Couple of notes from latest update of the Kernel Matrix, which tracks every MLB (AL/NL/FL) score since 1901... WSH 15 @ MIA 7 (Mon 9/8)... 106th occurrence, second this season (SEA @ DET on 7/12). 15-7, 15-8 and 15-9 have all happened in 2025, but 15-0, 15-4, 15-5 and 15-6 have not.

Michiana will be getting the Colts game on CBS (stunning) with the Andrew Catalon crew and the lead DH games of NYG-WSH and GB-DET. 506 Sports Patreon subscribers (www.patreon.com/506Sports?ut...) get to see the preliminary map before it goes live. Much easier than mailing bribes to New Brunswick.

@hungrymarshall.bsky.social Tots’n’ham Hotdish is a very thematically appropriate FPL team name for you.

Well done, whoever put this headline about synthetic butter right next to the one about the Wisconsin State Fair.

Oh good Lord.

Happy 89th anniversary to the George Moriarty Trousers Incident. Moriarty played 14 years in MLB and was well-regarded as an umpire after that. But on this day he bent over to dust off the plate and, to quote the Cleveland Plain Dealer ... (This is why they advise umpires to wear black underwear.)

the sound i made at the reveal, this person’s mind works in incredible ways

For several years, Doug Kern was the SABR member that I most wanted to meet in person, but he passed away in 2022. While still with us, Doug had a devoted following for many reasons, one of which was his Every Score Ever matrix. I couldn't make it to #sabr53, so today I revived and updated that.

I don’t know what this has to do with anything, but since it’s not like that has ever stopped me from posting before, it just dawned on me that the numbers used to spell my first name on a traditional phone keypad are the years of the two Mets World Series titles. But not in chronological order.

Put that quote on the SABR dot org front page. That is free marketing thousands of companies in the country would pay $$$ for. #SABR53

The Pacers had three offensive team rebounds in the first two minutes. I have no idea what that means in the grand scheme of things, but I noticed it because I think about team rebounds. Bigger issue: The Pacers have zero made field goals in the first 3:01.

For those of you who like the color-coded tennis schedule grids like the one below, here's the account/subscription for that as #RolandGarros starts tomorrow morning. The analytics say there aren't a ton of you but you're pretty devoted.

I know this is intended as a comment about Iowa's special-teams prowess, but it's funnier if you read it as a comment about their offense.

The President is asking rhetorical questions about what federal government aircraft was doing, as if there's someone else who is supposed to have the answer. This is his responsibility. If he doesn't even know the answers, it's because he and his unqualified appointees are incompetent.

Projected way way way too early 2025 rankings:

I am generally in favor of accent colors on uniforms and that sort of thing. There are a lot of red and blue teams. Having established that, do these Broncos pants moonlight as airport traffic signalers in the offseason?

I appreciate that Apple's commercial involving the weightlifter doing gymnastics has fine print at the bottom that says "Dramatization. Do not attempt." You assume that lawyers were involved.

@firstmanagram.bsky.social Is Bellinger/Poteet the first Cody-for-Cody trade in MLB? That seems like the kind of thing that has only recently been demographically possible.

Pro tip: "Cavalry" is the portion of the armed forces that fought on horseback (now construed to include things like tanks and helicopters). "Calvary" is the place outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified. They're two distinct words.

Thing that irrationally annoys me: Burger King commercial advertises two Whopper Juniors for $5. Now the attorneys general can't go play miniature golf and get holes-in-one with their sisters-in-law on their way to get Whoppers Junior.

Ooh. It is officially now Dec. 1 (in both ET and CT). Does that mean we are officially in "Warm Season's Greetings To You All From Menards" season? When does that start?

This game has been in overtime for 45 minutes.

First penalty shootout in Georgia’s stadium since the 1996 Olympics

I like how we keep hiking 94 yards back and forth between each set of 2-point tries.

Shoutout to the Auburn staffer who had to go out to that coin toss with a stick mic because the white hat’s earpiece mic was down on his lapel.

That might be a record for most premature field storming ever. 28 seconds left still

They call Alabama the Crimson Tide. Call this Norman Blues. youtu.be/ZbrnXl2gO_k?... (Metaphors may have been mixed here, I don’t care.)

I still think it is weird that U.S. Soccer on TNT — the national broadcast of the U.S. national team — is presented by … Volkswagen.

Never change, international cricket.

Girl Named Tom in Fort Wayne last November. (It’s not a good photo, but that’s what happens when I take photos.) If you see this, post a concert photo you took.

I'm completely certain that I've posted this before. Almost certainly multiple times (maybe not on this particular site). I do not care. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un-F...

You are looking live at … probably your phone.

Did not expect today to involve Googling "coriander naivete," but here we are.

I think the White Sox might be eliminated from the AL Central already. CLE 70-49 MIN 66-52 KC 65-54 CWS 29-91 CWS could still catch any individual team. But 4 CLE-MIN games, 7 CLE-KC, and 5 MIN-KC left means that ≥1 of them has to get a 72nd win (and also a 73rd). Someone check my math?

So Mary, climb in. It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win. Welcome to my stream of consciousness. I like sports. I like sports announcers. Also stats about sports announcers. And don't forget bacon.