My latest newsletter post is about some incredible scenes at World Cup qualifying in Europe. open.substack.com/pub/scottsti...

I wrote about floor-crossing, and one in particular that is a core newsroom memory. For @thelineca.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/theline/...

Hot damn, that is some spectacular work from @rwarnica.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/igno...

Also: my take from Budget Day (budget evening, technically) on whether an election is in on the horizon. For Global News dot ca globalnews.ca/news/1151008...

For @thelineca.bsky.social, wrote on the Great Baseball Ticket Crisis of 2025 Price caps aren’t the answer, but Ticketmaster still sucks. www.readtheline.ca/p/scott-stin...

On Bonds and Clemens being on a Hall of Fame ballot again, and baseball’s unwillingness to acknowledge its own history: thescore.com/mlb/news/338...

That is a lot of heartbroken Canadians.

Too high

Congratulations, everyone, for finally making it to the end. Of that WestJet ad with the lady and the face paint.

Never a good sign when your scandals require a timeline

I would like credit for coining the nickname, The Treyminator. Thank you. globalnews.ca/news/1150213...

Shout out to all the kids who have a hard cap on trick or treating at 8 pm on Friday.

Do you like Kiner-Falefa? Getting caught in the rain?

It seems like the World Series umps should be better than normal?

Wonderful to have an old Post friend in the Star today.

The narratives that are built around a team often fail to hold up in the spotlight. Not so the Toronto Blue Jays of 2025. globalnews.ca/news/1150004...

Shohei Ohtani will get exactly zero opportunities to swing the bat now.

The most surprising revelation about this Blue Jays run is that Keanu Reeves is some kind of weird shut-in.

Wrote some more about the baseball. thescore.com/mlb/news/337...

The Jays need to start sitting on Yamamoto's curveball. Or the four-seam fastball. Or the cutter. Or the slider. Or the splitter. OK, starting to see the problem here.

oh nothing, just the most emotional moment i've ever heard from a broadcast pair. my word.

wtf, MLB

Honestly our behind home plate fans have been an embarrassment. Sweater saying guy needs to be tossed.

Wrote about the baseball: globalnews.ca/news/1149457...

The Toronto Blue Jays were once a model franchise, winners of back-to-back championships. It has taken a while, but they are back in the final series of the MLB season. On a long wait, and the slugger who finally led them there: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

It’s the hobbits versus the orcs as the Jays take on the Dodgers in the World Series. Or something like that. thescore.com/mlb/news/337...

That strike 3 call had Enrico Pallazzo vibes.

Now pivoting to wondering how they are going to manage six more outs.

Holy shitballs.

Whole generations of Jays fans have never seen a Game 7 in the playoffs. (Do not look up the last one.)

Home-field advantage: not meaningless!

You know things are getting serious when the broadcast goes to Eugene Levy and Geddy Lee on back to back crowd shots.

This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.

It seems impossible that Vlad hit just 23 home runs over the regular season. They seem so effortless now.

Some Yankees-ass fielding going on here.

Over at my newsletter, I wrote about art, the Dutch masters, and what computers don’t do. open.substack.com/pub/scottsti...

After a trip to Belgium and the Netherlands, I wrote about bike lanes, mythical giants, and Doug Ford. open.substack.com/pub/scottsti...

It seems like it would be miraculous to win an ALCS with Jeff Hoffman as the closer, but they just won the ALDS with Jeff Hoffman as the closer, so….

Once again, Donald Trump has managed to be even worse than expected. open.substack.com/pub/scottsti...

It seems notable that none of the outlets reporting on the Jimmy Kimmel cancellation even know what he said that was so shockingly controversial.

On the CMNT, a team that looks very much like Canada these days open.substack.com/pub/scottsti...

In 2019 Kawhi Leonard’s uncle asked the Raptors for a piece of the Leafs and a Paul George trade, but also for two notable extras: no-show sponsorships, and ownership shares in outside companies. Which he seems to have gotten with Aspiration, and the Clippers. www.thestar.com/sports/rapto...

The Toronto Indy is moving to Markham. Bad idea jeans. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Instead of trading Micah Parsons, maybe Jerry Jones should have punched himself repeatedly in the face.

Wrote about the 401 mega tunnel. Bad idea! For @thestar.com www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Wrote about our new coyote overlords. For @thestar.com: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Hi, yes, g'morning. This is awkward. But targeting a reporter - hi! - with surreptitiously obtained photos and details of her tooling around town is an attack on the public's right to know. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Personally, I think it will be interesting to see if the Blue Jays can win every one of their 73 remaining games.

Thanks to friends at @thelineca.bsky.social for letting me vent about self-checkouts. www.readtheline.ca/p/minor-irri...