New On the Bleachers! @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on MLB’s MVPs; sports bros with podcasts; the NBA’s mob ties; Nico is out in Dallas; YouTube TV and ESPN make up; and Wide Left's @arif.bsky.social on JJ “Nine” McCarthy's future with the Vikings. 🔶 Apple: bit.ly/4rikvJh 🔶 Spotify: bit.ly/4rg6ZpA

New On the Bleachers! @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on LAPD vs sports joy; pitcher indictments; Cooper Flagg: new loser; Ovechkin's stolen puck; and Baseball Bar-B-Cast's @jordanshusterman.bsky.social on covering the Mariners this postseason! 🔶Apple: bit.ly/47FBBJb 🔶Spotify: bit.ly/4nSVMYY

I've been volunteering with SELAH for a little over a year now. We nearly set a new record for participants at yesterday's program-- including very young children. This is week one without benefits.

New On the Bleachers: @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on the most-watched World Series in nearly a decade; the Skaggs trial & what it would take to oust an MLB owner; & are shirtless men at college football games curing the male loneliness epidemic? 🔶 Apple: bit.ly/4hP1868 🔶 Spotify: bit.ly/47sRumi

In this you can hear me live react to the first inning of what would eventually become an 18 inning baseball game. I sound very young and alive with possibility.

the romance of romance writing: taking a scene that I originally wrote in the present tense and then changed to past and putting it back into the present

New On the Bleachers! @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on playoff baseball; players taking on WNBA; downright erotic sports coverage; James Dolan is watching you; & @awalkerinla.bsky.social tells us about covering LA's upcoming mass sporting events! 🔶 Apple bit.ly/3KAPzTJ 🔶 Spotify bit.ly/471NW91

hi, cis folks in california! this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out. he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841 want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

very few people I trust on Taylor but Stephanie is one of them

New On the Bleachers: @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on MLB postseason narratives; the Lynx will not go quietly; Bad Bunny halftime show; how we’re listening to the new Taylor album; & an interview with LA Times' sports reporting legend, Steve Henson 🔶 Apple: bit.ly/4mM22Bi 🔶 Spotify: bit.ly/3WkKrFH

so: what do we need you to do? two things. 1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵

I had another 15 minutes on Kershaw locked and loaded but dinner plans intervened / I'm sorry or you're welcome, depending

New On the Bleachers: @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on Taylor’s Arrowhead arrival; Narrative Fantasy Football update; the WNBA playoffs; FIFA corruption; and why ballplayers are drinking less. 🔶 Apple: bit.ly/48rrkB5 🔶 Spotify: bit.ly/4mA6Olq

New On the Bleachers: @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on engagement leaks; men being OK on group chat; the Micah trade; and @minakimes.bsky.social and @jourdanrodrigue.bsky.social join for the First Ever Narrative Fantasy Football Draft! 🔶 Apple: bit.ly/47WUeZt 🔶 Spotify: bit.ly/4paerS4

in which I admit that I have thought about the details of Taylor Swift's wedding far more than my own

New On the Bleachers❗ @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on Taylor’s new album & New Heights; conservative athletes back off toxic Trump; UFC streaming; more NFLPA saga; & @sarahspain.com, host of Good Game with Sarah Spain and co-author of Runs in the Family 🔶 Apple bit.ly/41e39Sr 🔶Spotify bit.ly/3HkYqYr

On the Bleachers: @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on Taylor’s teaser; crypto memelords and dildos on WNBA courts; ESPN+NFL; Savannah Bananas; & @theathletic.com's @mikedugar.bsky.social on his book, The Franchise: A Curated History of the Legion of Boom! 🔶Apple: bit.ly/46X8aCA 🔶Spotify: bit.ly/3H8IacY

all of Sarah's dispatches from her summer of baseball are very good, but this one is extra-very good, in my opinion

On the Bleachers is back! @zanopticon.bsky.social & I share what we did on our summer vacations; Bryce Harper, man of the people; NFLPA scandal explained; the W All Star hard launch; & @dirtbagqueer.rocks on her new book, ONE OF THE BOYS! 🔶Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/4mwGKrF 🔶Spotify: bit.ly/3UMuQxR

I feel like I just have to say publicly on this, the fifteenth anniversary of One Direction's founding, that I love and miss my stupidest friends very much

MLB's all star break coinciding with the end of Love Island does feel like a targeted attack against me personally. just a barrage of empty hours all arriving at once

Congratulations Zan!! 💓 (New Yorkers, come to Zan's event at McNally Jackson Seaport on Thursday evening! Looking longingly at the ~70 degree weather later in the week...)

my new book is out today! SQUARE WAVES is, by @effectivelywild.bsky.social's metrics, a baseball book & it is a romance by anyone's measure bookshop.org/p/books/just...

very horny day from yours truly, in which I release this podcast ep & also a romance novel

LA Podcast & @lataco.bsky.social have both been essential resources these last few weeks / always, really

feels very good to know we’re making life hard for these guys!

I made a lil cameo in Sarah’s excellent Substack

read this book and immediately started watching the French Open after a lifetime of deep indifference to tennis; that’s both a recommendation and a warning

if you want a brief interlude from the horrors, there's a very cool webtoon prologue to my forthcoming book? www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/sq...

New On the Bleachers! @zanopticon.bsky.social's new book; Sarah meets Mariners; lotta baseball; playoff updates; college athletes getting paid; the World Cup??; youth sports and delusional parents; & @doreeshafrir.bsky.social talks tennis! 🔶 Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/4laidIa 🔶 Spotify: bit.ly/3HZwI33

anyone have any idea where all these cops are going? 110 heading towards the 10

LA pals! These guys are trying to undo legislation that’s already been passed; they are not on our side

Organizers in LA are raising money to do tamale buyouts from local tamale vendors who are unable to safely vend on the street due to ICE kidnapping vendors. The tamales will be distributed to unhoused neighbors. Please consider donating — I personally vouch for this one: venmo.com?txn=pay&audi...

[experienced Angeleno emits hoarse laugh after hearing there’s not enough housing for the occupation army]

New On the Bleachers: @zanopticon.bsky.social & I talk about MLB’s lovable losers; Taylor Swift buying her masters back; Chappell Roan NHL victory songs; this Pride Month, the symbolism is the point; & what it means to be a fan now. 🔶 Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/4kWwp7r 🔶 Spotify: bit.ly/43UXm4G

I’ve never met them, but I feel a deep kinship with all of the other people who always have holds waiting next to mine at my local library

I have a book coming out in like two weeks? Please come hang out with me about it 831stories.com/pages/events

we’re three weeks out from SQUARE WAVES! preorder here: bookshop.org/p/books/just...

I have introduced a new segment called “how many games did the Rockies win this week?” Well, since we recorded on Thursday… none

I guess I picked the right? time? to start writing about books with my actual human brain??? buttondown.com/zanopticon/a...

New On the Bleachers! @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on new pope; are Big Events worth it?; Met Gala fits; the Knicks; & we talk to @maggiemertens.bsky.social, author of Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women! 🔶 Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/4jJTPwJ 🔶Spotify: bit.ly/4gTVGNd

New On the Bleachers: @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on Jeff Skinner's broken curse; harmonica anthems; prank phone calls; the most heartwarming moment from the NFL draft; & @timbaltz.bsky.social on the NBA Finals & Olympic pole dancing! 🔶 Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/3Sp3YTo 🔶 Spotify: bit.ly/4deEQZm

everyone I know who has listened to this episode has texted me to be like... "holy shit, this is a really good one," which is 100% down to @karimzidan.com being such an excellent interview

I am always trying to work out my complicated feelings about RPF; v grateful to be part of this smart & nuanced series of conversations about the topic!

New On the Bleachers! This week @zanopticon.bsky.social talks to @karimzidan.com about the history of UFC; the alt-right figures who claim it while also being super-bad at fighting; and how the sport can be saved from fascist capture. 🔶 Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/4jUjAKA 🔶 Spotify: bit.ly/4iCgU3a

me & BIG FAN & SQUARE WAVES are in the Wall Street Journal today www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

New On the Bleachers! @zanopticon.bsky.social & I report on IRL baseball (spoiler: it's good!); the WNBA draft; golf “fashion”; and Taylor Swift’s NHL curse. 🔶 Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/3WxpMPc 🔶Spotify: bit.ly/4kVKp24

New On the Bleachers! @zanopticon.bsky.social and I get into everything from March Madness vasectomies to torpedo bats to the burning question: Was LeBron at Kobe's funeral?? 🔶 Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/3RAkLT5 🔶 Spotify: bit.ly/4cE8Hu1

have a ball and gab forever every time i chat with @sarahenni.bsky.social and @zanopticon.bsky.social!