While we hear MiLB contraction isn’t likely in coming years, the lineups are definitely changing thanks to ownership shifts and changes in new-ballpark plans, as seen in Trenton and Everett. #MiLB #sportsbiz #baseballbiz ballparkdigest.com/2026/04/29/s...

Modus21, LLC expands Charleston County operations holycitysinner.com/news/modus21...

Half hour in, I've lost track of how many times they've joked about the dude lead being a serial killer/axe murderer. And the chick at the bakery trash-talked the (lactose intolerant) lady lead as a way to goad her into joining the baking competition. #HallmarkChristmasMovies #CountdownToChristmas

I think the dad character in this (embarrassingly I recognize him from the later years of Beverly Hills, 90210) is a Socialist? www.hallmarkchannel.com/coyote-creek...

Oh shit! They just called an emergency meeting of the book club. www.hallmarkmystery.com/hope-at-chri...

Brandon Nimmo is the first millionaire to flee Zohran Mamdani's Communist New York City

“Billy, this guy hit .342 with 48 homers and 120 RBI’s… his only defect is he has the Woke Mind Virus”

Welcome to the offseason! Behold the FA Matrix, and the offseason doc will have plenty more rankings and contract predictions added in the coming days: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Poe's Tavern, Sullivan's Island. Happy Halloween, dorks.

Catfish Hunter's landmark free agency in 1975 hinged on Charlie Finley's failure to make $50K worth of annuity payments, a form of salary deferral. Bruce Sutter's 1984 deal with Atlanta was 50% deferred, with payments extending through 2022, the last year of his life. www.forbes.com/sites/danfre...

A thing I learned today I'd never known before: In 2004, Colorado signed Vinny Castilla to a 1 year, $2.1 million contract. It was mostly deferred and he gets a little more than $100k each year from 2015-2019. Deferrals have been around forever, really.

In 2004, there was perhaps no recruiting battle more intriguing than the one over Governor Mifflin Senior High School third baseman Zach Lutz. He saw success at Alvernia college, but his transition to pro ball was a different experience. 🎧 Listen to From Phenom to Farm now: buff.ly/ZBoozOC

JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th [Sun rises] [Sun keeps getting bigger] BUCK: yes [World engulfed by flames] BUCK: oh god yes

A good time was had by me (and probably everyone else there) at the Mountain Goats IOP concert this evening. We even got an in memoriam(?) shoutout to the legendary Charlie McAlister.

RIP Davey

@themountaingoats.bsky.social in September, Neko Case in October, and now Superchunk in November. Pretty cool to get some really special bands pass through Charleston within the span of a few months.

TOUR starts ONE WEEK from today! New dates just added in #santafeNM, #wilmingtonNC & #charlestonSC... ticket links for all shows at www.mergerecords.com/tour/superchunk

what's Diamond Baseball Holdings' end goal? that's the question that many people in the minor leagues have. my latest for Defector: defector.com/private-equi...

So new albums from @superchunk.bsky.social, Wednesday and now Neko Case this summer? That's pretty neat.

It doesn't happen often, but I'll occasionally come across an episode of House Hunters that has someone wary of buying a haunted house. It's usually a deal breaker! This one is a real gem.

I'm at that point in my life where I have to limit what I drink because my cat has renal failure and I never know when I'll have to rush him to the emergency vet.

This @gqmagazine.bsky.social / Grayson Haver Currin profile of MJ Lenderman is fantastic www.gq.com/story/the-mj...

How's that Twitter deal aging? How's Tesla's car business doing? How's that bet on Elon's magic self-driving beans feeling right about now? Go ask the one analyst who is too smart to be popular how good SpaceX's business really looks. The real letdown is still coming, bro. The signs are all there.

@kimberlyhudson.bsky.social @huggsybogues.bsky.social

Enjoy your FOUR muffins and Folgers coffee, Aunt Becky.

this goes behind omg way up into ohhhhhh m’God territory

Oh, no. Too, too sweet for this dorky jabroni.

Recommended donation of $10 will get you a @mergerecords.bsky.social compilation feat. The War on Drugs, Fleet Foxes, Waxahatchee, Real Estate, Deer Tick, @themountaingoats.bsky.social (& on & on *136 tracks*) 100% proceeds go to WNC mutual aid. cardinalsatthewindow.bandcamp.com/album/cardin...

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,140,410. 🏂 WTG, tyvm.

My fellow Americans, I stand before you today, outdoors and in front of a pyramid of Folgers jugs, with a message and a question. That message is that I am calm and normal, and the question is "what is the largest number of dead birds you have seen at one time?"

Tuesday was one of those now very occasional good days: Waxahatchee in Asheville. That band is in a special place right now, and I sure did appreciate the good vibes.

One thing AI has in common with crypto is that boosters are well aware the primary use cases are both illegal and immoral; they don't care but can't say so in public.

Arrived a day early!

But Scott Baio, I think you are

Hell yeah, Reddit.

Paulie Donuts and Clara, Thanksgiving 2023.