There’s something not quite… likable about this USA team? I can’t put my finger on it. They feel very joyless. Not that you nec. need overflowing personality to succeed. But it’s a weird vibe from this group.
And yet the reality is that he’s little more than the dumb-as-shit bully from ‘80s comedies.
Standard great read from @jeffrueter.bsky.social. This almost makes you want to check in on our old pro-rel sickos. Almost. (Narrator: it doesn’t.)
Ohhhhh so this what he meant by “so much winning.”
Among a sea of underwhelming uniforms at the World Baseball Classic, the biggest missed opportunity was for Brazil to make theirs more in line with their iconic soccer uniforms. Even ChatGPT got this right with the tiniest prompt.
I'd tag Karoline Leavitt, but that would be silly.
We need to be talking more about how Great Britain is allowed to compete as a singular entity at the WBC. Rise up, Scots and Welsh baseballers!
Ya know, there are some former twitter personalities out there who might be cheering this on irrationally.
I give the league overall high marks for taking an "F it" swing at MLS as its competitive advantage (and MLS isn't perfect, so damn the torpedoes). I think it was bold and full of nachas. But I still don't get a lot of the fundamentals of the rapid expansion. And this is why. I hope they work it out
He’s a pretty class act. During my brief time covering MLB he was one of the easiest go-to’s in the clubhouse.
Holy shit. That’s a casting fever dream.
Ooh that’s a great shout. I’ve always wondered why Things Fall Apart was never adapted. Feels more relevant now than ever.
…and yet I will swear by the broken old guy who can’t hit right-handers to win this game. 🙃
This was a terrific read. For as much as the narrative in modern baseball is all about the bottomless resources and ruthless data-driven scenario planning (both of which the Dodgers are swimming in), Roberts has proven his greatest strength remains people management.
Disintegration wasn't far behind fwiw.
Call me a typical LA boy but I wore the living shit out of my Nothing’s Shocking cassette. It was incredible then and it sounds just as good now.
"Thoracic Thursday" never charted.
Rebbe please! This is a family app.
Holy crap Weston McKinnie.
I’d say we’re in a constitutional crisis, but that term seems so quaint in light of everything going on.
I could write up a list of things that make me uncomfortable to be a representative of America these days (to say the least), but the lameness of hearing "U-S-A! U-S-A!" during international sporting competitions is near the top of the list.
A+ Mean Girls reference buried in here by
@mattdoyle.bsky.social. This is what you get when you spend the easy money to subscribe.
Raise your hand if you knew there's a checkbox on your 1040 under additional income for "Olympic and Paralympic medals and USOC prize money." 🦗🦗🦗
There’s a “Le Havre-Notts County” joke in here somewhere but I’ll be damned if we add yet another lower-tier European competition.
The biggest bummer is that those Yeastie Boys bagels are pretty decent.
Guys. The skeets are coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE.
We tried and failed on so many silly little ideas. And loved it. The one thing we did that we didn’t question was hire @mattdoyle.bsky.social and just let him go nuts. His fit — while clearly an MLS sicko in every sense — was clear immediately.
A fun listen. What didn't get said – and really needs to – is that in a lot of ways, the whole ecosystem is one degree off Grant Wahl. He's the Bill Parcells of soccer journalism. Everyone either worked with him or alongside him in some way, and he championed us all.
Chris Schlosser (who's still there) had a vision and sold it. Greg Lalas, Simon Borg, Nick Firchau, David Agrell, Jason Saghini, Kristel Valencia, @andrew-wiebe.bsky.social, @cboehm.bsky.social and a whole host of OGs helped us create an incredible place. We knew it was special. And ephemeral.
