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MLB writer/talker/HOF voter and analyzer/power ranker for CBS Sports. Fan of IU, Bears, Pacers, Shawshank, Curb, Breaking Bad, Metallica, roller coasters,πΊ(not an exhaustive list, but these are the main food groups)
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21.11.2025 20:15 β π 18 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0One of the most brutal things I've ever watched
20.11.2025 16:11 β π 355 π 48 π¬ 20 π 40No worries. To further clarify, I'd have voted for Bonds, Sosa, Clemens and McGwire. Not Palmeiro.
17.11.2025 18:17 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0ok, cool
17.11.2025 17:59 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It's not dishonest at all. My rule is that if a player was suspended by the league once there was a testing system in place, he was cheating the system. If he wasn't, I just judge on the field. If you disagree with my method, that's fair, but to call it dishonest is off base.
17.11.2025 17:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0to be clear ... my rule is and has always been:
- Was the player suspended by the league once a testing system was in place? If yes, he's a no for me. If not, on the field results play.
I also think we need to lower the bar for starting pitchers moving forward.
All pieces of the puzzle.
I'm on this list. Why am I not allowed to vote for Pettitte without voting for Manny and/or A-Rod?
17.11.2025 17:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0yes, the NBA famously never has repeat champs or runs of championships from one team
03.11.2025 05:48 β π 42 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0I wrote about this! Coming tomorrow
02.11.2025 05:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0so, yeah, it wasn't done yet, but this happens sometimes
02.11.2025 05:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We live in a tumultuous world. But I take solace in the fact that the 2010 University of Alaska Fairbanks hockey intro video remains the most unhinged thing Iβve ever seen.
01.11.2025 15:45 β π 172 π 45 π¬ 21 π 33And once again you can only shake your head and wonder how a group of people came together and decided it was a good idea to trade a player and person like this.
27.10.2025 20:31 β π 320 π 43 π¬ 22 π 6Forty years ago MLB teams opened their books to an independent economist and were proven to be lying liars who lied.
Until they open their books that way again, let that be your default assumption about any claims they β and their media water carriers β make about their finances.
Dodgers spend 73% of their revenue; Brewers spend 41%
16.10.2025 21:01 β π 256 π 69 π¬ 29 π 73You fought the good fight. All you can do. Good job.
12.10.2025 05:45 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0After Game 1 of Cubs Wild Card I told my wife I missed this and I didn't. Feeling like you're gonna die for 2.5 hours, but hey, you might be happy when it ends!
06.10.2025 04:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Bad teams play bad baseball, pt. N+1:
Pirates start 3-5 with a BB and HBP against one of the worst starters in baseball.
Sacrifice bunt!
Pirates are 1-12 since.
Iβm sure they just need more revenue sharing and a payroll cap and maybe a pony.
yeah, pretty damn satisfying game
24.08.2025 03:17 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Good morning
15.08.2025 10:20 β π 2403 π 732 π¬ 59 π 114I love Last Jedi so much. Rise of Skywalker was disappointing, yeah
11.08.2025 14:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Love it so much
11.08.2025 04:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0pretty much everything, but if i had to single something out, it's Rey being such a badass. One moment? I'll go with her using the force to get the lightsaber toward the end of Force Awakens. When the lightsaber flies by Kylo
11.08.2025 03:53 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0absurdly consistent. Haven't been more than five above or below .500, haven't been swept in a three game series. Haven't won more than five in a row. It's funny
11.08.2025 03:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Cade Horton with a 1.05 ERA in his last six starts. 0.00 in last four
06.08.2025 19:38 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0this RULES
02.08.2025 02:42 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0hell yes Bryce Harper!
28.07.2025 16:27 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I don't think a casual would see a fourth home run and scoff due to the pitching matchup, no.
And it's such a hard feat, no one should bother with such trivialities imo.
Did you break down all the non-competitive no-hitters? There have been a lot.
And i have no doubt the average, casual sports fan has broken it down like this
26.07.2025 06:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0We are smart enough to narrow it down to high-level feats by players
26.07.2025 05:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yes!
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