Watching the Craig Albernaz interview on Foul Territory and he’s being a very good sport with all the accent questions

Good stuff in here. Aside from the specifics, the framing is interesting and IMO correct: An offseason that would be "acceptable" in a vacuum could actually be a failure given the context. Strolling into '26 with <50% playoff odds after what happened last year is an F, even if the moves are sound.

This is an important offseason for the Orioles An A+ offseason makes them contenders again A C offseason tilts them towards a rebuild Here’s a rubric for grading the upcoming Orioles offseason thedishwasher.blog/2025/11/07/o...

Really interesting prospect. Just started pitching last year and is already very effective. Could still develop into something really cool

Imagine how much fun Kevin Brown would have with a pair of lefties he could refer to as a “Means to an Enns”

Robert Irwin and Witney Carson perform an incredibly dramatic pass doble Will Smith (holding the World Series trophy):

The Dodgers every time the camera pans to them on Dancing with the Stars

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As someone who doesn’t like asking for money I get where he’s coming from here but like cmon dude

Craig Albernaz’s introductory press conference was a lot of fun. I tried to imagine what it would have felt like if someone else at that table between Mike Elias and David Rubenstein thedishwasher.blog/2025/11/04/w...

Game 2 starter locked in

David Rubenstein: Mike we’re giving you to greenlight to dramatically increase spending Mike Elias: thanks Dave I’m gonna sneak soooo many relievers through waivers

Endlessly fascinated by baseball people’s determination to make everyone’s nickname the first syllable of their last name +y even if it doesn’t make the name shorter

Rubenstein: alright the promotion is signed you want to send out a press release? Mike Elias apparently:

Nooticing

This is a good point if you’re going to trade a core guy for pitching and then sign a free agent to replace him you have to really DO IT Trading a Coby Mayo package for Pablo Lopez and signing Josh Naylor: Good Trading Coby Mayo for Brady Singer and signing Rhys Hoskins: Bad

BREAKING: Yoshinobu Yamamoto has just taken the mound again

Joe Flacco beautifully threading the needle of being very fun to watch and also not winning any games for the Bengals

Alright A-Rod and Jeter postgame show #I’mout

I am in genuine awe of Yoshinobu Yamamoto. I can’t believe what he did this series. Most impressive pitching performance I’ve ever seen from a physical endurance perspective. Bumgarner in 2014 was unbelievable but he didn’t pitch on back to back days

Miguel Rojas wins the award for most aware of narratives

Yamamoto’s got 5 months to ice that arm

I love a good “all hands on deck” game but it does mean that someone who deserves to be chillin on the bench feeling good about what should have been their last appearance of the season is going to end up being the one who blows the game

Yamamoto is trying to earn all 325 million of that contract in one series this is insane

Out by a lot move it along

What is the record for most outs at home in the World Series?

Getting subbed out in game 7 of the World Series has gotta feel crazy. Like Bo Bichette’s season just ended

The Blue Jays really bail out opposing pitchers by not batting Vladdy second

In hindsight not the indictment on the O’s pitching staff that I thought it was

That’s crazy because to my eye that ball goes over the red seat

Im going to make Jeff Hoffman blow this game with my mind

Thinking about which current Orioles players you’d feel confident about being able to perform on both sides of the ball in a game 7 type atmosphere Thinking Gunnar, Westburg and the version of Adley that exists in my mind and that might be end of list

Thinking about Magic Johnson, quietly observing to himself that both teams really want to win this one

Hell yeah, Max. That might not be it for him but what a way to go if it is.

In honor of Halloween we’re looking at one the spookiest parts of the Orioles 2025 season Jackson Holliday stolen base attempts thedishwasher.blog/2025/10/31/w...

4.1 inning and 0 ER in 2025 Love this pickup for the Orioles bullpen

Imagined Ben McDonald saying Beauregard and smiled

Adding Will Klein to my list of potential bullpen upgrades for the Orioles apparently

The Blue Jays lineup made up entirely of defensive replacements and pinch runners vs Dodgers bullpen arms who don’t have profile pictures on ESPN

Bases loaded for Freddy Freeman

John Smoltz: that’s the issue with today’s game these guys are just on the mound throwing it’s not pitching Dodgers organist:

Twin Peaks theme from the organist!

People will give Dave Robert’s a hard time for intentionally walking the 9 hole hitter but if Brandon Hyde had intentionally walked a few 9 hole hitters back in April he’d still have a job

Craig Albernaz showing up for his introductory press conference

Life when Tony Mansolino isn’t your manager