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Melissa Lockard

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I believe this is called waking up in the morning. Welcome to consciousness, Claude. Here’s an Ambien.

06.03.2026 15:23 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Pretty sure they aren’t creative enough to have had the idea of bringing back the prehistoric killer beasts or the AI-killer robots if they hadn’t seen the movies. They just didn’t get them I think.

05.03.2026 15:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They most certainly didn’t. I think they thought the dinosaur park was a good thing!

05.03.2026 14:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Starting to think the “innovators” of today should have been banned from movie theaters in the 90s.

05.03.2026 14:32 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 1

lol, let it go guys.

05.03.2026 01:23 👍 20 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Vance Honeycutt is the first player to homer in each of his first four at-bats to start a single Spring Training in at least the last 20 years

h/t the wizard @jasonbernard.bsky.social

04.03.2026 22:30 👍 82 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 3

Stand back Blaze, Kody and Kaeden. We have Vinegar Bend Mizell and Pi Schwert.

04.03.2026 05:15 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Fun sequence of events between Team USA and the Giants:

97.2 mph fastball from Paul Skenes
111.9 mph batted ball from Bryce Eldridge
Nice running grab by Byron Buxton in center field

03.03.2026 20:52 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

It's three times yer out at the ol' ball game, in this case. Though I'd be surprised if he plays another game in the big leagues even if the Braves have to pay his salary next season. Can't see them carrying him after all this.

03.03.2026 18:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That's when you know it's serious. 😂

03.03.2026 17:47 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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2026 MLB Draft ranking 1.0: Roch Cholowsky leads the top 30 prospects This year's MLB Draft class has a clearcut favorite for the No. 1 pick, UCLA's Roch Cholowsky. It's also deep in high school pitching.

Who else might crack @keithlaw.bsky.social's top 30 MLB prospects?

Tap in for the first installment of his 2026 MLB Draft rankings ⤵️

03.03.2026 16:49 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Alou Family Professional Hits

Felipe: 3,165 hits
Mateo: 3,488
Jesús: 3,133
Moises: 2866

At least 12,652

03.03.2026 01:51 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Top 10 Prospects (World Baseball Classic 2026) 10 prospects who are not affiliated with MLB teams

Today I’m publishing my article on the top 10 best prospects not affiliated with MLB organizations who will be in the 2026 World Baseball Classic.

Scouting reports and insights, on Beisbol FR.

www.beisbolfr.com/p/top-10-pro...

02.03.2026 18:44 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

It's almost like maybe we should have midseason minor-league All-Star games when the players are in playing form or something.

02.03.2026 17:35 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Rainbow over Mt. Diablo Blvd in Lafayette, California.

Rainbow over Mt. Diablo Blvd in Lafayette, California.

Lucked into seeing an absolutely stunning rainbow just now. Sharing it for everyone who needs a hug.

02.03.2026 16:13 👍 267 🔁 24 💬 8 📌 1

lol the spiel at our Purim carnival was K-pop Demon Hunter themed. It’s a trend! 😂

02.03.2026 01:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Photo of a woman wearing a shoulder brace. Caption: Shoulder Pain is Not From Sleeping Wrong. Meet The Real Enemy

Photo of a woman wearing a shoulder brace. Caption: Shoulder Pain is Not From Sleeping Wrong. Meet The Real Enemy

I will destroy her

01.03.2026 03:58 👍 6275 🔁 1351 💬 36 📌 21

When they start building the new bridge parallel to the old bridge do you think the old bridge sees the writing on the wall or does he just think he's getting a buddy?

25.02.2026 21:32 👍 76 🔁 26 💬 5 📌 0
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Kids, wake up, Konnor Griffin homered again.

408 feet, 107.8 mph off the bat.

Came against an 0-1 sweeper from RHP Kyle Leahy.

01.03.2026 18:15 👍 20 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 7
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Carlos Lagrange has hit 102+ mph three times this spring, a mark no Yankees pitcher reached last season. He's also hit 100+ mph 20 times across 5 2/3 innings.

He's very fun.

27.02.2026 22:13 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1

evergreen

27.02.2026 21:44 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Joey Cantillo, Emmet Sheehan and other potential MLB breakout pitchers for 2026 These pitchers meet the criteria to be potential breakout starters this season, though some breakouts seem more likely than others.

Nine young pitchers that could break out this year www.nytimes.com/athletic/706...

27.02.2026 17:50 👍 29 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 3

Congratulations Andrew!

27.02.2026 18:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Samuel Basallo has catcher’s gear on and is heading to the stadium field for workouts

27.02.2026 15:04 👍 25 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

I clicked on the A's boxscore for a second to look up something and saw the Richie Martin was on first and Jonah Bride was on third and at first I thought I was in a time machine but then saw they now played for the Rangers.

26.02.2026 21:41 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A chilling headline to be paired with an amazing sweater.

26.02.2026 19:56 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Ban injuries

26.02.2026 19:19 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Tempe Diablo Stadium was one of the last to be set-up with Statcast data so maybe he meant they didn't have radar gun boards up at the stadium or something similar? I'm sure they have that data internally.

26.02.2026 19:19 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🚨New at Baseball Savant, all the ABS info you've been looking for

1) a high-level dashboard showing overturn rates, trends, and plenty of splits

Showing 2025 AAA here, but 2026 MLB ST is available too
baseballsavant.mlb.com/abs?gameType...

26.02.2026 14:00 👍 48 🔁 15 💬 5 📌 3
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2026 MLB rookie class: The top 20 most likely to make an impact this season These 20 rookies have both the potential and the playing time opportunity to impact their big-league teams in 2026.

my annual ranking of the top rookies by projected 2026 impact is now up for subscribers to @theathletic.com, led by Carter Jensen & JJ Wetherholt. www.nytimes.com/athletic/706...

25.02.2026 18:10 👍 28 🔁 3 💬 4 📌 1