A beautiful piece written by @justinmasonfwfb.bsky.social, talking about loss, grief, and what helped him along the way.

RotoGraphs: The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1493 – Early Velocity and Bat Speed Risers fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-...

Algorithms are a lot like relationships and attitudes. You get what you put into them. Be intentional with who or what you spend your time on, and you will see those choices reflected at you. These are symbiotic interactions, and you play a role in their direction and impact.

More pictures from #toutwars social event tonight. @jeff-erickson.bsky.social @justinmasonfwfb.bsky.social @mrsdsalinger.bsky.social @brittonallan.bsky.social @frankstampfl.bsky.social

Lunch at Virgil’s after the drafts this morning. @mrsdsalinger.bsky.social @justinmasonfwfb.bsky.social @baseballthings.bsky.social @dougdennis.bsky.social

The abject terror of looking ahead to like 8-9 super busy weekends in a row

this whole article is absolutely gorgeous. pure poetry all the way through.

I'm not on social media very often these days, so it took an impersonator to bring me back. Hope everyone is doing well!

Not sure if baseball or urban planning-

Thank you to everyone who reported the imposter. They have been banished, since...

1. This is not me. 2. Why would someone want to impersonate ME?

Me: Since the kids are gone for the night, what do you want to do for dinner? Husband: I don’t know. What can’t we eat when the kids are around… pussy?

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

This is a pretty fun baseball question. What Cy Young winner had the highest WHIP in his award season, and what was that number? Modern era. Starting pitcher.

These feel-good stories always have a tinge of: Why was he an Uber driver? Because minor league baseball doesn't pay a living wage?

Allow me to reintroduce myself... #MLB #DFS opening day look at the 9 game slate. youtu.be/IIESxYv4888

In 1862, a Union soldier found cigars wrapped in a piece of paper in a field of clover. The paper was a copy of Confederate Gen. Lee's invasion orders. The Southern sloppiness helped the Union stop Lee at Antietam. It's unknown who lost the orders in the field, or if he was related to Pete Hegseth.

Started/going

BASEBALL HYPE VIDEO THREAD! As teams drop their official team hype video, I'm throwing them here. FIRST UP: Your Baltimore Orioles.

As we wait for first pitch, I hope you'll consider a FanGraphs Membership. Being a Member comes with a bunch of great benefits, and it's the best way to both experience the site and support our work. We can't wait to watch this season with you!

Happy Opening Day to all who celebrate! #PlayBall #GoGiants #SFGiants #NothingLikeIt

Someday people will look back on all this, if we're lucky.

Big, if true.

THERAPIST: and what do we do with those negative emotions when they get to be too much? ME: put them in my feelings wallet so l can buy books and cheese with them THERAPIST: what? ME: what?

thank you to @allanhepworth.bsky.social for the awesome US map of #SFB15 live drafts good chance there is one that is worth a day trip in your area fill out the interest form and let us know where you want to draft

It's the most wonderful day of the year 😍

My Baseball Eve tradition. #SFGiants www.youtube.com/watch?v=pol8...

This is a Gen X fidget toy.

Last night, I had a dream that we found a large storage space at the house and were able to fit all of our stuff, in case anyone wants to know the state of my fantasies these days. 

RIP Gene Hackman…

I’m going to miss talking with him so much. ❤️

Fairytale Ball with my Prince Charming.

The weirdest paradox is that after you hit 35, you pretty much feel like you’re both 20 and 60 years old at the same time forever. Like it’s just a lifetime of thinking “but what do I REALLY wanna do with my life” while you fire up the blood pressure machine that lives on the kitchen counter now

Ex NFL player @chriswarcraft.bsky.social protesting the inclusion of a MAGA acronym in the Huntington Beach library plaque at last night’s council meeting. He was arrested and cited.

🎶One of these things is not like the others...🎶

looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

This week, it's important to remind everyone to wish others a Happy V-Day, not VD Day. Those are two completely different, albeit possibly connected, things.

As I told a rude stranger here, I barely tolerate fantasy baseball and I know what each one of those mean, who/where they came from, and the basics of how to use the information. I've been tainted.

Now, it’s baseball time.

The Chiefs lost so one could argue that the game isn’t rigged after all, but maybe that’s exactly how you know the game is rigged, because they didn’t get the calls they needed and they lost do you see what I’m saying there is no Pepe Silvia

One of the crazy things about social media is becoming friends with, and caring so deeply about, people you’ve never actually met. Some connections are surprising and wonderful. And that’s what I found with J. Thank you, my friend, for all of it. You’re in our hearts, now and always.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYBODY!!!

If I could get three ghosts to swing by on Christmas Eve and teach me what I'm doing wrong that would be great because I have LOTS of questions

My 97 yo grandmother stayed with us over the Thanksgiving holiday and discovered that she forgot to pack extra underwear and needed to borrow mine. I've never been so glad to still have my post-C-Section granny panties and not a drawer full of thongs.

I have five stages of event hosting that are very similar to the five stages of grief. Denial: We’re cleaning the whole house! Anger: Who made this mess? Bargaining: Ok. We’ll clean the important areas, and hide the rest. Depression: We’ll never finish this in time. Acceptance: Fuck it.

My mom just called to tell us that Christian McCaffrey has been private messaging her on Facebook for months and told her to download WhatsApp because it was more secure so that they could talk more. She wanted to know if it was a scam. Check on the older folks in your life, people.

The atmospheric river/bomb cyclone has arrived. Over 2” of rain in the last 6 hours in some areas and the water is creeping up the driveway. I expect the backyard to be a pond by this evening. #CAwx

Three days before the election a guy asked me if the election was this month or next month, and wanted to know how to vote.

I feel attacked 😭😆

If you’re really looking to impress someone on a first date, offer to pay for dinner and then “accidentally” have your library card fall out of your wallet