oh i know *those* fans are furious rn

Never left

I'm still here 🫡

Sometimes when they be asking for help on here, after they was being freaky I be like did you try fucking for it? 😭

Im in a bind NATE!!!!!

Thots and prayers to all my Sports Lesbians today.

Avocado is extremely overrated. I say this as someone who grew up with avocado trees in the yard.

There isn’t one thing Roland Martin does that isn’t annoying. LOL

I won't rejoice in her misfortune (nor criticise those do), but I'm glad that this story is out there, glad to see that even the wealthy aren't always insulated from the consequences of their own actions. But I'm much more worried about the consequences for other trans folks. Jenner's out, and rich

still want MC Lyte to ruin my life

its also one of the best feature of women's sports: watching two people in a relationship trying their hardest to avoid having to hear "don't make me do you like i did you the other day" is C I N E M A

stop explaining the culture to non-Black people challenge, difficulty impossible.

The Streer Fighter trailer looks like they are leaning into the unseriousness of the franchise and I love that for me.

@schumer.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social FUCK YOU

I know a lot of yall took some strays with this one.

He wasn’t a vehicle for a nice baseball story. He was a person who deserved to be honored for his courage, his determination, and as a person. Maybe players don’t care about the minutia of baseball history. But they sure care about Jackie Robinson.

Players wearing number 42 was them taking back a piece of the story from Baseball’s propaganda machine. Newspaper writers bemoaned the players not caring about baseball history, not caring about the trivia. This was an act by Black players showing that Jackie was important even 50, 60 years later.

In 1997, Baseball wanted full credit for its progressivism and foresight, its commitment to equality. Vaughn’s concerns about the number being packed up and put away, and Griffey wearing it made big statement. Jackie wasn’t just a symbol, or an easy story with a moral ending.

In the years after Jackie Robinson desegregated baseball and Black players found homes on every team (it took a long time to get there!), after the Civil Rights Movement, after it was no longer socially acceptable to be outwardly racist, Baseball was eager to toot its horn about how it led the way.

This player-led movement isn’t just a dress-up day. It’s an important part of Jackie’s legacy. Capital-b Baseball segregated when it embraced a “gentleman’s” agreement to keep Black players out of organized baseball. Eventually the lure of a competitive advantage overrode those sensibilities.

Several other players joined him in 2007. A couple years later, in 2009, all uniformed personnel began wearing number 42. Griffey certainly wasn’t the first player to wear number 42 because of Jackie Robinson. But he was a catalyst in making sure the number stayed alive, like Mo Vaughn wanted.

In 2007, for the 60th anniversary of Robinson’s debut, he did the same thing. This time, he called Commissioner Bud Selig and asked for permission. Selig asked Robinson’s widow, Rachel, and she agreed. Selig told Griffey he could, then suggested allowing other players to join. Jr loved the idea.

Jr also blacked out the Nike logo on his custom cleats, along with the other Nike logos on his uniform. “This is the way he wore his uniform and shoes,” Griffey said. He also said of the high socks, “It got a little cold for these bird legs. From the knees down it was freezing.”

The Jackie Robinson Foundation had approached Jr before the season, asking if he’d honor Jackie by wearing 42 all season. He talked it over with his dad, who said that number 42 was special and it was Jackie’s number. They decided it would have more of an impact if he changed it for Jackie’s day.

That day, April 15, 1997 the Mariners were playing the second of a 2-game series in Cleveland. Nobody suspected anything until Ken Griffey Jr took the field wearing all-black cleats, knee-high socks, and number 42. He was the first player to change his number to honor Jackie Robinson on April 15.

On the 50th anniversary of Robinson’s debut MLB retired his number 42 across baseball. Players currently wearing the number were allowed to keep it, including Mo Vaughn, who was outspoken about wearing it in honor of Jackie. He knew the number was special and wanted it “kept alive.”

It appears he was being flippant because he later said his family talked about the ball players of the past, including Robinson, at the dinner table from a young age. I imagine he wasn’t interested in having that conversation with a white magazine reporter looking for pithy quotes. And FAIR!

When it comes to Jr it’s not always obvious whether he’s being serious or if he’s being flippant because he’s uninterested in the discussion being foisted upon him. (Some people have said this makes him immature and unprofessional. I recognize it as pure introvert energy and think it’s beautiful.)

First, in the January 1989 issue of Sport Magazine, a number of Black players were asked, “What does Jackie Robinson mean to you?” Ken Griffey Jr replied, “I don’t know anything about Jackie Robinson.”

I was going to try and write something up about this, but time had other ideas, so here’s a little thread about how Ken Griffey Jr helped shape Jackie Robinson Day and why it matters.

You'll get it but you need to watch the slide a dozen times and friends, it is worth it

'gutted for guys who took millions of dollars of saudi blood money' is surely...a take

Paul Atredies talking to Ghola Idaho:

"can slimer be shamed for skipping leg day if he does not have legs to speak of?" @hollyanderson.bsky.social is asking the right questions

Thicker than church pillars too

he hasn’t taken money from aipac either, might have to see what this guy’s about

fatality

total cultural victory

So @farisattieh.bsky.social, who dreamt up House of Hikmah, sent this to me with a big crying emoji and it's so cool to see the game ripple through media. It does leave a glaring hole - I do really wish Western media, who control Metacritic and all that, would hold more space for non-Western stories

A few months I was laid off and got behind on rent by a month. I have to have raise $500 by the 15th. Im embarrassed but Im in a tough spot. Any retweets and donations would be appreciated. Cash.me/$tayytoocole or venmo.com/tayynycole

This kinda bullshit makes me want us to get relegated because what the fuck do you mean Ange Ball will save us? We had Ange. I hope Levy goes on a submarine ride soon

I’m APOPLECTIC. We could have just kept Ange but the absolutely god-awful decision makers served up the worst possible manager, we’re on the brink of relegation and now this rape apologist arsehole says that Ange-ball is what he wants to replicate. WE HAD ANGE omg I cannot even

Max walkoff

MAAAAAAAAAXXX AWOOOOOOOOOO

"The Athletics" Madoff Investment Securities 🫱🏽‍🫲🏽 Scams that have shut the New York Mets out of baseball success

the Mets got shutout by whomst!?!?