I have been exposed to The Discourse, and once again, we should maybe just know so much less about each other!
I have been exposed to The Discourse, and once again, we should maybe just know so much less about each other!
Up on @fangraphs.com, I talked a bit about the Tigers and why they should start Kevin McGonigle in the majors.
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Really excited to provide the play-by-play for this again. Join Ryan Spilborghs & me starting Friday from Daikin Park in Houston
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Team USA has played one warmup game and blew the doors off the Giants. Doesn't mean I can't nitpick Mark DeRosa's lineup construction
Look at these grown men yelling about how cool FanGraphs playoff odds math is
Letting Fetterman score clean dunks like this is a threat to national security
Hurter is suchhhhhh a high stakes reliever name
The Giants allowed the first four Team USA batters to reach but retired eight of nine since then and cut the lead in half in the bottom of the first. We're one swing away from tomorrow's headline being "America's Housering Crisis"
I donβt care if antisemitism is βmore prevalent on the rightβ, the point of my personal political project is that bigotry of all kinds has no place in a functioning society so I need to make sure that the people who claim they are on my side arenβt bigots. I have more contact with those people.
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FanGraphs isn't the only one, but there are far fewer of us than you'd like!
can't say I anticipated how big a differentiator "we don't partner with sportsbooks or prediction markets" would end up being in the (sports)media space
was trying to sort out why I was experiencing stretches of notable background anxiety all weekend, and "world events plus it's 91 degrees here on Feb 28" seems like as good an explanation as any
I know many of you already know this because itβs obvious but you can absolutely take a survey of an opinion deskβs output over time and pretty accurately surmise the viewsβor at least the intentionsβof the people who are in charge of deciding what gets published. I thought we were all adults here
funny hat, or?
Congrats to @michaelrosen.bsky.social and all of this yearβs winners! All of the nominated work is well worth your time, so be sure to check it out!
You ca always skip right past my discussion of the Red Sox for the spice - @ctrent.bsky.social talking Reds with the great @megrowler.fangraphs.com and @benlindbergh.bsky.social
Here is the pro debut of Athletics prospect, Jamie Arnold. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jipx...
this isn't the point, but Jason Lee is married to the Oddbird lady?!
feels pretty bad that our lives are being buffeted about by some of the dumbest, cruelest people imaginable, with the goal of making all of us dumber and crueler too
idk man, support independent media, that's definitely part of the solution here, but independent media can't afford to indemnify John Oliver, so it's hardly all of it
This episode? It's a very Effectively Wild episode. What does that mean? Heavy challenge system stats talk preceded by centaurs and hemorrhoids, obviously.
Every child in this fucking country deserves to see themself in the books they read.
It was never about fairness in high school sports, it was always about destroying trans peopleβs lives
The #Mariners' Josh Naylor provided a nice moment Tuesday by greeting history-making umpire Jen Pawol before stepping into the box.
"Itβs not hard to be inclusive and welcoming and happy. I think it could change the world.β
(via @shannondrayer.bsky.social)
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generally don't fault any individual player for contemplating these deals, and obviously the particulars really matter (including whether being in Pittsburgh Opening Day is predicated on taking one), but dude, you got $6.5 million two years ago and are stupid talented, bet on yourself a little
did he take a seconal before this?
(yeah, I'm watching, I sometimes hate myself)
being really tall is not the same as being hot, classic mistake!