GENO. Wow. He’s an all-world dude (with famously unmatched vibes—only the good kind!)

Bryce!

Still ballgame left, but the US lineup has been 😬 for the majority of this tournament. big names have come up small. Harper’s made more noise with his “WBC vs Olympics” quotes than his bat. Judge’s biggest play is with his arm. Bregman/Buxton MIA. Raleigh hitless, benched for the two biggest games.

Love Jose Mota & our crew. Mota tricked me—said he snuck his wife, whom I love, into Tokyo Dome to say hi between games. So, I followed him into a room where the team had a birthday cake waiting for my old ass 🥹💙🙏

Copy-paste this but for Taiwan-Korea. The emotion on these players' faces is moving beyond belief.

HELL.YEAH. @tylermaun.com 👏

Comet sighting ☄️ ITF[WBC]B!

Czechia manager Pavel Chadim is one of my most favorite people in the world. Here's one reason why. He said this after losing, 14-0, to Chinese Taipei

WBC. Tokyo Dome. Bases loaded. Ohtani at the plate. Did you really think anything else was gonna happen?! 🙃😂 #BoothViews with Jose Mota for Shohei’s WBC slam in Samurai Japan’s rout of Chinese Taipei. #WorldBaseballClassic  #大谷翔平

As he enjoys doing whenever he’s home, Ohtani put on a BP show. This one off the top of the video board. But he had an earlier one over the lights in the Tokyo Dome. #WorldBaseballClassic

I asked Bazzana postgame if his notes app included lines about a home run and a win in his debut. He laughed and said he expected Australia to have a winning team, so basically, it was unsaid 😂

Here we go! Jose Mota me and our crew are ready to roll for the 2026 #WorldBaseballClassic opener: Australia (home) vs Chinese Taipei (away).

Good morning, Fujisan 🏔️😍

Magical moments are what the WBC is all about. Not just from big-name MLB stars. But from and for the small countries with big dreams. Like 2023, in Czechia’s first-ever #WorldBaseballClassic, Martin Mužík hit a go-ahead, 9th-inning home run for the Czech ages. (His mom’s reaction🥹)

Finally crossed Hanshin Koshien Stadium off of the baseball bucket list!

Was awesome to catch up with Gavin Stone last week. Hope folks didn’t forget how important/valuable he was in 2024. He looks awesome physically, and is feeling good mentally. (And surgery didn’t rob him of the nasty cambio!)

Honored to be a small part of another WBC, working alongside a dear friend in Jose Mota and with an incredible international group. Pool C in Tokyo should be electric! 🇯🇵 speaking of electricity, can’t wait to hear @tylermaun.com & Hyphen in Puerto Rico. Fired up for this tourney!

From a small scrum in Everett, WA before the 2018-19 World Junior Championship ➡️ to being draped in the flag at 2026 Olympics after a golden goal. you knew this kid/smile was destined for legend. Atta way, Jack! 🇺🇸🥇

The most hilarious content right now: people posting loudly, sincerely and very seriously about watching a Kid Rock performance. Bless their little, non-existent hearts 🤗

Happy Dodger Fest(ivus)! Excited to see everybody at the stadium today. From 12:30-2pm, Joe Davis and I will host a show from the field, talking with a your favorite Dodgers. Let’s have a day! 🤙 #ITFDB #DodgerFest

“Will [Klein] Power”

It is preposterous how many people—even accounting for obvious bot accounts—who are scrambling to yell “TREAD ON ME! PLEASE PICK ME TO TREAD ON! I SERIOUSLY ENJOY THE TREADING!” online.

Wael Tarabishi, the last person I wrote about for the Star-Telegram, died on Friday. Wael’s health declined rapidly after his father and primary caretaker, Maher, was detained by ICE last fall. The Tarabishi family believes that if Maher had not been arrested, Wael would still be alive. I do too.

I feel blood-boiling and fist-clenching rage seeing *gestures at the current state of things*. Then I see my kids—just simply existing—and I am struck by fear and sadness. It’s an emotional tug-of-war, and it can be paralyzing.

Thinking about that game 😭 Thinking about this season 🥲 Damn. Tough ending. But what a ride. Even my boys—4 & 2 with absolutely zero idea what’s going on or why dad is doing loud noises—got into it. So that’s a neat development for the household moving forward. Anyway: 🐻⬇️

🐻 TF ⬇️!!

self-annointed arbiters of “snowflakes” responded to actual snowballs—thrown by teenagers—with pepper spray. The alpha’est alpha’ers to ever alpha.

From sitting on The Forum court to doing stand-ups at Staples (/Crypto). We dreaming? 🤙🥲

Love the Munetaka Murakami / White Sox deal. 2023 WBC quarters v Italy: Japan’s lead had shrunk to two. Murakami steps in, scuffling (2-15, 8K) & carrying the hype/pressure on shoulders. He finally used the big part of the field—key RBI 2B. We saw an exhale. This led to huge hits in the semis/finals

Really loved getting to call/cover the Czech team in the 2023 WBC. Can not wait to read Michael’s book. Just ordered a couple. Congrats, my friend!

Oh man, this is great, and (as y'all already know), I agree with every word. I miss GoZ. We need GoZ. The NBA needs GoZ. The world needs GoZ. Maybe someday @craigmalamut.bsky.social and @mutsack.bsky.social will give us a sequel. I'll happily start the Kickstarter, if that's what it takes!

Maybe I’m too sentimental… It’s sad that a player like Alonso will wear another uniform other than the Mets. That’s the way it’s been going in sports for a while now, I know. But this is a situation—like Freddie in ATL or [insert Red Sox]—where it didn’t *have* to go that way. And shouldn’t have.

Happy 80th birthday to the legend, Rick Monday! 🇺🇸 He’s seen & done everything in baseball. Called more games than anybody the last X years, too—every spring training game through the postseason, every season! And he has no intentions of slowing down. So here’s to 80 mo for Mo! 🙏

Doing an event with Miguel Rojas today in Claremont. On the heels of him hitting one of the biggest home runs in Dodgers history-a game-tying home run in the 9th inning of Game 7 of the World Series. Views from the booth… #ITFDB #BoothViews

Salute to Benny 💪 Sidenote: it is pretty neat that this happened now. Because Gavin Lux & Molly’s wedding is coming up, and Rortvedt will be an usher! (Ben would’ve been a groomsman but…wedding parties and even numbers 😂 IYKYK). Special Wisconsin reunion in Cincinnati.

Can confirm that recent TikTok tea influenced my reporting. Can also confirm Wrobo’s teammates have had a great time with said tea 🍵🐸 😂

Folks. We got him again. Mo broke character 😂 (his thumbs up is adorable) Views from the Dodgers Audio booth for the final out of the 2025 World Series. BACK-TO-BACK #BoothViews:

here’s the thing about Wrobo: he don’t give a fuck. Also, Gimenez looked like he tried to get hit by the 1-2. Actually got hit with the 2-2. Know it doesn’t feel good to get hit. But nobody’s trying to put the 9-hole on for Springer and Vlad. Emotions running high; feel running low, apparently.

Game 7.

speaking of Mo, we gotta a big ol smile outta him last night on the game-ending double-play 😂

Oh my gosh I’m dead 💀 that’s amazing. Sorry for losing the costume contest for Logan 😂 “Who/what are you?” “Soo there’s this guy who is the dodgers backup TV announcer and does games on radio, too, and he wears aloha shirts and can’t sit down to save his life.” “…oh. OK. Well, I’m a Ninja Turtle.”

Mookie scuffling? Lacking confidence? Searching for his swing and his mojo? Send the signal into the skies. It’s time. 🍯

Frederick. Charles. Freeman. “Mr. World Series”. Views from the Dodgers audio booth as Freddie ended the Game 3 marathon in the 18th inning with his second walk-off home run in as many Fall Classics. #ITFDB #WorldSeries #BoothViews

Dodgers pitch selection so far has been…interesting.

Didn’t break anything last night. BUT, I did get food poisoning!!! Sooo we got that going for us heading into Game 2 🤮

For the first time in 11,689 days there is #WorldSeries  baseball in Canada. What a scene in Toronto at Rogers Centre. Dodgers. Blue Jays. Best of 7. #ITFDB #WANTITALL

may seem obvious, but Mookie is a huge key to the #WorldSeries. Blue Jays aren’t shy w/ intentional walks (ex: Judge/Ohtani). Shohei’s last 8 games v TOR: 7 IBB Betts’ career after an IBB (regular+postseason): 9-21 (.429), 5XBH (HR), 17RBI 2025 postseason: 4 Ohtani IBB=a run scored in Betts’ PA 3x