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The Atherstone Ball Game, a Shrove Tuesday tradition since 1199. The rules: stay on the street and don’t kill anyone. The ball is thrown at 3pm; whoever is holding it at 5pm wins.

Just want to join the chorus and note that @rjandersonwrites.com (soon to be a poor choice of handles) is the best. Literally everyone out here is praising him, which shows you a) how great he is, and b) how joining a baseball club is basically the same as dying

I’m using the past tense because Friday will also mark my final day as an active writer. I’ll always love and hold the craft dear, and I’ve been lucky to have this career. But it’s time for me to take on a new challenge. That’s why I’ve accepted a position in the Washington Nationals front office.

You're a great friend and I wish you well, even if you did just increase my workload by 33%.

I will miss working with this dude immensely. Great things ahead for him.

Bittersweet, happy for him for leaving, sad for myself and my teammates that we're losing him. But hey, 2016 until now with the same foursome of writers is pretty insane in this business nowadays. We had a hell of a run. Time for RJ to kill it elsewhere. And he will.

Catherine O'Hara was always amazing, but her Magnum Opus was Moira Rose

please stop doing this

Monsters of the Midway on the Mart. This evening in Chicago on NFL Playoff Weekend. Go Bears!

first time I've written about CFB in well over a decade but it's a special occasion

"...what's my risk here? That Jimmy Rollins and Mark Buehrle make the Hall of Fame? First off, they won't. Secondly, do you really, honestly, deep down think if something like that happened that it would be such a travesty?...What would the actual harm be? The answer is there isn't any. "

here's my HOF ballot along with my column/explanations: www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/202...

Thanks for the question and it's in here! www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/bas...

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Dan Lanning on Indiana: "There's not a weakness in their game. They run the ball well. They stop the run well. They throw the ball well. They defend the pass well. They're great on special teams. So, you see a really complete team, a well-coached team."

Good company for Oregon tonight. rival Purdue and C-USA champ Kennesaw State also gave up 56 to Indiana. Next on the train is then-#9 Illinois who gave up 63 and then the Indiana State Sickomores who gave up 73

one of the best parts of this site is that "she gone" loser isn't here trying to tell us how much today's MLB players suck

just as we all predicted, IU football will be the savior

need a distraction? Some offseason baseball reading? This has been out for a bit over a month but by no means is it outdated. Check it out! a.co/d/0OGtB55

had a great time talking about my book and some other Cardinals stuff with @dgoold.bsky.social here!

if there are enough good questions, I'll do a Baseball Hall of Fame vote mailbag again this year. Send me whatever questions you have about the Hall, the voting process, my voting process, anything!

IU is just that amazing. At football (what world is this?)

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"meaningless" games in pro sports? Nope. No such thing. Today's Soapbox: www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/sny...

🐻 division champs!!

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

MAX AND LUCAS FOREVER! #strangerthings

I'm sure negative things will be said because that's inevitable once something gets to this point in terms of stature and hype, but Stranger Things this season has been pretty amazing imo

maybe i like violence too much bc i think my top Christmas movies are: 1. Die Hard 2. Violent Night 3. Home Alone 4. Home Alone 2 5. Christmas Vacation

Last minute shoppers for baseball fans! Free delivery still gets it to you before Christmas!

On Die Hard when McClane starts looking for Holly's name in the computer, the top left name on the screen .... Martinez, Pedro

Going on MLB Network at 10:45 a.m. ET to discuss!

How'd my day go? Well, it actually ruled. My dad and i saw the Bears dominate in sub-zero temps

just about 10 minutes if anyone is interested in making me answer a question

doing an AMA on Reddit tomorrow! 4 p.m. ET. Get questions in early if you want. www.reddit.com/r/mlb/commen...

Mileage varies and I'll always say to each his/her/their own, but ballots like this are why I've now decided to always vote for 10. I went only 9 last year and I'm mad at myself (sorry, Felix)

Ballot #18 is from Paul White. He submits the first blank ballot we've seen this year and the first one he's ever cast. For context, his last several ballots: 2025: CC, Ichiro, Wagner 2024: Beltré, Helton, Mauer, Sheffield, Wagner 2023: Helton, Sheffield, Wagner In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

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That's the scoring record. Lamar Wilkerson free throws push him to 44 points. The most this building has ever seen. He checks out to a standing ovation. #iubb

This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.

So, against my better judgment, i tried my hand at TikTok to talk about my book. Order here! a.co/d/0ZublhE www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UWQ26K/

20th century World Series champions with no HOFer (as player): 1997 Florida Marlins 1945 Cleveland Buckeyes 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Realizing my Sheffield/Fernando/Murphy ballot would have gotten us down to one. Let’s make it Jethroe and/or Trouppe to finish the job.

Three turnovers on one play lol

Christmas Gift for the baseball ppl in your life 🚨

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Grich and Whitaker should both be in, yes.

Indiana added a wall outside its team meeting room, when the North End Zone facility opened 15 years ago, for internal players of the game each week. Every year, that wall included a place for the Big Ten championship. This year, it will be filled. #iufb