Michael Clair

Actually was signed in Atlantic League a few years back too!

“Oops all berries” is the worst mistake Cap’n Crunch ever made. Rather than projecting an air of confidence derived from a life spent exploring the high cereals, we are instead to think he is some bumbling, ineffective longshoreman? Terrible marketing, destroyed billions in value

The Women's Pro Baseball League draft pool is out and it's a true global affair. There are players from the USA, Canada, Japan, Mexico, UK, France, Korea, and Puerto Rico. Includes the biggest names like Ashton Lansdell, Melissa Mayeaux, Laura Hirai...
www.womensprobaseballleague.com/prospect-ran...

Panama win WBSC Americas Qualifier, qualify for WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup 2026 with Puerto Rico and Cuba - World Baseball Softball Confederation The first of two WBSC Americas Qualifiers included teams representing North, Central America and the Caribbean. Panama defeated Puerto Rico in the final, while Cuba overcame Mexico in the bronze-medal...

Panama beat Puerto Rico for the U-23 World Cup Qualifier with former A's minor leaguer Adriel Gonzalez pitching a complete game in the victory.

(Which underscores why I wish it would move back to U-21 level as few if any prospects play at this level)

www.wbsc.org/en/news/pana...

brings a tear to the eye

21. FACES OF THE LIVING DEAD - Martyn Jolly

They were scams, yes, but awfully evocative and artistic scams

Some real classic notgraphsing here

Various Great Philosophers and How They Would Feel About the Automated Ball-Strike System | Baseball Prospectus Gathering the greatest minds of two and a half millennia to embrace a little debate.

Various Great Philosophers and How They Would Feel About the Automated Ball-Strike System
by Patrick Dubuque (@euqubud.baseballprospectus.com)

No way! I've interviewed Burgos in the past and it was a great convo. Will need to add the book to my TBR

If you're in Chicago, the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture has a new exhibit on baseball! Called Pleibol!, it's a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian. Free to visit!

nmprac.org/exhibitions/...

Underground Mutants, by The Subway Ghosts 6 track album

Happy Bandcamp Friday! You can get a digital copy of our EP today if you want!

We'll have EXTREMELY limited 12" records up for sale soon.

thesubwayghosts.bandcamp.com/album/underg...

My copy of Rob Fitts’ new book (from the fine, FINE folks at @univnebpress.bsky.social) on the people and moments behind the scenes in the NPB arrived! Can’t wait to crack it open.

20. SWEETHEART, SWEETHEART - Bernard Taylor

A real slooooooooow burner before going absolutely nuts at the end. Sadly, this edition and its ghoulish cover is not the version I read, but it's perfect.

This is cool! SABR just added 60 Negro Leagues triple plays to its triple play database!

sabr.org/latest/sabr-...

I did not like the idea of having Aroldis Chapman coming in and then having to wait again before the 9th inning. This is the exact scenario I thought might happen

I think we might be in the fifth inning pre pitch clock

A bunt also got them into the playoffs

I would just like to point out to everyone: THE BUNT WON THE GAME FOR THE TIGERS.

MORE BUNTS BABY

I must continue pointing to the sign: FREE RYAN WARD

OH LORD WE GOT OUR BEAUTIFUL BUNT

The standout former MLBers and World Baseball Classic stars who led way at EuroBaseball 2025 For the 27th time in 38 European Baseball Championships -- the biggest national baseball team event in Europe that is held biennially -- it came down to the two European superpowers: The Netherlands a...

Martin Červenka went supernova, Kevin Kelly struck out 16 batters IN A SINGLE RELIEF OUTING, and Didi Gregorius won the MVP.

Here are the standouts from this year's #EuroBaseball: www.mlb.com/news/standou...

Young fan explains why he returned Raleigh's 60th homer ball: 'It should be Cal's' SEATTLE -- Amid chants of “MVP! MVP!” echoing through the stadium, Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh launched a historic 60th home run during the September 24th game against the Colorado Rockies -- marking...

A great story from Ayako Oikawa, who met the young 12-year-old who gave the ball back to Cal Raleigh.

"It should be Cal’s. It was his moment. His special ball."

www.mlb.com/news/cal-ral...

biggest dumps?

The standout former MLBers and World Baseball Classic stars who led way at EuroBaseball 2025 For the 27th time in 38 European Baseball Championships -- the biggest national baseball team event in Europe that is held biennially -- it came down to the two European superpowers: The Netherlands a...

Martin Červenka went supernova, Kevin Kelly struck out 16 batters IN A SINGLE RELIEF OUTING, and Didi Gregorius won the MVP.

Here are the standouts from this year's #EuroBaseball: www.mlb.com/news/standou...

Mets fans watching the standings the last few months

Four shutout innings from the bullpen and it’s over! The Netherlands are back in the gold! With a roster that wouldn’t look out of place at the WBC, the Netherlands reasserted their place as European royalty.

🥇 🇳🇱
🥈 🇮🇹
🥉 🇨🇿

A solo shot by Sharlon Schoop -- Jonathon's brother -- and a two-run double by former Phillies prospect Jiandido Tromp
gives the Netherlands the edge in Rotterdam.

38-year-old WBC and MLB veteran Shairon Martis pitched four solid innings for the Kingdom as they lead Italy, 5-2, heading to the 5th

Oral history: Team USA wins gold at 2000 Olympics The Official Site of Major League Baseball

If you want the whole story on the remarkable team, you can't do better than the absolutely incredible oral history that @adammccalvy.bsky.social wrote:

www.mlb.com/news/feature...

How Pat Borders played through injury to help USA win its first Olympic gold medal Pat Borders was known for being tough. A two-time World Series winner and the 1992 World Series MVP, with over 1,000 games behind the dish, would have to be. His manager with the Blue Jays, Cito Gasto...

25 years ago today, the USA upset Cuba to win its first Olympic gold medal. To do it, World Series MVP Pat Borders played through injury to help guide a young Ben Sheets to a complete game shutout.

I spoke with Borders for the anniversary: www.mlb.com/news/pat-bor...

The poop and run bandit