Ah but thereโs hope to see a barnstorming game? โThe seven-week season, which begins in August, will also feature barnstorming games in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and Boston but the plans have not been finalized yet, Stein said.โ
17.11.2025 17:12 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Wellโฆ in an existential sense why do we feel a city connection to any cityโs team since itโs not as if any of the players, owners, etc are from thereโฆ?
17.11.2025 17:11 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Drat. I was hoping theyโd land closer to where I live, somewhere driving distance. But it is about a three hour drive from the site of the Womenโs Baseball World Cup in Rockford, ILโฆ www.iwbc.org/worldcup/
17.11.2025 17:04 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0
I'm looking forward to all 9000 words... but please in a blog post and not just on Bluesky. :D
07.11.2025 22:06 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Seeya next year.
07.11.2025 22:04 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I know it doesn't make the heartbreak feel any better, Canada, but your guys still achieved more than 28 other teams and played their absolute hearts out. No one should hang their head about their play. The world champs managed to cling on by their fingernails and it took everything to beat 'em.
07.11.2025 22:04 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
The way folks are still going on about IKF not scoring the winning run in G7, really focusing on every little detail and where the 3rd base coach told him to stand, etc etc... maybe I understand how the whole "Pesky held the ball" narrative blew up. The obsessessiveness is completely understandable.
07.11.2025 22:04 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Bill - egads can't remember his last name - James that's it. did a column/study on the edge given to single team players.
Links to that article appear broken but Joe Posnanski does have a commentary - paywalled but the preamble is adequate.
joeposnanski.substack.com/p/one-team-o...
04.11.2025 14:44 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
#1028: Phillies Free Agent Preview & World Series Thoughts
Podcast Episode ยท Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast ยท 11/04/2025 ยท 1h 9m
World Series thoughts. Phillies MLB awards finalists. A FULL Free Agency Preview!
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If youโve ever had to answer one of Justinโs questions, now is the time for payback
03.11.2025 22:50 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Probably so. I guess weโll see.
04.11.2025 14:34 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Oh I think we actually agree! He was that guy in so many lineups. But that was the problem: by moving from team to team so much, he never built up a legacy/didnโt leave an impression. He missed out on the โfameโ part in hall of fame. At least now the committee will look at his body of work though.
03.11.2025 18:50 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
YouTube video by CTV News
Clement, Springer and Guerrero Jr. react to World Series loss
CTV with locker room interviews of Ernie Clement, George Springer, and Vlad Jr. youtu.be/t569MdAZvH0?...
03.11.2025 18:42 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
And I truly believe the reason sports exist is to make people emotional! If they didnโt, we wouldnโt play or watch. When a team inspires a whole region itโs a beautiful thing.
03.11.2025 16:26 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I remember talking about Sheffield with some other Yankees reporters when he retired. My take then was: โSomehow Sheffield has hall of fame numbers, but not a hall of fame career.โ
03.11.2025 16:24 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Lost dog flyer for a medium-sized pit mix, about 1.5 years old, with a brindle brown and bright blue eyes. She is wearing an orange collar. Flyer reads: LOST / DO NOT CHASE / LAX AREA / WESTCHESTER 90045 / AIRPORT/MANCHESTER / 310 991 6884 / 301 801 8083.
Los Angeles/westside folks: Our foster dog, Hazel, got out tonight around 8:08 p.m., and we have not been able to locate her. Please keep an eye out--and if you see her, DO NOT CHASE. She is very timid and will not come to someone she doesn't know. PLEASE CALL/TEXT THE NUMBERS ON THE FLYER.
03.11.2025 08:23 โ ๐ 22 ๐ 37 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 2
Thereโs nothing like a city gripped with pennant fever. I loved the footage of Jays fans dancing in the street after a winโฆ then dutifully scurrying to the curb when the light changedโฆ and then running back into the street to dance more the second it was clear. ๐
03.11.2025 16:19 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
This should be fun!
03.11.2025 16:17 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โThere were no great teams, but there was a lot of great baseball.โ
Another great recap.
03.11.2025 16:12 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Pot of balloons labelled โ100 luftballons balloons ballonsโ
Rounding error
02.11.2025 16:01 โ ๐ 787 ๐ 186 ๐ฌ 11 ๐ 3
This one is great.
03.11.2025 15:56 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
I was at a non-basebally conference this weekend so I didnโt catch up on the epic game seven until yesterday and all I can say is wow. I got my wish. I said what I was rooting for was an extra innings game seven and then it actually happened!
So, Shohei, Yamamoto, and Sasaki all on WBC Team Japan?
03.11.2025 15:51 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Game of inches.
Less crucial, but I keep thinking about 2 different Jays getting doubled off on what they thought was ball four. Iโd never seen that happen before and then twice in one series?
03.11.2025 15:46 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
No, itโs a taco
03.11.2025 15:40 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
If you could watch those last few innings and not feel your heart soar or fall with every swing, then fine: I will never be able to convince you that baseball isnโt boring. But based on how many people Iโve heard from in the last couple days who found themselves drawn in by one of the best games of all time, Iโd take my chances. โI now understand the love of baseball,โ one relative told me. โRemember when I was looking for a team?โ asked another who had tuned into the Blue Jaysโ run in hopes of rekindling his dormant passion for the game. โWell Iโve got one now!โ From total strangers, too: โEven though I find baseball exceedingly dull,โ someone replied to me on social media, โI was glued to the TV.โ
For my entire adult life, baseball people have wrung their hands about the sport's shrinking popularity and fretted over how to grow the game with young people. Turns out the answer is: Show them a game like the one we just watched.
Today's Lewsletter: www.thelewsletter.lewispoll.is/p/game-seven...
03.11.2025 15:04 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2
Yes, I am a bears fan
03.11.2025 15:12 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Photo credits (clockwise from top-left): Cool Papa Bell, Satchel Paige, Oscar Charleston, Turkey Stearnes, Josh Gibson, Sol White from the SABR-Rucker Archive.
Big news from SABR: For the first time ever, complete Negro Leagues player and team statistics are now available for download in the Lahman Baseball Database. sabr.org/latest/negro... @seanlahman.bsky.social
30.10.2025 14:40 โ ๐ 111 ๐ 31 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 4
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
30.10.2025 16:01 โ ๐ 39414 ๐ 14884 ๐ฌ 567 ๐ 659
This has been studied to death (in a good way!).
Generally speaking,
1. Lineups don't matter, but
2. Leading off your best guy is not optimal.
29.10.2025 23:00 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Please stop tormenting this poor man with jerseys from teams that are not his. bsky.app/profile/jmte...
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