There actually WAS another ten-cent beer night in Cleveland after this! Nobody remembers it, because nothing went wrong. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

I think there are at least two powerful themes that conservative writers handle really well - the grief that comes with change and the struggle to preserve the good against the tide of humans’ worse natures. Modern conservatism is all-in on humans’ worse natures and thinks grief is for losers

Probably the first time a fan brought a sign to a game saying "Here for the Ump Show!" (and wasn't being sarcastic). Here's my story of Jen Pawol's debut as a major league umpire. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

“I don’t keep track of grand slam records. I don’t have much need to worry about them. I don’t hit too many.” My latest for SABR remembers the late Phil Garner’s 1978 grand slam spree. Also strong work from Bruce Kison, Woodie Fryman heads to the bullpen, and Ali-Spinks. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

KURT TOUCHES ‘EM ALL! One day in 1971, a hanging knuckleball turned into a demographic milestone, and my new SABR Games Project jawn 🚨is On It: sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

I mean look at this. Look at the utter lack of pride or self-respect in this man's face. Look at how debased this man is, desperate to believe this pathetic final act of ego destruction will make Trump reconsider tearing his 24-year Senate career into pieces. You sad invertebrate dunce.

There have been 202 total minutes of basketball played in the Western Conference Finals. - Wemby is +50 in 156 minutes - The Spurs are -48 in the 46 minutes he has been on the bench. His dominance is insane. #NBASky #SkyHoops #NBAPlayoffs

New SABR Games Project jawn🚨: Playing his first minor-league game in 21 years, Carlton Fisk writes his name into South Bend White Sox history. Check it out: sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

“Just wanted to let some people know that when you’re second best, you have to try a little harder, don’t you?” On this date in 1967, the Henry Aaron-Roberto Clemente battle for NL right field supremacy was in the news. My article for SABR’s new Aaron book remembers. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

I had no idea about Burton Cummings’ cover of “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.” Recommended to student of “beef records” @cmolanphy.bsky.social!

Yes, you can look at the top streaming songs on Spotify and it WILL contain some old songs among the brand new hits, but if you find this concerning, you're a dolt who doesn't get that if we had the same thing in 1992 you'd have Led Zeppelin right next to Nirvana and Bob Marley next to Dr Dre

“It’s a representative republic, not a democracy.”

These posts back to back on my timeline 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️

50 years ago today, Roger Angell joins scout Ray Scarborough at a college doubleheader in Michigan, part of Angell’s research for his New Yorker essay “Scout.” The inspiration for one of my favorite SABR Games Project stories: sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

Per his official account on FB via a post from his family, music producer/engineer Jack Douglas has passed. Pretty much helped lock down a lot of the classic rock sound by default but especially doing those duties for Aerosmith in their key run. There’s a reason those albums sound great.

Suppose you really believe that there was a conspiracy large enough to steal a presidential election from you, and you regain power and, after a year in office, discover absolutely no new evidence of this or arrest anyone related to the conspiracy, you'd have to be really bad at revenge.

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RIP to Bobby Cox, who won a whole pile of NL East titles I would have liked to see the Phillies win instead. The SABR Games Project has the story of his first game as a professional manager - and after a loss like this, it’s a wonder he stuck with it: sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

for decades, Class D meant the lowest rung of the minors - low pay, bumpy bus rides, rutted fields - until a restructuring of the minors eliminated it in 1962. New SABR Games Project jawn🚨 takes you to Dubuque for the last game ever played at the Class D level:

Admiral Piett seemed like a decent boss. Took the heat from the psychotic big boss, treated coworkers with respect, believed in his team - especially when bounty hunters threatened to take their jobs (“we don’t need their scum”).

RIP Ted Turner. Harrison Golden’s recent Games Project article remembered the debut of the superstation in 1977.

Man, Trump said over a month ago that he was going to endorse a candidate in the Texas GOP senate primary run off (and that he expected the other candidate to drop out) and he still hasn’t actually done that, and that’s in a couple weeks and he still hasn’t

"Football is my wife, and baseball is my mistress." — Deion Sanders My latest SABR article revisits a Prime Time reboot that arrived 25 years ago today. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

“We had five errors on the board, and I guarantee you we had five more that weren’t.” My new one for SABR remembers one of the roughest innings of Steve Carlton’s career, the roots of Bob Walk’s tenure in Pittsburgh baseball, and Dire Straits on the stadium’s organ. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

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Tbs DOJ attorneys pursuing all this idiocy just to gratify Trump shld face disciplinary proceedings as soon as possible

I don't only write about the Nationals. Here's an unusual game: 11-6 in extra innings is an odd score, and the Padres ran out of players. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

Its going to be amazing how many people were against it from the beginning

It's only confusing if we see them as journalists, rather than people who seek to be social elites above all else. They're a generation of TV personalities who are completely beholden to the existing order. They're not going to challenge it and they'll cozy up to whoever helps them maintain status.

just saw someone call Kash Patel “J Edgar Boozer” and need to lie down

SABR Games Project article on Garner’s grand slam spree of September 1978 coming soon!

Grand slam by a second baseman is a nice Phil Garner tribute. #LetsGoBucs

Grand slam by a second baseman is a nice Phil Garner tribute.

Here’s Richard Cuicchi’s SABR article on it! sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

“His short blond hair is spiked. He tends to wander around the clubhouse in his own zone, his earphones hugging his head.” My latest for SABR remembers the split-finger craze, a pre-coinage Immaculate Inning, and The Fabulous Hoon’s remarkable series at Wrigley Field. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

Bryan Reynolds @baseball-reference.com endorsement this weekend. Cc: @adarowski.bsky.social

I am so want to call out this extremely important point: Bondi and Noem would not be fired if we had not been aggressively pushing for the impeachment of Donald Trump. Shoot for the moon, clear out some incompetent trash along the way.

History has shown the pendulum of social justice: glimmers, progress, retreats, repeat. For one week in 1954, in otherwise-segregated Birmingham, there was a glimmer — only on the baseball field. My latest for the Society for American Baseball Research. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

“I just had a certain feeling Barry had a better chance in that situation.” My latest for the SABR Games Project remembers a Pirates-Cubs game that began 40 years ago in April, ended in August, and resulted in an oddity on Barry Bonds’ Baseball-Reference page. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

Early Father’s Day present, baseball fans: How many games do you know of where a father and son have managed against each other? My new SABR Games Project jawn🚨 tells the story of one such game 50 years ago this summer. Check it out: sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

The hero of @johnfredland.bsky.social’s excellent contribution to the recent SABR Games Project Opening Day package:

Lovelady was a British shoegaze band made up of Nick Yorke, Billy Cook, and Henry Davis. Their big hit was “Ghostrunner In The Tenth.”

Walking thru the “Ultra Normie” No Kings rally in my extremely rural, white town and there are Patagonia wearing moms carrying signs that say “DEAD PEDOPHILES DONT REOFFEND” and “ICE GETS THE WALL” and I hi fived an old guy with a sign that said MY DADDY FOUGHT NAZIS AND SO WILL I” this is wild

Who doesn't love Charlie Hough lore? Longtime listener @aharner.bsky.social has a new article about everybody's favorite knuckleballing Opening Day starting grandfather. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

“Of course, I’m from Pittsburgh, so I think it’s the nicest.” My new one for SABR remembers Pops, The Mayor, and PNC Park’s origin story, 25 years ago next month. sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...

Trump 2.0 has been marked by an increasingly wide and obvious gulf between media elites and the general American public, which the elites themselves seem oddly confused about.