I instead choose to crash out because the SP the Mets targeted two off seasons ago took less money from the Dodgers to annoy me for a decade.

My sympathies to the biggest Philadelphia Phillies fans I know: Joe Biden, Samuel Alito, and Benjamin Netanyahu. I’ll see you in Valhalla.

Big Umper.

Big Umper

This is some north-of-the-border-Rich-Staff posting.

An ‘Ichi Lager’ can with Ichiro on it.

I’m not going to take credit for the M’s first home win since ’01, but I’m just saying I grabbed one of these from the fridge just before the bottom of the 8th.

Let me check.
Huh, the updated rules say yes, but only for the Dodgers and Yankees, somehow.

I guess the worm never actually turned.

We’ve all joked that the Cubs winning the World Series in 2016 opened a vortex to Trump, but have we considered that the Astros missing the playoffs for the first time since 2016 might close it? Much to consider.

Ask your doctor about ”Less Absurd Tactical Managing” (TM)

To be clear, I don’t think that “Meg lives inside computer and makes these numbers up,” but I am trying to reconcile the idea that the Mets could somehow win the WS without making the playoffs first. Is it the WS that takes place in my heart? Or some kind of “the Cubs got the measles” situation

@megrowler.fangraphs.com Wait, so the projection is that the Reds are twice as likely as the Mets to play October baseball (makes sense) but the Mets are almost 3x as likely to win the WS anyway? Is math broken? Or should I have failed AP stats back in high school?

This one just kind of flowed out of me. Good to learn that my subconscious is just always assembling an aggressively 2005 lineup card.

Declare it for yourself at 18, with your voter registration.

I see we moved on to understanding the Spanish mind.

You should know better than to risk the ire of listeners with opinions on things like, "Which vegetable would field first base like Keith Hernandez?"

(It's Broccolini, by the way)

a close up of a man in a green elf costume with the words `` you sit on a throne of lies '' . Alt: a close up of Will Ferrell in a green elf costume with the words ``you sit on a throne of lies '' .

This year's #1 overall pick in the "Holiday Gifs" draft

I expect better from "America's #1 Sports Podcast" (TM)

Molly, aka the Thing of Evil, prepares to pounce on intruders. Her motto: "DEATH FROM THE ANKLES DOWN!"

To be fair, I guess you never said *which* Monday.

*Finishing powerwashing my home to the tune of Christmas Eve Sarajevo*

I'm ready.

The first thing that popped into my head seeing this list was, "Where's Bautista?" but of course, he falls short of 150 IP

I trust that @sepinwall.bsky.social drafted well within both the letter and spirit of the rules.

I'm holding out for when they auction off the first base bag that Cole neglected to cover

Fuckers in black turtlenecks have just been tinkering around the margins with hot honey and acting like they're innovating.

Juan and Francisco Lindor are about to play the sickest game of Ping Pong right next to the kombucha.

I would purchase several drawings/prints of the Francisco Lindor grand slam, but I also totally get that you wouldn't have time to draw those before the holidays... and might just not want to draw that.

Somehow I had them blocked already?

The Toddfather mentioned.

Eh, Quintana struck me more as overpaying for age 34 and 35 of a middling starter coming off of the shiny ERA. Aside from the injury, he mostly pitched to the level you expected though.