Do places around town ever let people drop off little zines for distribution? My kid is working on a comic, and I know back in the day you could do that and not even charge people for it (or recoup just costs). It's not meant to be a moneymaking thing at this point. But if you know of places lmk

With two walks tonight, Juan Soto passed Larry Walker on the all-time leaderboard. Soto is now tied with Bobby Bonds for 175th in career walks, with 914. Walker, of course, is a Hall of Famer, who got in partially because of his excellent walk rate. Juan Soto is 27 years old.

Saints' SS Kaelen Culpepper robs George Valera of a hit with a leaping catch (via St Paul Saints)

This is everything I want, but strangely, I do not care about it.

Got another quiet moment. What should I read?

What good baseball writing did I miss this week? What should I be reading with my coffee this morning?

What good baseball writing did I miss this week? What should I be reading with my coffee this morning?

The Brewers pitching depth, frankly, is ridiculous. www.jsonline.com/story/sports...

With his walk tonight, Juan Soto moved into a tie with Bobby Bonilla for 177th place on the career leaderboard. Both Bonilla and Soto have 912 free passes to their name. Bonilla played 16 big-league seasons and batted 8,257 times. Juan Soto is 27 years old.

Update: it WAS big! Royals only score once in the 10th.

Risky but ultimately cool and potentially big play to lead off the 10th in Royals-Cardinals: Nathan Church diving to cut off a Bobby Witt double and prevent it from being a triple. Had he missed, woulda been an inside-the-Parker.

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Lately, it feels like Luke Keaschall's average starting position at second base is within grabass range of the pitcher's mound. Twins have the infield in all the time, and he plays especially shallow because of his weak arm.

I've been saying this a lot lately, but: if you're not having fun watching Twins-Brewers, you don't like ball. Lot of features of interest tonight.

It's just hitting me that the #MNTwins are not wearing their City Connect jerseys on this Friday night. Probably to avoid confusion with the blue-and-yellow Brewers, I guess?

Should an advantage in challenges remaining be factored into WPA? It'd have to be a tiny factor, right? But it seems like something we could capture the value of and throw into the stew. Having a challenge or two left in the 7th when your opponent is out does matter, I think.

Aaron Ashby's shit, as I often remark, is gross.

WE HAVE A SCORING CHANGE: Ryan Jeffers's grounder to 3rd in the bottom of the 4th, initially ruled a hit, goes as an error on Rengifo. Coleman Crow no-hitter watch? Coleman Crow no-hitter watch, anyone?

Early start tonight has made the 3rd and 4th inns. more like the 1st and 2nd of most sunny night games at Target Field, with the shadows hitters so detest making hitting rough. Remains 1-0 through four, and if Luis Rengifo had taken care of business as he ought, Coleman Crow would still be perfect.

It's weird.

Three more scoreless innings tonight for Braxton Ashcraft, and he's hit a new peak velocity for his career: 99.6 MPH. Which is my chance to remind you, I wrote about him this week @baseballprospectus.com: www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

The team with baseball's lowest swing rate has come out swinging at everything against Joe Ryan. #Brewers had a little ambush planned tonight.

A live band is playing “5 O’Clock Somewhere” on the plaza at Target Field’s Gate 34. It’s also playing over the stadium sound system… on a delay of a second or so. It is impossible not to hear both the live and the fed-through sound. On this heavenly spring day, a slice of hell.

Brandon Woodruff threw 87-88 during a bullpen session yesterday, and came out of it "very encouraged," Pat Murphy said. Woodruff believes he can compete and win with that, and is feeling good. Is Murphy himself satisfied with that? Are #Brewers? "No. I want him to be effective; highly effective."

Wrote about the weird digression over the last week, with the ball posting low drag figures while offense and slugging crater. (h/t @matrueblood.bsky.social for the idea) Excerpt: www.joesheehan.com The Newsletter turns 16 Sunday. Last day to get 16% off for 16 months. tinyurl.com/sszefh55

As a hands-on owner, Ted Turner did some memorably crazy things, but in his own words, his first decade of owning the Braves was “a disaster.” Only when he rehired Bobby Cox and left baseball to his baseball people did the franchise become a powerhouse; meanwhile, he changed the face of television.

Real missed opportunity to use the pic of Edwin Díaz in that brimless cap, too.

*explicitly gay* sex, that is. Guys have been lining up behind imaginary booties and mime-spanking them after doubles for years now. But that’s fine with the media, because boys will be boys (as long as they’re only pretending to fuck girls).

Always remember that the Cubs non-tendered Kyle Schwarber in late 2020 because Tom Ricketts initially planned to slash payroll for 2021. Ricketts changed his mind later that offseason and the Cubs signed Joc Pederson to a one-year deal for the same money Schwarber would have made in arbitration.

Certified @jackstern.bsky.social Banger today @brewerfanatic.com, on David Hamilton, hitting in lanes and playing shortstop. Killer stuff. Please check it out. brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/...

This, plus Nomah:

JUST. HAVE. A. NEW. IDEA!!! Just make an original movie! What in the fuck is wrong with these people??

This picture goes hard.

Just...I need everyone to realize how far we have fallen. This is, like, the sixth thing Trump said in this presser that would have been career-ending for any politician of 20 years ago.

The Boston Red Sox would win a lot of 40-yard dashes. Unfortunately, that's not an event that helps win baseball games. #redsox #boston #dirtywater

Certified @jackstern.bsky.social Banger today @brewerfanatic.com, on David Hamilton, hitting in lanes and playing shortstop. Killer stuff. Please check it out. brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/...

Generally a passenger in the lineup during his time in San Diego, Xander Bogaerts has been crucial to the Padres' early success. Are we looking at a full-blown renaissance? #padres #sandiego #forthefaithful

MORNING JOGGER (12 letters)

The NBA and NBPA have issued a call for research proposals into tendon health and injury risk mitigation with up to $250K per year in awards.

📱| Northern Minnesota (2026) Static frame, fluid world #FensterFreitag

Teo wyd

$976m of public dollars ... could go to a lot of other things that need to be funded more than a sports venue

Pete Crow-Armstrong's bat speed is up this year. It's WAY up, really. Right now, that's done more harm than good for him—but not the way you might assume. On the nuances of the swing and its timing, and how PCA must adjust to his increase in raw power. northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/...

New @destinationtheshow.bsky.social with @jeremynygaard.bsky.social We talked about #MNTwins MiLB promotions, the number three pick, and if we’d swap the Twins top ten prospects for the top ten picks in the 2026 draft. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

The Cubs' star center fielder has better bat speed this season, which is leading to more hard contact. He's not paying for it with more whiffs, either. So why are his numbers so off? #cubs #chicago

Pete Crow-Armstrong's bat speed is up this year. It's WAY up, really. Right now, that's done more harm than good for him—but not the way you might assume. On the nuances of the swing and its timing, and how PCA must adjust to his increase in raw power. northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/...

She’s got dumps like a truck, truck, truck,

Abner Uribe, landing spots, and the tiny misplacements of one limb or another that can be the difference between a great pitch and disaster. brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/...

Not saying he SHOULD have, but it's occurring to me now that he COULD have gone by Lonny. Zebulon can equally well be Zebby or Lonny. In my head, from now on: Lonny.