ... OK, it's been less than a week since his most recent disagreement with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Kershaw always has seemed like a principled person and a

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It's the kind of backup no Major League Baseball team needs: Raw sewage.

A drainage problem at Oakland's Coliseum on Sunday created stinking pools of fluid that rose a foot deep in some parts of the home and visiting clubhouses. The disgusting situation forced the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners to share accommodations on a higher floor inside of the NFL's Oakland Raiders' locker room after the game.

Via the Associated Press, A's pitcher A.J. Griffin just wants the world to know:

''Make sure everybody finds out about this sewage thing. We need to get a new stadium.''

Part of the Coliseum's problem: The playing field on the 47-year-old stadium rests 22 feet below sea level. The clubhouse level, which was the only part of the park affected, is 3 feet below sea level. The ballpark has been prone to frequent plumbing-related flooding but this, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, was a first:

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After winning three games in a row heading into Sunday‘s action at Citi Field, the Chicago Cubs paid the price for their success as regular closer Kevin Gregg needed a day off. That meant manager Dale Sveum had to find a different reliever to protect a 3-0 ninth inning lead and a victory for starter Matt Garza, so he turned to former closer Carlos Marmol.

That proved to be a very bad idea.

The first batter Marmol saw was former teammate Marlon Byrd. He promptly homered to spoil the shutout and make things interesting. Marmol then walked Lucas Duda and allowed a single to John Buck to put the tying runs on base. See where this is headed? Chicago Tribune Cubs reporter Paul Sullivan sure seemed to.

Walk to Duda. Visit from Bosio. Think you know this one by heart.

— Paul Sullivan (@PWSullivan) June 16, 2013

Next, Mets skipper Terry Collins actually attempted to do Marmol a favor by having Omar Quintanilla sacrifice the runners into scoring position, but the erratic right-hander would have none of it. On his 1-1 pitch to the recently recalled Kirk Nieuwenhuis, he gave it all away on a walk-off three-run homer.

It was a no doubter, by the way, off the facing of the upper deck. Mets win 4-3.

Predictable? Perhaps. But certainly no less brutal.