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my real life friends discovering my bluesky
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a reminder that if you're unable to attend the at-capacity Knicks parade, you can always go see the Mets instead
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The Knicks Aren’t So Great | Baseball Prospectus
Have you considered the Mets instead?
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/107882/slopball-the-knicks-arent-so-great/
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dinger hittin' daddies
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about 10 hours ago
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white guy listening to Ruff Ryders' Anthem
6 months ago
There’s two kinds of Dutch soccer player names: Matthijs Van Der Kuijpermandoonk (83 syllables) and Jan Ass (2 syllables)
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I strongly encourage MLB to go watch the "outs/swings" versions before the clock because to be quite frank with you: it sucked complete ass
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about 12 hours ago
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you, seeing the fintwitter account post "oh shit:" worried, perhaps panicking, full of anxiety me, seeing the fintwitter account post "oh shit:" hopeful, finally able to feel something, wondering if it's happening we are not the same
about 15 hours ago
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bad take, this was a good season and I enjoyed Kumail as much as I did Mantzoukas
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Kumail Nanjiani Is a Taskmaster Cautionary Tale
His middling performance is a warning for future celebrity contestants.
https://www.vulture.com/article/kumail-nanjiani-is-a-taskmaster-cautionary-tale.html
about 15 hours ago
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they should be rolling tape on the 2026 Giants and then turn it into a baseball version of The Office. Vitello is a perfect Baseball Michael Scott
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Dave Roberts
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City Traffic Convoy
ALT: City Traffic Convoy
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about 16 hours ago
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Dodgers just sacrificed the DH in the sixth inning of a one run game??
about 17 hours ago
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just my opinion but if the guy who is hitting fifth thinks the best use of his abilities with none out and two on is a bunt, perhaps he shouldn't be hitting fifth
about 17 hours ago
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#Senzaissance
about 22 hours ago
tfw you get to mention your dads skateboard injury that scarred his cousins so bad they wouldn’t let their kids ride skateboards…and also Jacob Wilson
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BSB: Looks Pretty When It Works | Baseball Prospectus
Jacob Wilson pulled off what the kids call a "sick trick."
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/107966/bsb-looks-pretty-when-it-works/
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Matt Trueblood
about 23 hours ago
Today
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: The Cardinals are legit, man. They wouldn't make the playoffs if the playoffs were still a nice, cozy gathering, or if the NL powers were more on the ball this year, but I think they're gonna make the playoffs. They're legit.
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
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The Cardinals, Right on Schedule | Baseball Prospectus
Unscheduled doesn't necessarily mean early.
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/107975/rubbing-mud-the-cardinals-right-on-schedule/
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about 23 hours ago
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I have seen RFK Jr.'s attempt at poetry and I would like to put my lot in with the autistic community on this one
1 day ago
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more like Killin'-Em Mbappé send post
1 day ago
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Vance saying "Trump won, you don't have to do this anymore" about MLB minimally enforcing its own code of conduct is pretty apt, I'll give him that
2 days ago
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Patrick is eliding the part of the game where he told me to "get some culture" though
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new Five & Dive!
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, and I talk about Jacob Misiorowski (again), the Marlins recent hot streak, the Giants/Pride day stuff, plus a new game that was designed in a lab to make me struggle
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Five & Dive Episode 554: Miz/Max | Baseball Prospectus
Spending the podcast talking about things that are hard to talk about, like exactly how good Jacob Misiorowski is right now.
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/107949/five-dive-episode-554-miz-max/
2 days ago
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Rob Mains
2 days ago
Today at
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I wrote about 1200 words on how teams are expanding the pool of players they can add to their active roster. About half the words were simply a recitation of the Braves' Carlos Carrasco transactions so far this year.
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When 40 Isn't Enough | Baseball Prospectus
Carlos Carrasco has performed unremarkably in limited opportunities for the Braves this year: five games, nine innings,3.00 ERA, 4.40 FIP, 111 DRA-. He has only an 11% strikeout rate, but has also…
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/107924/when-40-isnt-enough/
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Tim Jackson
2 days ago
Wrote about how the playoffs are shaping up to be weirder than we've seen in 30 years, framed by a critical scene in
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's The Good Place:
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
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Brace Yourself for a Medium Place | Baseball Prospectus
Yes, Cincinnati, but not only Cincinnati.
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/107927/brass-tacks-brace-yourself-for-a-medium-place/
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good points made here
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Novel Graphics
How much do you appreciate the Statcast 3D Powered By Google Cloud?
https://pebblehunting.substack.com/p/novel-graphics?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1437969&post_id=198730705&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=29tka&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
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I guess Landen Roupp and I have different understandings of what "standing firm" looks like. Then again he and I have different understandings of a lot of things.
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L.D. (From Seaver to Seattle)
2 days ago
"Fandom inevitably borrows against itself, thrilling at future victory, no matter (and in fact often in spite of) the long odds against it. To bandwagon the Cardinals is to welcome disappointment every bit as real as the Red Sox, just deferred." now THERE'S a selling point
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Patrick Dubuque
2 days ago
Bit of a weird one from me today. I suppose I should try to sell it more, but honestly, if "bit of a weird one from me" isn't a selling point to you, I'm probably not coming up with a better one
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Sweet Monday, Or: Baseball on the Small Scale | Baseball Prospectus
The story begins with a Mike Trout home run. It’s the equivalent of leading a fairy tale with “once upon a time,” or centering a modern American novel around a writer with a devoted girlfriend/wife/fa...
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/107929/sweet-monday-or-baseball-on-the-small-scale/
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okay, so, what had had happened was
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I'm saying
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2 days ago
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Dodgers are trying to take several years off my life and it's working
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Linda Holmes
3 days ago
Kruk: “You know, I’ve broken down and started eating vegetables.” McCarthy: “How’s it going?” Kruk: “You know, it really stinks.”
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the jon bois overtime hockey tweet but for this Iran/New Zealand game
3 days ago
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Grant Brisbee
3 days ago
Finally got around to reading this. Excellent, perfectly in my Venn diagram of interests
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L.D. (From Seaver to Seattle)
3 days ago
this article is about my favorite baseball team, the New York Knicks
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Nathan Graham
3 days ago
Some big names in the 10 Pack today, including
@bspan2.bsky.social
look at potential top prospect, Eli Willits and Seth Hernandez. Plus my thoughts on Cardinals RHP, Tanner Franklin.
www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/ar...
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MMTP: The Willits to Power | Baseball Prospectus
OK, power may be a bit much, but Nietzsche never wrote about the will to spray line drives.
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/article/107903/mmtp-the-willits-to-power/
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this is just a disappointing trade deadline header
3 days ago
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3 days ago
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bluesky has been banned for under-16s in the UK because it was determined that hearing that many opinions from 39-year-olds was toxic to the point of illegality
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Matt Trueblood
3 days ago
Today
@baseballprospectus.com
: On Drew Rasmussen, pitch-tagging mysteries, spin profiles, and getting in on the hands of opposing batters for fun and profit:
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
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Jammin' Em, with Drew Rasmussen | Baseball Prospectus
Rasmussen has always been good when healthy, but the way he's good has evolved.
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/107887/rubbing-mud-jammin-em-with-drew-rasmussen/
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Daniel R. Epstein
3 days ago
I wrote about Vlad, the singles hitter.
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www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
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Vlad Pays Only with Loonies | Baseball Prospectus
Understanding one of the year's worst power outages.
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/107880/in-the-dirt-vlad-pays-only-with-loonies/
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Michael Baumann
4 days ago
This kid must have levels of mental toughness that would frighten the Navy SEALS
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Zach Crotchfelt - Baseball - Troy University Athletics
Zach Crotchfelt (17) LHP - 2026 (Senior) Awards : Sun Belt All-Tournament Team... Gainesville Regional All-Tournament Team 2025 (Junior - at Texas Tech) Seas...
https://troytrojans.com/sports/baseball/roster/zach-crotchfelt/11901
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Spencer Michaelis
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did they make The Purge but for sex?? and if so why didn't they call it The Urge?????
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5 days ago
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I keep seeing the commercial for One Night Only and assume I'm mishearing the part where they say it's the one night a year single people can have sex???
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when you can't quite remember how Javier Bardem dispatched people in No Country for Old Men
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the only question about this Yamamoto game now is how Tanner Scott will lose it
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Chad Moriyama
5 days ago
Yoshinobu Yamamoto loses the perfect game and the retired batters streak on a Hanley Ramirez-esque play by Mookie Betts. Also wonder if Miguel Rojas didn't get hurt if Santiago Espinal makes this play.v
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Zach Crizer
5 days ago
“I can hardly believe my own words. It sounds like I’m trying to slip Sidd Finch 2.0 past you, maybe pitching a Netflix series about Henry Rowengartner’s grandson.” Read Joe on The Miz, the myth, the legend.
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Pochettino is giving off real Gerard Butler vibes and that has to be considered a good thing
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Patrick Dubuque
6 days ago
Can't recommend this piece highly enough. A summary of how to analyze pitching using both your eyes and the numbers, written clearly and readably.
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Baseball Prospectus
6 days ago
How to Scout Pitching with Basic Tools by Mario Delgado Genzor (
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www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
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How to Scout Pitching with Basic Tools | Baseball Prospectus
A step-by-step guide for how to evaluate a pitcher, both by the numbers and the eyes.
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/107842/how-to-scout-pitching-with-basic-tools/
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Baseball Prospectus
7 days ago
Setting The Table for The Midseason 50 by Jarrett Seidler (
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Setting The Table for The Midseason 50 | Baseball Prospectus
Who is gunning for that top spot?
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/article/107808/guarding-the-lines-setting-the-table-for-the-midseason-50/
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