No words. I believed in Ryan. We moved to Oklahoma because he promised that my awful sons Enigmus Rex and Pance would be given handguns in kindergarten and then not be given any instruction on how to use them safely. I bought a shitty gray house in Tulsa because he promised they wouldn't be woke.

Fun to watch these girls battle it out in person. Pitt was just too locked in in the 5th, and livings had her first off night .

with everyone on their feet chanting mvp

*Jon Bois cocaine/helicopter tweet but big match 5th set volleyball*

They are going 5 in Dallas after No. 11 SMU wins the fourth 25-18 over No. 18 Pitt. The Mustangs recorded 4 aces and 10 kills at a .107 clip, but limit Pitt to 7 kills, 6 errors and 4 missed serves. Jones has 22 kills for SMU while Babcock is up to 19. Get to the ACC Network!

10-10. 1.97 ERA. Unserious franchise.

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Paul Skenes’ evening is done after six scoreless frames. He will finish with a 1.97 ERA, the lowest for a Pirate starter in the Live Ball Era. You have to go back to Wilbur Cooper in 1916 to find someone with a lower ERA than that.

It’s go time 🏐 #H2P

Keep that ERA under 2.00, Paul!! C’mon!!!

Even granting that the Pirates have perhaps the *least illustrious* history of star pitchers in MLB, this is quite a feat.

Presently in Pennsylvania ~25% of the population receives $641 million of free policing annually, funded by other regions. This scheme uses state police for local police work, which may actually be against state law. A new law seeks to make that approach for fiscally responsible:

Trump's Argentina Bailout. He's taking from us and giving it to his buddies. Trump's Argentina Bailout.

Big thumbs-up to @jonathanmahler.bsky.social’s The Gods of New York. I love his writing on NYC history. The only reason I didn’t finish it was because I started it late and had to return it to the library today. Everyone remember I’m on page 282!

what kind of dead-end racist dildo do you have to be to go to a place where these people are being kidnapped and trafficked off to foreign torture shores and be like "not good enough, not fast enough"

🏐 WAKE UP, IT'S GAMEDAY 🏐 Pitt Volleyball went 29-1 in the regular season last year. The only loss? At SMU. Where do they open ACC play tonight? At SMU.

Reds hitting into inning-ending double plays all over the place. Gotta love it.

The Cleveland Guardians? Perhaps?

With conference play getting underway this week for many leagues, we've put together projections for who will win each league! Here are the power conferences, starting with the ACC:

not sure if there's more here than what's in that reddit thread but www.pittsburghforpublictransit.org/the-waterfro...

I'd sure like some more info about The Waterfront kicking buses off their property. Looking at the new maps, it looks like the buses will still be going into The Waterfront complex itself, but not certain stops?

Myths to dispel about the ABS system. Myth: It will make games longer Myth: Catcher framing is now obsolete Myth: Full ABS is now right around the corner. That and more here: www.baseballamerica.com/stories/11-t...

In a related story, Ryan Doumit is announcing his return to MLB at age 44.

This comes up for me often, but this idea that Ohio is vastly outperforming Pennsylvania in job creation is... the opposite of reality! I don't get it? Here is what I see; pick whatever time period you like:

If there's a silver lining to this whole debacle, it's that millions are starting to wise up and realize that Nexstar is just as evil as Sinclair (maybe more so!)

Twenty years ago, Pennsylvania was a renewable energy leader. Now it lags far behind its peers. This is how we got here: insideclimatenews.org/news/2209202...

one week until week without driving! spread the word-- we're making strides nationwide weekwithoutdriving.org

Konnor Griffin’s season was the best from a Pirates prospect since… (?) Best I could find was Jason Kendall slashing .326/.414/.448 in AA at age 21.

The tell here is defining street capacity as a how many vehicles they can fit instead of the number of *people* they can move. Cars are the least efficient way to move people.

I don't always want to gripe about TV coverage, especially since Pitt Volleyball has 14 national TV broadcasts this season, but... We CANNOT have a Top 5 vs. Top 5 match be streaming-only. You think the Big Ten would let that happen?

Your 2025 Pittsburgh Pirates were last in MLB in home runs at home (49) but are middle of the pack for wins at home (44). The last team to hit <50 homers at home but win 44+ home games? The World Champion 2012 San Francisco Giants -- who hit a mere 31 dingers at AT&T Park.

No Bandwagoner's Guide today (I had to do work for my *actual* job last night... how dare!) But let's see if this upload works for a Penn State recap that -- for whatever reason -- Pitt Athletics didn't upload to YouTube

The total public cost of the Commanders stadium will likely be $7B-$25B, setting a new sports subsidy standard that will doubtless be used as a benchmark by other team owners, meaning it'll cost lots of other cities more billions of dollars in the future.

"The sun may not always shine and the wind may not always blow, but neither can they be halted by an embargo or balance-of-payments crisis." lines I wish I'd thought of carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

look all I'm saying is that 2025 owes me and possibly most of us the Mariners eviscerating the Astros with the season on the line

the Saints have no turnovers and are winning the time of possession battle 22:19–7:41. they’re down 38-6 at halftime.

Umm Joe Block was talking on the Pirates telecast like Cutch is not coming back (before he walked it back a bit)

Pirates will finish 18-9 on the season when I’m in attendance. Sorry that I couldn’t go to more of ‘em, folks.

Pirates up a touchdown.

Pumpkin Spice Triolo is so real

It’s the earliest the Pirates have closed out at home since 2008 (technically 2014 too, but then they got a playoff home game).

Since September 5: 15-1 CLE 13-2 SEA 11-4 PHI 10-5 MIA LAD 9-5 MIL ATH 9-6 ATL BAL CIN NYY 8-6 ARI 8-7 CHC SD TOR 7-7 BOS HOU TEX 7-8 KC 7-9 WSH 5-9 CWS STL 5-10 NYM SF 4-10 DET 4-11 LAA MIN TB 3-12 COL 2-12 PIT

and Oh By The Way there happens to be another company that has been happy to produce a better theme park product over the last decade or so

Pirates RHP Bubba Chandler is done for the night. Allowed just one hit and posted six strikeouts over five scoreless innings and 68 pitches RHP Braxton Ashcraft is now in for the Pirates, who lead the Athletics 2-0

hey bubba chandler pitched today

Just saw an ad from the NCAA imploring people not to harass anyone (presumably athletes or their family members) because of a lost bet. Sports betting is a plague.

Five strikeouts for Pirates RHP Bubba Chandler over three scoreless innings Pirates lead 1-0

“Why does transit seem to be in an endless emergency? Why is it so easy to assume that transit’s financial situation is hopeless? Because we have constructed our transportation funding streams to make transit’s costs visible, while the costs of car dependence are mostly concealed.”

Wordle 1,553 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Thank god I remembered to play today!!!