Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.

Yankees' Judge clinches win in 'All Rise,' 'Here Comes The Judge' trademark case reut.rs/4puzsWs

The Kyle Farnsworth-Iowa mystery might have been just been solved 🕵️‍♂️

Would encourage you to also read @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social with an excellent point-by-point breakdown of “PhamGraphs” at @fangraphs.com. blogs.fangraphs.com/welcome-to-p...

Somehow Palpatine will return in AVENGERS DOOMSDAY.

Consistently impressed with the writing by @benclemens.bsky.social blogs.fangraphs.com/hitters-keep...

This is what I get for reading on my phone before coffee

I was wondering if the returns for Gray & Contreras in terms of pitching would result in the #STLCards targeting position player prospects in the Donovan trade. Rosenthal reports that is their preference: www.nytimes.com/athletic/694...

Latest notes with Will Sammon: *Effect of luxury tax on free agency *Cubs in mix for Bregman, Bichette *The delay on Donovan *Mets working trades *O’s would punt a pick *Justin Wilson mulls retirement *White Sox seek SP *Brewers’ interesting hire www.nytimes.com/athletic/694...

I needed to start the new year with this conversation with the remarkable philosopher C. Thi Nguyen (@add-hawk.bsky.social) about scoring systems; outsourcing values; and the game that you — and me — shouldn't be playing: youtu.be/7AdbePyGS2M?...

He may not be getting elected this year, but King Félix has been the story of the cycle so far: 2025 - 81 yes, 313 no 2026 - 82 yes, 58 no He's also rocking a 38.7% flip rate, the highest of any candidate, narrowly ahead of Beltrán's 38.1% Full Flip Rate data: bit.ly/bbhof-flip-r...

“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’” www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

A Cardinals source says the team is monitoring the situation in Venezuela and that all of their players and staff in the country are safe and accounted for.

Oh, just get vaccinated (part 5,000) "Many shots seem to have “off-target” benefits, such as lowering the risk of dementia, studies have found." (gift article)

Didn't expect to begin my career as geopolitics reporter today but.../gestures broadly/ Jackson Chourio is one of at least 3 Brewers currently in Venezuela, hitting a huge playoff homer last night. The Brewers are now in scramble mode figuring out what to do next. www.jsonline.com/story/sports...

Hi, BlueSky converts. Probably deserves some updating, but here's a list of baseball analytics nerds if that's up your alley. go.bsky.app/GZjLuxK

The first 114 ballots revealed include 20 from first-time voters. Here is how they've voted as a group: Beltrán 100% Félix, Andruw, Utley 90.0% Pettitte 75.0% Abreu 65.0% Hamels, Manny, A-Rod 55.0% Buehrle 40.0% Pedroia 35.0% Wright 30.0% Rollins 20.0% K-Rod 15.0% Torii, Vizquel 5.0% tracker.fyi

AI sucks mondo ass

70 years ago, Topps produced this beauty.

“When I reached out to Brex to try to understand what its ad meant, no one answered.”

Lonnie Smith, 1982 St Louis #Cardinals #Baseball

The Athletic says that Katie Strang’s Mary Kate Cornett story—written during McAfee/ESPN’s months-long silence—was the most-read story on the site in 2025. www.nytimes.com/athletic/624...

"7 a.m. (New Year's Morning)," László Moholy-Nagy (c. 1930)

OBP 2025 Herrera: .373 Donovan: .353 Contreras: .344 Burleson: .343 Nootbaar: .325 #MLB: .315 #STLCards: .314 (T-13th) Winn: .310 Scott II: .305 Saggese: .299 Gorman: .296 Arenado: .289 Walker: .278 Pagés: .272

It's strange to me that I listen to more music and podcasts on Spotify than I watch shows and movies on streaming apps, yet the Spotify algorithm recommendations are so very much worse.

It's strange how rarely journalists covering this space can ask "Hey, but is it bullshit?". CEO's whose companies are over-leveraged, bubbly, and unprofitable promise a major breakthrough that will justify their fragile position and no one seems to *consider* they may be lying. It's Theranos 2.0.

A great gift for someone else or yourself

Does this open a door for Arenado?

Cecilia Giménez, famed for ‘Monkey Christ’ mural mishap, dies at 94

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

Blog Post: Why is the Run Value of a HR so stable? tangotiger.com/index.php/si...

Delroy Lindo On The “Brilliant” And “Contemporary” Story In Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ [Interview]

This, combined with "vice signaling" (taking pride in antisocial behavior) has given us the reign of the Stupid Asshole, something most people are against, but can only be remedied if we're not too polite to talk about it

Brady to his stylist: "For the Christmas game this year, I want to look like Luke in JEDI but sexier."

A 'bomb cyclone' is intensifying severe winter weather for millions of people across the U.S. The system is expected to knock out power and disrupt holiday travel. n.pr/3YfhJXP

HITTER BB% Gorman: 11.7% Nootbaar: 11% Herrera: 9.5% Scott II: 9.1% #MLB: 8.4 Donovan: 8.2% #STLCards: 7.9% (24th) Contreras: 7.8% Walker: 7.3% Burleson: 7.1% Arenado: 6.4% Winn: 6.3% Saggese: 5.4% Pagés: 4.9%

Going into 2026 like-

Seems like Pop-Tarts has succeeded where virtually every other bowl sponsor in history has failed

Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.

I’ve waited the entire year to write about Carson Lund’s wonderful baseball film EEPHUS. I finally got to do so for the Top 10 films of the year on @ebertvoices.bsky.social, where it placed at #8!!! Read my blurb and many more: www.rogerebert.com/features/the...

I was going to post Elisabeth Moss talking about how “Fred Armisen’s greatest impression is that of a normal person” but when I looked it up to get the wording right I learned AI has somehow turned it from being a scathing post divorce condemnation to being a really nice complement

A former #STLCards Triple-A slugger heads to the #Diamondbacks on a minors deal: www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/diam...

Anyway happy birthday to the king

Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.