The current season of Stranger Things is .. well, I won't be mad when the show is over.

I have altered the deal. Pray I do not alter it further.

The Devils stink and they're going to miss the playoffs vs. well, more time for baseball in April/May then

I sent in my HoF ballot. It has 10 names on it. Article goes up explaining it Dec. 30. Let's gooo.

Forbes: - ended a friend's employment - continues to post those wildly misleading franchise value charts - platforms this chud 👎

Most naive voice possible: wow, they must be really mad at their neighbors who didn't salt the sidewalk before the snow came

Here is a very good book I received for Christmas, which is not only informative and entertaining, but a good reminder that several prominent people who will suck in 2026 also were prominent and sucky in 1986

Really liked this @theathletic.com story about Rob Refsnyder's hitting approach a lot. Good reminder that "making contact" isn't the point of hitting so much as "finding a way to score runs" is. www.nytimes.com/athletic/691...

Die Hard, 1988 --

Geese the band: eh, whatever Geese the Untitled video game game: faaaantastic

As a huge fan of Pete Fairbanks ... oh no, what's wrong with Pete Fairbanks??

We have started a new holiday tradition that will assuredly last us for years to come: "wait, are those adorable cats by the fireplace in the YouTube video AI? Absofuckinglutely not."

Perhaps, but the 2025 Pirates offense was 'all basement, looking up wistfully at the floor'

Ryan O'Hearn isn't exciting, but when your lineup is as poor as PIT's was, even competent is a step forward. A top 5 of Cruz, Lowe, O'Hearn, Horwitz, Reynolds isn't .. bad? With Griffin coming soon? It's not good enough, either. This team is dying for a 3B or a corner OF. (or a 2B if Lowe is LF.)

Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing? What a country.

Man, Dicky Barrett is going to love this

The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband

I don't think I've had a MetroCard since 2019

Very fascinating to watch Mets fans who seemed to despise Jeff McNeil being unhappy that the Mets have traded Jeff McNeil

The Mets have traded for Yordan, no follow up questions

This is all reasonable, but I'm kind of torn between "he's a good player and they need good players" and "but man, what a bad fit for that park." www.nytimes.com/athletic/690...

I'm moderately surprised the Phillies & JT Realmuto haven't figured it out yet. It seemed like such an obvious reunion, and they don't really have a good backup plan, and there can't be *that* many different permutations of a contract for a good-but-declining 35-year-old catcher.

I like Boston getting Contreras a lot. In 2024-25, he's been exactly as valuable as Alonso. (Less power, but better OBP and defense.) He's a few years older, of course, which is a significant drawback. But I like the add either way. --> www.fangraphs.com/leaders/majo...

One real life Hall of Fame ballot ready to hit the mail tomorrow (yes, I'll post what's inside it next week)

Jaxson Dart wears eye black on one eye as a tribute to Anakin Skywalker, which is appropriate because if he plays on this team for too much longer, he's going to end up a shriveled eggman in need of a ventilator

This is completely true in baseball writing too some of the best ideas come when you're researching A and accidentally stumble across B

Even by present day Giants standards, that's an impressively garbage first half. Well done.

Good for the White Sox. Absolutely love this limited risk for them. Also pretty clearly shows how worried the sport as a whole is that Murakami simply will whiff way too much, too.

It's December in NYC and my son is rushing out the door to play baseball with his friends every time someone tells you "baseball is dying," know that they're lying to you

Here is my informed opinion on Alabama/Oklahoma: it's annoying that they wear similar uniforms with such similar colors of red and downright obnoxious one of them will advance to face Indiana, who ...

I .. absolutely love this trade for Pittsburgh? What an unusual feeling

Mike Burrows Pirates P rumored to be traded 🤝 me when it's dark and cold out

Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.

You know what not bad

This is why it works -- I'd totally forgotten that even 'changed.'

You can still call it the Kennedy Center. You can still call it Twitter.

if the mta sold F/M swap merch they'd be funded for the next decade

When the Jays added submariner Tyler Rogers to high-release Trey Yesavage, it made for some funny release point visuals. It also tells you something interesting about the Jays, who had the most similar (or least varied) looks in baseball the last three years. MORE --> www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...

I like Cody Bellinger very much, and also I cannot envision a scenario where someone is giving him 7 years www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

With news that Bichette is (only now??) willing to consider 2B, worth resharing that I wrote earlier this month about how he'd play as 2B vs SS --> www.mlb.com/news/bo-bich...

When the Jays added submariner Tyler Rogers to high-release Trey Yesavage, it made for some funny release point visuals. It also tells you something interesting about the Jays, who had the most similar (or least varied) looks in baseball the last three years. MORE --> www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...

Going with the trend of the day, i also asked an AI if it could tell me the last 40 Stanley Cup winners and ... what are we even doing here, man

Kind of amazed that Brad Keller and Adrian Houser (reportedly) got the exact same 2/22 deal?

Writing, again, about the Blue Jays

I am so insanely excited to share that WE SACRIFICE EVERYTHING TO BASEBALL, about the remarkable run Czechia made in the WBC, is out on April 1. And if you order from @univnebpress.bsky.social with code 6HLW25 you can get 50% off through 12/31! www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

Clear HOF and I'll be proud to vote for him this year

I've always been an inordinately big supporter of Adrian Houser. I remember watching him absolutely shove in person in Houston one day. .. $22m??

Trey Yesavage threw more postseason innings in 2025 (after 3 career MLB starts) than Jim Kaat did in a 25-year career. Love this weirdo sport we have.

I just want to make a big link small I don't think I require the earth-consuming power of AI to do this, bitly