If you play it right, Daylight Saving Time is the one time a year when you can sleep two extra hours; just insist that you thought it was "Spring back."

I wish that I had had this audio during Rafael Montero's tenure with the Astros.

Baseball is the best because imagine a football tournament where teenagers and 40-year-olds teamed up and went toe-to-toe with the best players on the planet.

You know you're getting old when the songs you used to listen to at the club are now playing at your optometrist's office.

Dusty Baker is going to be honored as a member of the Cactus League Hall of Fame on March 14, and he's appreciative of the recognition.

What passes for a trend these days is watching rich old white guys eating hamburgers made by the companies they own please I hate it here.

"If only the Astros' infield log jam could sort itself out..." *monkey paw curls*

Had my first Crumbl cookie and fucking gross.

America versus Freeland sounds about right for 2026.

Mets counter by signing John Hodgman.

Big West fever, baby. Catch it!

Four innings and four pitchers later, the Titans have a no-hitter going and lead 3-0.

Man, you absolutely cannot come back from this. I would change my name and move to another county.

Publishing late this week, but the new Weekend Notebook is up, with thoughts on CSUN, Cal State Bakersfield, and Western Michigan. bigwestdugout.com/2026/03/02/w...

Tough midweek matchup tonight for Cal State Fullerton, who finally got their bats going this weekend against Xavier. They're headed to UCLA to take on the number one team in the country, who just handed No. 23 Texas A&M and No. 4 Mississippi State their first losses of the season over the weekend.

Publishing late this week, but the new Weekend Notebook is up, with thoughts on CSUN, Cal State Bakersfield, and Western Michigan. bigwestdugout.com/2026/03/02/w...

Watching the Utah-LMU stream on my lunch break and the Lions are running out Zach DenDekker, a 6'8" righty who throws 94, in a Monday start. Five-pitch mix for the Orange Coast Juco transfer.

Being an Astros fan is discovering a really exciting prospect and wondering which of the 29 other teams he's going to play his entire career for.

This rules.

Cal State Fullerton's offense has had a hard time getting it going this season, but the bats are alive today. After an opposite-field home run by Paul Contreras is their third of the day and puts them up on Xavier, 8-0, with just one out in the second inning.

Cal State Bakersfield has brought three hitters to the plate against Texas Tech and they lead 3-0.

Baseball moms > WAGs

You know it's woke because it's USA Today not USA 1950.

Leftist sleeper agent Bob Nightengale has been activated.

This starts a nice, extended west coast swing for Michigan — ten of their next eleven games will take place in the state of California — during which time I'm hoping to get multiple looks.

This is offal advice.

It is profoundly annoying that I have to move this stupid lumpy body every single day for my entire life just in order for it to function properly.

When I go to games, I usually pick two hitters and two pitchers across both teams to track, and then I take notes on anyone else who happens to catch my eye. Finding a pitcher to care about in tonight's CSUN - Western Michigan matchup - much less two of them - is proving difficult.

It's okay. The Yankees haven't opened a bottle since 2009.

After the 2023 season, Troy Percival – bored after getting fired as UC Riverside's head coach, where he was 111-177 – visited the Angels and concluded they were too reliant on tech. Shortly after, Moreno fired the pitching coordinator, pitching performance coordinator, and a chief analyst.

Having Scherzer active during the next round of negotiations is a good thing.

If you're tempted to call this "Bay of Pigs, but stupid" I need you to understand that the first Bay of Pigs was already incredibly stupid

I wrote about Govel this week after watching him dazzle Rice's lineup. My follow list is still small, but he's right at the top of it. bigwestdugout.com/2026/02/23/w...

Kaz Matsui gang gang

Just noting for no particular reason that Paul Skenes spent two years willingly playing baseball for the United States Air Force Academy.

I wish you could just mute the replies that have bad vibes.

It's disappointing especially to see this from Jack Hughes, who famously went against the grain to embrace Pride Night, and whose mother (Ellen Weinberg-Hughes) was a member of the U.S. Women's National Hockey Team in the 1990s.

If you'd like to feel old, Jamie Wright's kid is on the mound for Cal.

Rice is just not a good team.

The sky for tonight's Rice-USC match up. 😍

I wanted to write an article about how much it costs to be an Olympic skater (about a million dollars) and how nepo babies like Malinin are at a severe advantage just due to access, but Planet Money beat me to the punch. www.npr.org/2026/02/12/n...

Congrats Alysa Liu! 🥇 #STLCards

The Olympics are rad because a week ago I didn't know who Alysa Liu was and now she's like a top five athlete for me.

NEW: Trump's Department of Homeland Security bought an Atlanta-area warehouse it's converting into a migrant jail. I found the LLC selling the warehouse shares a DC address with The Carlyle Group, the Baltimore Orioles new owner's private equity firm. All the pieces matter. issa new [eyeblack]:

I'll be at Cicerone Field tonight for the Friday-night matchup between UC Irvine and Cal. Stop by and say hi if you see me!

Mic'd up Hilary Knight during the game winner has got me in my feelings.

Hilary Knight is actually short for Hilarious Night of Comedy, Tonight at The Ha Ha Château.

Me, every single game.

#TBT to when my parents nearly started a RIOT at their retirement home by advertising a meeting with our #FosterKittens Caitlin and Clark during the peak of college basketball star Caitlin Clark mega-fandom in IA 🏀⛹🏻‍♀️ 1/🧵 #ThrowbackThursday #KittensOfBluesky #CatsOfBluesky #SkyCats

I keep watching for a photo about the vice president getting smudged so that I can make a "Fash Wednesday" joke.