We really need to rehabilitate the intentional walk. It's James Wood! A 2-0 count with first base open! The go-ahead run on second, two outs! A right-hander with a career .626 OPS on deck!

Today for @baseballprospectus.com I conducted some vital research, creating a taxonomy of TOOTBLANs. It's time for us to properly categorize the baserunning error, so we can both count them, and shame them, properly.

No big deal, something just like this happened in the first game I ever played

We've Got Foot Catcher's Interference! pebblehunting.substack.com/p/emergency-...

Love Vogt trying to decide how mad to be about a late timeout call:

We've Got Foot Catcher's Interference! pebblehunting.substack.com/p/emergency-...

Stick shift on the right side here

How to keep Ohtani from homering:

The Maddux/Bagwell thing never made sense to me. Why would Bagwell expect Maddux to keep throwing the pitch Bagwell had homered on? Wouldn't Maddux throw pitchers Bagwell hadn't hit hard? Doesn't this supposed trickery only work in reverse, with the hitter rope-a-doping?

Thirty minutes with no updates on the shirtless Coors section is terrifying

BRO STEPHEN VOGT PUT IT AWAY YOU CANNOT JUST HAVE THAT OUT ON THE FIELD

Will The 3-0 Autostrike Survive? pebblehunting.substack.com/p/will-the-3...

I think about this a lot.

Will The 3-0 Autostrike Survive? pebblehunting.substack.com/p/will-the-3...

Scored a hit

Making the offense and defense share their challenges is diabolical. At some point there's going to be a team that breaks up over this.

Gutsiest (successful) challenge so far. First inning, Mariners had already blown one of their two, pitcher called it himself.

Oneil Cruz, who had 11 hits and one homer against lefties last year, has four hits and two homers against lefties this year (in five plate appearances)

Don't love it!

Just an unbelievably strange call. Nobody was pointing at the base, nobody was asking him to make this call. He just put a huge, unnecessary bet on an super unusual thing having occurred. Bizarre. I can't make it make any sense.

surely there's a National on this list eventually

"In 25 years Ben thinks 50% of managers will have played professional baseball. Sam thinks 95% of managers in 25 years will have played professional baseball." I've got a lot riding on Tony Vitello sucking.

First video tagged "Rockies Fundies" of the season!

ABS is fascinating. pebblehunting.substack.com/p/abs-and-th...

I don't want to read a bunch of writers try to solve challenge strategy in the first week of the season. I also know that, when it's the appropriate time to do so (like mid-May maybe) I'm going to think, "haven't I already read enough about challenge strategy?" Dilemma for everybody.

@amandarykoff.bsky.social did a double-take

Joey Wiemer's OPS just dropped from 3.600 to 3.333, with that hit

You didn't USED to be able to predict baseball. But I'm pretty sure I can starting now.

ABS is fascinating. pebblehunting.substack.com/p/abs-and-th...

Fun effort

Saying this wasn't a valid challenge because it wasn't his first movement is an insanely high standard that will be inconsistently enforced, going to be infuriating

Opening Day creep, from the Giants' pre-game: “It almost takes your breath away, the sight of the packed stands, the flyover, Opening Day, an electricity in the air as the Giants get ready for Game 2 against the Yankees—but the first day game of the season, a very special occasion.”

I really loved both Delino Deshields and pre-CY Pedro Martinez

Looking up plays on Savant and not needing to put in any date-range qualifiers, the most special day of the year

NBC is good at this. Love it when the people doing the job want to do it well.

Adding to the "seems impossible" -- only ninth inning blown save! In 58 opening days at home, only one save situation!

gooooooodness me

I put a Torkleson Dingler on McGonigle and she’s been runnin like a dream ever since.

For meter, Dingler should bat in the middle

His first in person meeting

Zoomer MLB pitching coach alert!

The bridge ogre announces my third and final riddle. "Does Miz look good or do the White Sox look bad?" "late scratch, go without me" I text the group chat.

An underrated Miyazaki classic #LGM

Pirates either pulling Skenes for first-inning pitch count, or decided the season's over and traded him

Going to be so mad if NBC clutters up its scorebug with a big Netflix logo, too

Welcome, new baseball fans! This game is about normal. There are about to be 2,429 more just like it. Where are you going.

2026 Giants Throw A Ball And Catch It challenge is on

I wanted to give Netflix a fair shake but their FanDuel Daily Dinger picks look TERRIBLE so far

You might be tempted to called Webb (second in majors in WAR over past five years) vs. Fried (third in majors in WAR over past five years) a showdown between two aces or some such. DO NOT. These pitchers are no. 2s. Doorstep knockers, if you're generous.

you'll see many people bidding you a happy opening day today. is it opening day when one game happens and it's at night? and why are we forced to consider such things?