and yet! owners say they want a salary cap while the narrative out there is that the Dodgers spend too much. archive.is/L6uaA

hmmm ... yikes!

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excited to hear Jason Benetti on the call on a nat'l broadcast!! which is then immediately dampened by Clayton Kershaw's presence

Clayton Kershaw working for NBC is the first time he's been open to being represented by acronyms and a rainbow

it's still opening day. but here's a blog about why my 14th season covering baseball is quite a bit different for me! placeholders.beehiiv.com/p/career-min...

Should we all reintroduce our baseball allegiances for a quick refresher? No explanation. 1) questioning Rob Manfred 2) yelling at everyone about how they don't understand how economics works 3) press box coffee 4) yelling at people that Summerlin is not an actual town but Paradise is

Brother this is the home of THE Murder Kroger lmao

y'know if the bar for opening day is this...

it's still opening day. but here's a blog about why my 14th season covering baseball is quite a bit different for me! placeholders.beehiiv.com/p/career-min...

the WBC is arguably one of the coolest things MLB has ever done and we do not have to hand it to Selig about it but if you think this is the work of the WBC and not the fact that Team USA was so poorly managed and failed upwards then idk man

turns out if you're a pitcher who pitched for Team USA at one point during the WBC, your first start pitching line looks more fucked than how the US military fucked Bin Laden

I have had the great joy of introducing terminally online baseball things like "big ball chunky time" to a grad school friend who I think I am now turning into a terminally online baseball fan

It’s big ball chunky time

MLB’s Korean marketing slogan used to be “It’s big ball chunky time”, and I will never stop thinking about it

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hey y'all!! LA28 is fucked!!!

This is so great and charming. This is a perfect Defector piece. I had no idea what to expect and now would go to great lengths to defend the mayor of Ottawa and his sweet good morning pictures.

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Bryce Harper will raise the question "is Bryce Harper going to get sick from this"

I should've been in Costa Rica today. hearing the pre-recorded "come with me" part of "Bones" translated to "venga conmigo" for LatAm shows. like a very normal person.

this ... this actually makes too much sense and is the most Baltimore thing I've seen in a while (h/t @meghin.bsky.social) www.mlb.com/orioles/vide...

when I made this joke, I didn't know Jason Bateman was going to narrate this overdramatic segment on Take Me Out to the Ballgame

I shit you not: VASGERSIAN: As a fan? MANFRED: Yeah. Well, I was working for baseball.

"Mr Commissioner" he's Mr Manager

Matt Vasgersian: "close enough welcome back Brandon Webb"

Bryce is leaning into the Philly thing a little too much

sorry to bring something over from the bad site but I think we all need to cast judgment on this right now

Modesto Nuts Alum™ Ryan McMahon

Adobe digital ad that completely messes up the game visual with player clipping/ghosting. A+ work

yeah, that's kinda how i feel about the country right now, good job

just what we need: Manfred in the booth

Judge gets huge boos after he's introduced (because of the arson)

WE DID IT JOE

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WE SACRIFICE EVERYTHING TO BASEBALL, my book on @baseballczech_'s run to the WBC, is officially out in one week! Lots of preorders have arrived, but you can still get some bookmarks and one of three remaining media guides. Email proof to WeSacrificeEverythingATGmail

To recognize Team Venezuela's WBC win, Astros bench coach Omar López will throw out the ceremonial first pitch to longtime bullpen catcher Javier Bracamonte tomorrow on Opening Day.

the only anthem I'll stand for at a sporting event (that's not Mr Brightside)

fine: NL West: Padres NL Central: Brewers NL East: Mets NLWC: Dodgers, Rockies, Phillies AL West: Mariners AL Central: Tigers AL East: Blue Jays ALWC: Red Sox, Twins, A's NLCS: Rockies vs Mets ALCS: Mariners vs Blue Jays WS: Rockies vs Mariners (my pick since 2017)

Zack Wheeler, who had a rib removed during the offseason and now keeps it in his closet, is starting for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs on Saturday. The team found some "spare ribs" in their closet, and this concession special is the result:

I have a lot of questions but also why do I want to watch this version of Cheers

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we already have a winning basketball team in Vegas but good effort boys 🩶

oh this would explain the email I got from Mountain Dew last week asking if they could send me a Baja Blast x Rawlings thing (I did not take it)

I'll give a shit if they're actually changing the toxic abusive culture that hockey players tend to make 🩵

unfortunately, I lost the game

damn. DeRosa born a decade too late to truly play for the troops.

hey buds I don't recommend forwarding this to every Canadian you know just to see what happens