Probably should've added something about how we've done this all year so that he didn't make it seem like Merrill just came up with this.

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America First. Really? Trump says we have to throw 15 million Americans off healthcare and significantly raise ACA premiums because we don’t have enough money. But somehow we have $20 billion to bailout the right-wing regime of Argentina? We can’t let that happen.

📣 New Podcast! "#253: Did Alien Earth Blow It With The Finale? (with Ken Gartin)" on @Spreaker#253#alien #alienearth #crossingstreams #disneyplus #earth #finale #hulu #podcast #review #spoiler #tv

Larry Ellison is worth $392 billion. He's bought: —Sailing team ($875 million) —Estate in Cali ($200 million) —98% of a Hawaiian island ($300 million) Now he's trying to acquire TikTok, HBO, CNN—and push them right. A lot of good his giant tax breaks are doing the rest of us.

The Dodgers now lead the Giants head-to-head all-time in the regular season, 1,288 wins to 1,287 wins (with 19 ties, h/t @EliasSports) This is the first time the Dodgers lead the Giants all-time head-to-head since after a game on August 8, 1896, when they led 49-48 BASE BALL

Trump: everyone in the US died from drugs last week Reporter: [nods] Trump: so we must murder on the high seas Reporter: [nods] Trump: I caught Trix rabbit once Reporter: [nods] Trump: the cock on that bunny Reporter: [nods] Trump: bigger than you think Headline: Trump Policy Seeks To Save Lives

@letters2aj.bsky.social Manny's 82.2 mph swing the other night that got the ball on the end of the bat prompted some thinking about his stance. It's seemed like he's been surrendering the outer half and that's right: his stance has moved away...From 21.7 inches in April to 27 inches September.

This is great work - as always - but i humbly propose my guy Archie could've saved some math time by looking at this scientific chart i posted in our Padres Hot Tub discord a few months ago.

@benlindbergh.bsky.social stoked to hear your watching Platonic season 2!! I'll pop up in it this season and needed to maintain some cred with my podcast cohost Raphie Cantor after you mentioned you watched the latest Poker Face. He wrote the gym ep and was the on set producer for the baseball ep.

mRNA vaccines not only stopped Covid in its tracks, they promised massive developments in other virulent diseases, including many forms of cancer. The Secretary of Health and Human Services has just dramatically increased the number of people who will die needlessly in the coming decade.

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All universe contact-hitter Luis Arraez bunting in the 2 hole after Fernando Tatis Jr. gets on base leading off is the stupidest, loser energy move. Good thing the Padres keep doing it over and over and over again.

Been a long time since I've thought a show was perfect. Shoresy is perfect.

@letters2aj.bsky.social They didn't cite you on the broadcast but those who know, know

I can't help but jump to conclusions and get super sad at this sight. This park is usually filled with hundreds and hundreds of people on sundays. Soccer players, families, vendors enjoying their spare time in the Land of the Free. As empty now as Stephen Miller's eyes.

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Mike Shildt in the Hot Tub confirmed! We coined this unit of baseball game death in our first episode of the 2025 season, at 52:07! Listen here! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

ESPN Broadcast mixing up David Morgan and Kyle Hart's bios. 30 seconds after noting Morgan's college connection to Matt Altobelli, they erroneously say he also played in MLB that same year. Glad they're losing SNB.

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Fernando Tatis Jr's first 2.5 months of the season have felt like a decade. Fernando Tatis Jr's whiplash 2025 season....From MVP to MIA youtu.be/3UbbjumVk8I

Notice how quickly trump send National Guard troops to L.A. to calm immigration protests but refused to do the same on Jan. 6 when his supporters were storming the Capitol.

No disrespect to anyone who has served or will serve but if you expect me to stand at attention and put my hand over my heart at a ballgame while these cowards are running things, you can kiss my ass.

Stephen Miller grew up privileged in Los Angeles, detesting immigrants, queers, everyone he deemed an "other". Sending federal troops into "pacify" a peaceful city is the demented dream of a lonely, detested, rich teenager.

LA Film Production could be saved by two to three dozen of the highest paid actors in the business refusing to work anywhere else.

Pretty wild to be living in a time when humans are being forced to work in order to even be considered deserving of life or even to be considered human at all, while simultaneously human labor is being systematically eliminated from the concept of work.

Every single Luis Arraez bunt with Nando on and nobody out has been stupid. Good thing he's already set a career season high for doing it.

@theauthorguy.bsky.socially my wife Jessi and i loved getting to come tonight. Sorry we couldn't say hi, had a sitter to rescue. Hope there's TONS of waiting and no seeing, looking forward to Geoff, and hope to see you next time you brave the South.

New Article: A Time To Slug letters2aj.substack.com/p/a-time-to-... -The good and bad decisions made in Coors Field -Why Stephen Kolek's dream start and Nick Pivetta's nightmare may not have been flukes. -The welcome return of slugging, and the need for more #Padres

Donald Trump elected not to attend the dignified transfer of 4 fallen U.S. soldiers at Dover Air Force Base. The soldiers died in Lithuania during a training exercise. Trump was paid millions by the Saudis to attend the LIV Golf dinner in Florida — so he was otherwise occupied. The…

the emperor’s favorite concubine fired one of his top internal security officers while rumors abound that the household eunuch has lost the emperors favor

@mikepetriello.bsky.social hi Mike! Is Gavin Sheets the new EV king? In the bottom of the 2nd, he absolutely nuked a 97 MPH fastball from Luis Ortiz. He had the hardest swing of the game (86.1) and the footage shows a completely squared up ball. Unfortunately for science, Savant shows this.

Hey, so, @dsmithshow.bsky.social and I are doing a thing and we'd love it if you decided to help support it. Lots more info coming in the next few days! section1904.com/welcome-to-s...

Do you know why Americans are angry? Over the last 50 years, real weekly wages have been stagnant.  At the same time, there was a $79 trillion transfer of wealth from the bottom 90% to the to the top 1%. We need an economy that works for all, not just billionaires.

Newsom: “So, it’s wonderful to have you here, I think, think it’s going to be great for people to hear what you have to say-“ THE DREAD XOR’LKRAH, DEVOURER OF STARS, FLENSER OF GALAXIES: <screeches the death rattle of an exploding sun> Newsom: “…yeah, just, tremendous content, I’m telling you-“

All the real ones hate Audacy

Major League Baseball's CBT should not apply to true small market clubs. Taxing the Royals, Padres, or Reds for "keeping up" with the Dodgers or Mets makes no sense at all.

Most recent public photos of Padres owner/control person, John Seidler

@theauthorguy.bsky.social hello Mr Moore! You wanna talk Giants with me on a podcast? I cohost a Padres show and would love to have you on our Patreon exclusive guest show. We can be like Blake Snell's old girlfriends.

Voice is still gone...X HH account still locked...but , on another note,the stuff Trump is suggesting in Gaza is one of the most stupid things I've ever heard of. The blowback from this will be enormous. Americans will die because of this. This is unhinged policy making.

@dvr.bsky.social hi derek. On R & B you talked about rankings of pitchers who saw the biggest velo gains/losses from start of the season to end. Was that just a search you did or did those lists get published somewhere?

Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...

Blogged about pumping at the ballpark and whether sexism is more like a feeling or more like a brick wall. open.substack.com/pub/somehard...

Padres made the MAX they could in their market and payroll spending got SHUT DOWN by MLB, because it wasn't possible for them to spend (compete) + manage their debt. Tell me again why the COMPETITIVE Balance Tax applies to small markets, when spending is already controlled by league debt rules.

As promised! Some more thoughts on Profar; radio notes, Ueck, and the first edition of Padres Connections! open.substack.com/pub/jesseagl...

@padres.com glad you're here. That other place got bad.

Major League Baseball's attendance is DOWN from 15 years ago. It faces a competitive crisis that WILL see that problem get worse and all i see from Baseball media is bootlicking takes saying how great the Dodgers are, with no mention of their unicorn TV deal and bankruptcy settlement.