Is Tarps Off an every-game thing now? They need to get some new material. Chanting “USA” every two minutes is getting old.

I am going to the Nats game tomorrow, not today. But I like the idea that there are people are walking around with beers right now, before 10 AM. Happy 4th, y'all.

“We’re Argentina, they’re Cabo Verde, we’re just gonna park the bus and stop attacking.” WROOOOOOOONG

Read this and immediately turned on the TV

Call that offsides you wankers, I dare you

A local brewery is holding a "Stouts and Flannel Festival" on September 5. I am totally onboard with stouts and flannel, but the high temperature on September 5 last year was 91 degrees.

This is the most bananas I have ever heard any sports announcer go during a game. (I can’t blame him.)

Is Justin Lawrence the closer now?

Kathleen Edwards’ “Total Freedom” is a good freaking record, and I am annoyed with myself for not having known that sooner.

I didn't watch the game last night, and the bullpen STILL coughed it up, so it is in fact not my fault.

Do I dare turn on the Nats game for the 9th inning with a lead? It didn’t go so well last night.

Obviously plenty of blame to go around here, but: how did Crews one-hop that throw to second? Should’ve had Harper dead to rights.

Everyone loves Jorbit Vivas, he is a terrific athlete

I just clicked through on an article titled "The Woman Who Wrote the Book on Hot Dogs" and it was NOT about @jamieloftus.bsky.social. I am deeply annoyed.

Has anyone done a study yet on whether umps miss more calls after a team has burned their ABS challenges? Sure seems like they do.

Is this game gonna come down to whether our crappy bullpen can get Schwarber and Harper out in the 8th? Or at least keep them from hitting home runs?

Welp. Scotland just has to get a result against Brazil next game.

Really hard to imagine becoming a trillionaire and not wanting to immediately liquidate enough assets to give at least a few hundred billion to organizations making the world a better place.

Randomly thought of a French fry place called BIG POM that I saw in Germany in 2002, and OMG it’s still there. big-pom.de

THERE’S the Nats bullpen we know and love.

On the way back from the beach today we stopped at Cracker Barrel, and I was astounded by their Nashville hot chicken, which according to the menu clocks in at almost 3000 calories BEFORE SIDES. I don’t understand how that is possible.

rainbows and the moon are incredible to see in person and the computer makes them look small, dim, insignificant. consider what other wonders the computer seeks to diminish, and what is prioritized in their place

Big ups for the Blue Jays admin

I am disappointed at how many people feel the need to talk shit on Pride Month posts on FB and elsewhere. Granted, these people have probably always been mad about it, but they feel much more comfortable complaining openly these days.

Are we on Maddux watch in DC? Sure feels that way.

Tatis finally hits a home run, and the Padres fans here are losing their minds.

I reposted Plasma Ring’s thread myself because I thought it explained the problem really well. Stancil reads it and goes “You’re just a crazy nut?” FOH.

so like lemme weigh in on this as someone who is more financially comfortable than many in my generational cohort: everything I have gained seems precarious and temporary because I know the people with real money will take it all from me the second they get an opportunity and no one will protect me.

I am NOT watching a James O'Keefe video, what's the summary?

they have an assistant pitching coach who is WOKE

Nats utility man Jorrit Bergsma

I just logged into the Cuppagentsia (Calcaterra subscribers) Slack for the first time in a long time, and... apparently no one is posting there anymore?

Lotta theories being bounced around. One I haven't seen much, but it works for me at least: if you're paying attention to the AI/tech driven stock market, and aren't actively claiming it's awesome and the numbers will go up forever, the sense that it's all bullshit and a reckoning is long overdue.

This is 100% a name Strong Bad would come up with

I am choosing to interpret yesterday's loss as evidence that racism jinxes the home team and we should strive to exclude racists from the park because their loserdom is contagious

There’s frequently a “Let’s go Nationals let’s go” chant that comes from the 300s on the first base side. I assume it’s the same kid every time. He and this kid would get along great.

First four games I went to this season, I wore gray or blue alternate gear. Nats 0-4. This weekend, switched back to the reds. 2-0. Coincidence? NO

JY staving off the strikeout with the ABS challenge, then hitting a three run homer. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills (the good kind)

Laughlin is HAMMERED at Nationals Park

Dumb things I think about: I figured out that I have some form of apparel or merch for 27 of the 30 major league teams. Some of these are mascot stuffies I've gotten for my oldest, so they're not mine technically, but they're in the house, so count 'em. I have plenty of random hats though.

Another hot take: factorial math jokes are weirdly overdone and not actually funny or interesting "The answer is 5!" whatever, nerd

Sound engineer at United Music World Incorporated, West Columbia, South Carolina. But my work wasn't up to their standards.

Hot take: I hate the term "glizzy." It's a damn hot dog, it doesn't need a new name. Now get off my lawn

Right after @harpergordek.bsky.social posts about how terrible our catchers are, they have back-to-back big games. Coincidence? of course not

I don't know if this is just me aging, or getting tired of spending money on a crappy baseball team. Probably some of both. But anyway: I think I'm over bobblehead collecting.

Kolko: “Granillo trying to put out the fire here in the 8th.” Granillo: [picks up gas can]

A thing I miss from my old Twitter client: the ability to mute someone for 24 hours

This totally sounds like a product that would be for sale at Omega Mart.