#MayBeNot #musicchallenge **3>> youtu.be/UVKU6SevefY

Duncan feeling himself at the expense of muscles in the orange crocs and faux rack, fine But the couple next to them look too nice to be denied the “Orlando Magic, Orlando Magic” song

#MayBeNot #musicchallenge 2–> youtu.be/lhWFIfXE3hA?...

I don’t want to see the Lakers make a deep run But thank god we won’t have to listen, even obliquely seeping into SM doom scrolls, to the avalanche of garbage takes had they lost the series

Did I invent this metric? (maybe) Is it predictive (probably not) Does it mean anything? (Maybe?) Mike Trout and Kevin McGonigle are the only batters with a barrel% > whiff% Leaders, middlers, laggards with blurbs on ~20 hitters

#MayBeNot Day 1~~ youtu.be/l3W9MdNf36c

He’s a slow starter but this way too often with Devers 91-92 mph? Pitchers have no fear in the zone

Fernando Tatis has a lower isolated slugging (.036) than Chandler Simpson. Deep dived his underlying issues, plus notes on surprising early breakouts like Ildemaro and Schneeman— #mlb #fantasybaseball

#ScavengerHunt2 #musicchallenge <<30>> animal < toaster Possible..? youtu.be/hu8n9-r0BRY

Mgmt wants offensive philosophical tweaks Fans want mgmt tweaks www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

Top 15 fantasy SP - March NFBC OCs (12t adp) 2 great, 3 good, 2 ok, 6 major disappointments, 1 IL wipeout

Fernando Tatis has a lower ISO (.037) than Chandler f’n Simpson (.044) Only Nunez and Josh L Smith worse

The Red Sox have basically outsourced all coaching to DriveLine K. Boddy has been pitching advisor to Breslow since Jan ‘24 BOS staff: ‘24: 12th in fWAR, 20th in FIP ‘25: 7th & 10th (Crochet, a typical big market acquisition, was almost 1/3 the war) ‘26: 23rd & 26th From Alex Speier interview:

From a WH Correspondent! ⬇️⬇️

#ScavengerHunt2 #musicchallenge //29~ metallic youtu.be/0H6re3PCP3E

#ScavengerHunt2 #musicchallenge —28~¥ gag gift Ok not the same meaning as the cushion (tho cushion is advisable) youtu.be/81idHfFZKjU

Start Dollander in Coors vs Atlanta? Common thought = heavy fastball use should protect against altitude effects His fastball velos are fine in home games But four seam and sinker @ Coors: Stuff+ way down Vert and Horizontal movement are off multiple inches Go with god

#ScavengerHunt2 #musicchallenge [[27-> in a medieval castle ] There’s a king, queen, duchess.. but really the entire thing, with its odd chords, spiraling piano, and harmonium have always made me think of the Middle Ages— youtu.be/8Zeyej5bfZE

2 of my best bids sandwich one of my worst

Power and money H/t @jasoncollette.bsky.social for pointing out Red Sox entered today tied for last in team home runs (18) No one on this young team was projected for even 25 HR Power costs money The financialized approach cost them Devers, Bregman Breslow’s Sox weren’t built to slug

Problem was definitely All the coaches ownership hired + the slugger the PoBO po’d And not said robo PoBO and the financiers cosplaying as sports owners

#ScavengerHunt2 #musicchallenge ^^26>> fits in a thimble youtu.be/TH5yudv2xT4

The Vitello learning curve I like Willy Adames but he may be the most miscast leadoff hitter going He has a .248 OBP, .320 career Arraez is at .355, .363 career If Arraez gets on, that gives an advantage to Devers, Chapman, Adames et al

We all know edgy, lunchpail role players we hate on other teams but would love on ours Sengun is the opposite: a good player I’d hate to root for, what with all the slipping and sliding and ducking and diving How he ever makes a shot while being electrocuted is a marvel

He’d recently said he was close to getting his timing and intercept point down Of course facing Treinen helps

#ScavengerHunt2 #musicchallenge ~~25~~ makes a thud In a morbid sense but his story is uplifting. Self taught in Nigeria, collected insane amt of early synths etc, built a studio.. By the time he was discovered by the west, he refused to talk and died shortly after. youtu.be/k51cnVcbUAo

#ScavengerHunt2 #musicchallenge **24++ something lost (or found..) youtu.be/81o_migAagY

McCollum and Dosunmu were two of the most impactful deadline adds, praise the tanking gods

Luck and dominance. Compared biggest differentials in slugging and xSLG among starting pitchers, then looked at year over year changes in zone whiff%. Blurbs on 25 starters, including Crochet, Ragans, Luzardo, Burrows, Dollander, Cease, et al:

His barrel% is up almost 2x but entering this game the xBA, xSLG, and xwOBA were all better than last year. (Probably not true now).

#ScavengerHunt2 #musicchallenge ~23= in a pocket youtu.be/zmsBSn2GvVc

Chase Dollander - 9 K in 2 straight - 32 K in 25 IP - sitting 99 - added a sweeper - 3 pitches with a 30%+ whiff% (incl his four seamer) Yes Coors etc but entering last year @fangraphs.com ranked him > Bubba, Burns and Mis

There’s a lot of dumb shit happening in this country But a copy cat Marlin Man (Men?) might be the most pathetic

#ScavengerHunt2 #musicchallenge —22-> rubber or… youtu.be/f3CEo_IgxtY

#ScavengerHunt2 #musicchallenge ((21..: found… youtu.be/C9CkvAQkQLs

Noah Eagle is fucking terrible

Uber is running ads in CA openly calling out consumer advocate attorneys for making money (and cherry picked one fraud case) Meanwhile Uber, yes Uber of cutting edge targeted pricing fame, is the REAL consumer advocate

Very consistent with the Pistons’ recent fortunes (before this year): Celtics get Tatum back and a deeply flawed, injured Sixers team in R1 The Magic for the first time look whole and complete and like the team many expected Preseason win o/u: Detroit 46.5 Orlando 51.5 (Per mgm sb)

Creeper got a show He assures us all is well, oil prices are contained, markets are concerned but confident At one point called the blockade a “chinese finger trap” that will turn the tables on Iran Interestingly he was strident about not supporting “Israel’s war”

#ScavengerHunt2 #musicchallenge —20~~ hard to lift But they try to lift his phone… youtu.be/mUpEIeza-7w

Thunder executed the age old failsafe of letting Dillon Brooks feed his ego by shooting his team out of a playoff game (6-22)

Love the pure weirdness but in t minus 1.5 fashion seasons the worm will turn back to shit that kinda actually fits

Among a hundred other reasons, Benetti > Davis for Jason simply not smiling like an idiot every time he turns towards the camera

#ScavengerHunt2 #musicchallenge }}19> in a record shop Visiting a friend in nyc late ‘03, waiting for him to get off work, wandered into a little record shop. Clerk rec’d this new EP. Not this time but we all know record store clerks can be… youtu.be/9YfbARlUsoE

Ah, the NHL still doing the quaint and fairly insane division-based playoff matchups resulting in *first round* series of the West’s no. 2 vs no. 3 teams, while the East has no. 6 vs no. 7

His fastball stinks but Dean Kremer has leaned into his splitter and it’s a killer pitch 11 whiffs today 39% whiff last season A $10 Kremer will out earn your $100 Schultz ros

Cam Schlittler has walked Two batters total, including tonight - 5th start through 6 ip * 1.2 BB%, 54.4 zone% lead majors * Second in zone whiff%, 50% GB Dylan Cease * best whiff% and z-whiff% * 0 barrels * 52.3% GB is +12% his prior best * Worst zone% and 5th worst BB%

Evaluated early season batting surprises on the team level, from the Angels to the Twins Relied heavily on @NotTheBobbyOrr.bsky.social’s fantastic app and his SEAGER, contact over expected, etc— Bizarro World: Surprising Team Batting Metrics michaelcecchini.substack.com/p/bizarro-wo...

Padres sale = $3.9B But the lack of a cap is KILLING them It’s almost like if you invest in the product (players), the biz is more valuable www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

#ScavengerHunt2 #musicchallenge //17:: appliance youtu.be/OnLVnPbeEsg