Well, this one will definitely be remembered as “the Pete Crow-Armstrong Game”!

This is a great conversation about a great (albeit disturbing) book. I first read the book 20+ years ago and viewed Henry as an alternate-universe version of my dad - who loved tabletop baseball. I re-read it this year when I am the same age as Henry (and the UBA) and it hit very different!

This whole time, I thought the band's name was a partial nod to Greta Van Susteren. Learn something new every day! www.detroitnews.com/story/life/2...

Reminds me of one of my all-time great “proud Dad” moments. Some forgettable Cubs starter allowed a run in the 1st and a run in the 2nd of his MLB debut. Me: A run per inning isn’t a great start to your career. Brandon: A Fibonacci sequence would be worse.

The Knicks-Hawks score reminds me of my alma mater’s first NCAA tourney appearance. Valpo was a 14 seed and had to play 3-seed Arizona at Arizona State. The score was 51-15 at halftime. I was there for that game. And the game two years later that you might have seen a highlight from.

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the first game in National League history - which is today - Retrosheet has added a box-score and play-by-play account of that game to our website. Thanks to MLB historian John Thorn for compiling the account here. www.retrosheet.org/B04220PHN187...

Thank you to everyone who has helped How Retrosheet Saved Baseball History succeed! (And many of you helped Retrosheet itself succeed!) (And if you’re curious about the book OR want some sweet extra content not in the book, visit www.retrosheet-book.com) #booksky

A lovely April snow from my attic window. (We knew what we were getting into when we moved to Maine.)

RT @Pirates: Magical moment at the ballpark 🌈

The man who stole first base (while on second base)! www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/201...

My wife made a coconut cake which was delicious and included five different coconut-based ingredients: sweetened coconut flakes, unsweetened coconut flakes, coconut extract, coconut milk, and coconut cream.

Thanks to our friends at Retrosheet, we've added three new seasons of box score coverage (1898-1900) and two new seasons of play-by-play (1910 & 1911)! This means we now have box scores predating the existence of the American League, covering the entire Modern Era (and then some!) More details 👇

Went to the No Kings protest in Portland Maine. Had a good time but really wish this wasn’t necessary.

In addition to the greatest pep talk in Chicago Cubs history, he also hit a walkoff grand slam on my 50th birthday. So, I have nothing but love for Jason Heyward. Enjoy your retirement!

If you ever tried to picture, “What if the guy from Creed sang a song about the Miami Marlins”. This is exactly what you probably would have come up with.

Should we all reintroduce our baseball allegiances for a quick refresher? No explanation. 1) Chicago Cubs 2) Baltimore Orioles 3) Negro Leagues a) Memphis Red Sox b) Baltimore Elite Giants 4) Unusual plays, especially if they’re hard to score

Pre-orders are open for How Retrosheet Saved Baseball History. Get it on April 3rd—one week from Friday—like all the cool kids. Visit www.retrosheet-book.com for links to all the major booksellers.

Wait, wait, wait! The GRANDSON of a player who played when I was an adult is close to playing in MLB!? (I actually saw Carl Yastrzemski play live, but I was 9 years old and I’m pretty sure he retired before I started high school. Whereas Cecil Fielder played 6 seasons after I got married!)

I’m very excited to read this!

Congratulations, Venezuela! I hope Danny Palencia brings that energy and confidence to Chicago this season - and I hope his dinner is on PCA and Bregman all season.

I love this!

Still brings the weeps. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBeD...

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

This is one of my people! A 30-year search for a long-lost baseball player comes to an unexpected end: ‘I could finally exhale’ www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...

Batted three hundred points higher than Jackie at UCLA!

Kenny Washington also played some baseball in the California Winter League. The evidence we have says he was pretty good! www.retrosheet.org/NegroLeagues...

My all-time favorite!

Here’s Retrosheet’s account: retrosheet.org/NegroLeagues...

The groom’s expression in that second photo is just phenomenal. I remember feeling the exact same way on my wedding day. I hope their lives together are as great as their wedding!

That might have been the worst on-side kick I’ve ever seen.

Hey! The first Patriots series that didn’t end in a punt. That’s good, right? Right?

Excellent halftime show! My first experience with Bad Bunny. Loved the music and really appreciated the overall performance. Well done!

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

Oh, how sad! Ron Teasley was the only living Negro Leaguer who “became” a “major-leaguer” when MLB finally recognized the Negro Leagues as major leagues. At least he got the honor, an honor denied to the couple thousand Negro Leaguers who died too soon. www.retrosheet.org/NegroLeagues...

Not only is white supremacy morally repugnant but it’s also historically ignorant and objectively wrong. Having researched the Negro Leagues has really highlighted how amazing Black America has always been. (1/5)

Congratulations to Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones, elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in the Class of 2026! sabr.org/latest/carlo...

Not shamelessly trying to get more likes as if that was the end-all be-all to social media. Just think not enough content is on here showing Luke Easter (standing, fifth from left) as a member of the Homestead Grays. Trying to fix that a little.

"After everything he'd been through, here he was telling me how we'd helped him with the movement. I'll never forget that." - Don Newcombe #MLKDay

What a shame! Condolences to his friends and family. He definitely has one of the most “WTF!?” BB-Ref pages. He started 42, 49, 48, 43, and 42 games (as a pitcher) from 1971 - 1975. My arm hurts just thinking about it! www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wo...

Okay, trailing in the 4th. The Bears have the Rams right where they want them!

You can pinpoint exactly when the Pope woke up

What a tremendous day for Chicago sports! Bulls win, Blackhawks win, Cubs sign Bregman. And having lived in Chicago for 29 years, there is nothing better than beating the Packers in the playoffs. Perfect end to a perfect day! I kind of wish I still lived there tonight.

I don’t know that “unhinged” is the right word. But in my day job, I was once referred to as “the Nate Silver of mail volumes”. www.savethepostoffice.com/sources-chan...

Good fucking lord. The economic illiteracy burns! Even if you accept the premise that immigration exacerbated the housing crisis - which is plausible, but overstated - the issue is on the DEMAND side. More people = more DEMAND for housing! (1/2)

A nice profile today at Ball Nine on Leslie Heaphy, one of the foremost scholars of Negro Leagues baseball (and one of my favorite people on the planet): ballnine.com/2025/12/26/d...

Found a game in 1934 between the Philadelphia Bacharach Giants (who joined the Negro National League mid-season) and the Meadowbrooks (semi-pro team in Newark NJ), where they used designated hitters! Arguably, Jess Hubbard was the first “major-league” player to serve as a DH.

I just watched Home Alone for the first time (it came on after Jeopardy so we thought we’d give it a shot). And it was WAY better than I expected it to be. It’s not It’s a Wonderful Life or a Muppet Christmas Carol. But it was quite good. Merry Christmas!

I look forward to hearing everything that y’all come up with!