Cecilia M. Tan

Ah but there’s hope to see a barnstorming game? “The 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.”

Well… in an existential sense why do we feel a city connection to any city’s team since it’s not as if any of the players, owners, etc are from there…?

Drat. I was hoping they’d land closer to where I live, somewhere driving distance. But it is about a three hour drive from the site of the Women’s Baseball World Cup in Rockford, IL… www.iwbc.org/worldcup/

I'm looking forward to all 9000 words... but please in a blog post and not just on Bluesky. :D

Seeya next year.

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.

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.

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...

#1028: Phillies Free Agent Preview & World Series Thoughts Podcast Episode · Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast · 11/04/2025 · 1h 9m

World Series thoughts. Phillies MLB awards finalists. A FULL Free Agency Preview!

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If you’ve ever had to answer one of Justin’s questions, now is the time for payback

Probably so. I guess we’ll see.

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/didn’t leave an impression. He missed out on the “fame” part in hall of fame. At least now the committee will look at his body of work though.

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?...

And I truly believe the reason sports exist is to make people emotional! If they didn’t, we wouldn’t play or watch. When a team inspires a whole region it’s a beautiful thing.

I remember talking about Sheffield with some other Yankees reporters when he retired. My take then was: “Somehow Sheffield has hall of fame numbers, but not a hall of fame career.”

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.

There’s nothing like a city gripped with pennant fever. I loved the footage of Jays fans dancing in the street after a win… then dutifully scurrying to the curb when the light changed… and then running back into the street to dance more the second it was clear. 😄

This should be fun!

“There were no great teams, but there was a lot of great baseball.”

Another great recap.

Pot of balloons labelled “100 luftballons balloons ballons”

Rounding error

This one is great.

I was at a non-basebally conference this weekend so I didn’t 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?

Game of inches.

Less crucial, but I keep thinking about 2 different Jays getting doubled off on what they thought was ball four. I’d never seen that happen before and then twice in one series?

No, it’s a taco

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 isn’t boring. But based on how many people I’ve heard from in the last couple days who found themselves drawn in by one of the best games of all time, I’d take my chances. “I now understand the love of baseball,” one relative told me. “Remember when I was looking for a team?” asked another who had tuned into the Blue Jays’ run in hopes of rekindling his dormant passion for the game. “Well I’ve got one now!” From total strangers, too: “Even though I find baseball exceedingly dull,” someone replied to me on social media, “I was glued to the TV.”

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.

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Yes, I am a bears fan

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

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.

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.

Please stop tormenting this poor man with jerseys from teams that are not his. bsky.app/profile/jmte...