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Bill James created a metric decades ago called Power-Speed, to rate how well a player hits home runs AND steals bases. You can look up the math behind it if you want. With his 3 stolen bases today, José Ramírez (285 HR & 287 SB) moved ahead of Jose Altuve as the active leader in Power-Speed Number.

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Most stolen bases in age-32 season during the 2000s: 1. Juan Pierre 68 2. Starling Marte 47 t3. Rajai Davis 45 t3. Ichiro Suzuki 45 5. José Ramírez 44

Division winners with a negative run differential: 1984 Royals (-13) 1987 Twins (-20) 1997 Giants (-9) 2005 Padres (-42) 2007 Diamondbacks (-20) 2025 Guardians (-6) Those Twins went on to win the World Series.

The 2025 Cleveland Guardians... 15.5 games out in July. 11 games out in September. Division champions when the season ended.

@#$% yeah, Bryan Rocchio! Walk-off home run to win the division properly! GUARDIANS! GUARDIANS! GUARDIANS!

It was a really good season for the Mets. Seems clear they're headed in the right direction.

The Guardians and Tigers will play their games at 9:00 AM each day, and it's unclear whether MLB will choose to televise them or opt for three extra hours of pregame for the Yankees and Red Sox series.

Despite that, the Guardians are 2025 AL Central champions. It'll look like they went 95-67 on the banner they get to raise.

The Guardians are not a good baseball team.

The Tigers escape a jam as the Guardians put themselves in one.

Bases loaded, nobody out… one run. Sigh…

This is objectively a totally hilarious way to lose a baseball game. Well done, Rangers. Welcome to the postseason, Guardians.

The leadoff triple that doesn’t score. The Guardians are bringing their A-game tonight.

I hope Liverpool plays well at some point this season.

José Ramírez scored his 1000th run last night. Jose Altuve and Mike Trout are the only other active players with 1000 runs with one team. Earl Averill and Tris Speaker are the only other players with 1000 runs for Cleveland.

The Diamondbacks could still make the postseason. The Diamondbacks could also still finish with a losing record. Those two things should not both still be possible in the final weekend of the season.

Thank you, Red Sox.

I hate how big MLB's postseason is. Either Cleveland or Detroit should be toast Sunday night. That said, I'm more annoyed with a team totally collapsing but making the postseason anyway than I am with a team posting the best record in the AL since the All-Star break to take advantage of a collapse.

This is what a Duke education gets you.

Tonight José Ramírez broke Cleveland's franchise record for career extra-base hits. 1) José Ramírez 725 2) Earl Averill 724 3) Tris Speaker 667 4) Jim Thome 620 5) Hal Trosky 556 6) Ken Keltner 538 7) Nap Lajoie 535 8) Carlos Santana 524 9) Lou Boudreau 495 10) Manny Ramírez 484

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Awful moment in Cleveland: David Fry just took a Tarik Skubal pitch to the face after he squared to maybe bunt. There is already a cart with a stretcher out for him.

Ekitike has been great for Liverpool so far, but getting a red card so you can show off your name on the back of your jersey was a bad look.

My Governor is out here quoting "Andor". He knows how to keep my vote.

I'm always glad to read about one of my favorite movies ever, and I'm always glad to read what Scott has to say about any movie, so I was very glad to read this.

The Browns won, so there are only a handful of people in Cleveland who will even notice that the Guardians’ winning streak ended.

I’ve enjoyed the Guardians’ strong play of late, but I also hadn’t let myself believe they might win the division, but I apparently let myself get invested because them blowing the lead has ruined my afternoon.

Always nice when a reliever gives up a home run to the first guy he faces. Thanks for joining us.

Well, I guess it would be nice if I could touch your body I know not everybody has got a body like you Rest in peace, George.

I am very happy for Jen whenever they share this story... ...but also very jealous. Someday I'm going to get flying lessons from Harrison Ford so I can have a story like this too.

I think saying they were bullied into it gives mainstream media organizations way too much credit.

Jack Grealish is one of the biggest losers in all of football. Total “guy you avoid at the party“ vibes.

Early kickoffs transition into being supremely boss when you’ve won and get to relax the rest of the weekend while others have to graft yet

I think a lot of people thought Chicago was being left alone when Trump backed off plans to send in the National Guard, but Chicago is very much being fucked with. People being disappeared, and at least one person killed by ICE.

Ramírez is now up to 722 extra-base hits, only two away from tying the franchise record and three away from having it as his own. (I'm good at math.)

The Guardians sure do want me to get my hopes up.

Top Gun 3 is apparently going to be a baseball movie, and I for one am excited to see Tom Cruise turn himself into another Shohei Ohtani.

You have to understand the added risk of drafting anyone from Gotham. The season goes on, so check the waiver wire.

720 extra-base hits for Ramirez now, 4 shy of tying the franchise record.

Robert Redford was one of the biggest screen icons of the last 60 years, with so many great performances. The Redford film that means the most to me personally though isn't one he starred in, it's one he directed, and I'll be rewatching A River Runs Through It again sometime soon.

in MLB dot com write ups of Roberto Clemente Award nominees, Liam Hendriks' work with LGBTQ+ organizations was referenced in 2022, 2023, and 2024. there is no mention of it in this year's write up. www.mlb.com/news/roberto... (previous years can be found changing "2025" in the url slug)

Please read: Remember how nervous MLB seemed about Jackie Robinson Day this year? They're quietly downplaying Roberto Clemente Day, too—but because they've always been more vague about him, it's lighter work. Why it's our job to consider Clemente more completely: twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...

What makes this especially bonkers is that McGwire's first season with the Cardinals did not begin until August 1st, after the was traded to them at the deadline. Those 191 home runs came in 3.33 seasons!

Everyone but Liverpool fans right now...

The Train You know it's good because it didn't feel the need to mess around with its title.

The Mets are only going to win like 84 games, having gone 22-34 or so during the season’s final two months, but still make the playoffs. The expanded postseason is so lame.

I was at a game in Seattle in 2016 when Canó picked up his 30th double of the season, giving him 12 straight seasons with 30+ doubles, joining Honus Wagner, Tris Speaker, and Stan Musial as the only players with such a streak. It's awesome that nearly a decade later, he's still hitting.

Buckeyes fans are whining. Fall has arrived.