Jake Baska

“Maybe Over-Excited: The Brendan Aaronson Story”

Moments like this when I can't help but wonder if UChicago had the right idea all those years ago and peaced out of big time collegiate athletics.

Can I interest you in the man some call Thickey Henderson for the contrast between his burly frame and his base-stealing prowess? He went 30-for-32 in the regular season (19-for-19 as a Mariner!), 2-for-2 in the postseason.

It’s a deep cut.

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

Remembering Ralph Deslauriers, Bolton Valley founder who championed locals and independent ownership Ralph Deslauriers, founder of Bolton Valley Ski Area, died over the weekend. A successful developer and believer in keeping skiing independent and affordable, he was 90 years old.

Ralph Deslauriers got the idea for what would become the highest elevation ski area in the state while flying over the Bolton backcountry in a helicopter during his time as a captain with the Vermont National Guard.

Instead of mascots, England and Wales take to the field with 22 men and women who are living with Alzheimer's disease or dementia ❤️

The players will also wear shirts without names in the second half to help raise awareness 👏

Postseason Games Lasting 3½ Hours Or More:
2017 - 19
2018 - 23
2019 - 21
2020 - 27
2021 - 20
2022 - 17
2023 - 3
2024 - 5
2025 - 0 so far

Livan Hernandez-esque.

Or, as most of us refer to September 17th - it’s Butts Wagner Day.

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Live view of checking that scoreline

The musical tribute to the 2011 Cardinals that we never knew we needed.

Fanatics Ruined Christmas | Defector The holidays are peak merch season; just think about how many people out there are craving an Erik Gudbranson jersey but aren’t ready to buy it for themselves. Unfortunately for the gift-buying and -r...

This is absolutely Fanatics’ signature move.

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the 3 slowest pitches in recorded MLB history to get whiffs happened last night on 3 consecutive pitches

Best I can tell from available play by play data, there has never been another game in recorded NL/AL history in which…

A pitcher lost a no-hitter on a HR with 2 outs in the 9th and then …

His team lost the game.

Baseball!

The photo shows four images of the same Roman iron stylus pen, one below the other. The knib to the left. It has an inscription which runs along its length on four sides. The four images show the four lines of inscribed text which read: ‘ab urbe v[e]n[i] munus tibi gratum adf(e)ro
acul[eat]um ut habe[a]s memor[ia]m nostra(m)
rogo si fortuna dar[e]t quo possem
largius ut longa via ceu sacculus est (v)acuus’ ‘I have come from the City. I bring you a welcome gift with a sharp point that you may remember me.
I ask, if fortune allowed, that I might be able (to give) as generously as the way is long (and) as my purse is empty.’ The pen was used to write on wax-filled wooden writing tablets. Found in London (Roman ‘Londinium’) by MOLA. Photo by Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA

Timeless humour!

A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to:

“I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂

Dated circa 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was recovered in London during excavations by MOLA.
📷 Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA

#Archaeology

September Superfan Faceoff 7 Cubs Runs 0 Bears Points as of end of September 1st

Before I forget: WELCOME TO CHICAGO SEPTEMBER

Reminder: Cubs must double the Bears points total over the entire month. (Bears play week 1 on Sept 8th)

maybe the greatest pitch in baseball history

The great artists continue to take their classics and add enough variety so that they balance the creative tension between “signature characteristics” and “breaking new ground.” Well done, #LUFC!

Marvin Miller’s Hall of Fame plaque on the oak wall of the Plaque Gallery. MARVIN JULIAN MILLER Game-changing labor leader with 17-year tenure as executive director of Major League Baseball Players Association from 1966-82. Empowered ballplayers, forging a new economic framework for all of professional sports. Negotiated the first collective bargaining agreement between players and owners prior to 1968 season. Established arbitration as means to settle disputes, through which players earned the right to offer their services to any team via free agency. His efforts led to vast improvements for players in compensation and conditions both on and off the field.

Labor Day is the perfect day to check out Marvin Miller’s plaque. The Hall of Fame returns to the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through May 23. baseballhall.org/planyourvisit

I feel for Emi Buendia. The poor guy has deleted our number from his phone and has made clear that he’s going to homecoming with Jenny, but the rumor mill in the cafeteria keeps saying we have a chance at him.

It’s been a good run. We made a lot of friends along the way.

Good on ‘em.

Oooooooooooooooooooooof.

“Under my tutelage, you will grow from boys to men. From men into gladiators. And from gladiators into Swansons.”

It’s not NOT a staring-into-the-distance-at-the-beach song.

🤷🏻‍♂️💥💥💥🤦🏻‍♂️

[Pushes glasses up nose]

Technically, I believe it’s an Agent P bat.

YouTube video by Maroon 5 - Topic Sunday Morning (Demo)

The real answer is the demo version of "Sunday Morning." Back in the days of pirating music, I accidentally downloaded that version instead of the real thing.

Best Limewire mistake I ever made!

The worst was downloading a virus that killed my computer.