Cecilia M. Tan

Shirley Povich writing in 1962, with the most immaculate burn conceivable of the Redskins awful, vile owner George Preston Marshall, the last NFL owner to insist on an all white roster: "Jim Brown, born ineligible to play for the Redskins, integrated their end zone three times yesterday." RIP WaPo.

Pinned lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Aug 19, 2021 Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13) 0:02 / 0:10 lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · 47m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

At least WaPo waited for a lull to kill their entire sports dept. The only things on tap are the Winter Olympics…and the Super Bowl…and the World Baseball Classic…and MLB…and the World Cup…and…and…

No no, I'm pretty sure that's Buck Dharma of Blue Oyster Cult

Actual photo of John F Kennedy visiting the Lawrence Laboratory in 1962 with Edwin McMillan and Glenn Seaborg. A group of men in dark suits and ties.

Also this seems to be the photo the AI thinks we're looking at, LOLLLL Photo by Donald Cooksey in the national archives: picryl.com/media/john-f...

I will note that the guest lists of just about every episode of Ed Sullivan are available at IMDb.

AI boldly declares that "The individuals pictured from left to right are Edwin McMillan, Glenn Seaborg, John F. Kennedy, and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara."

No, they are definitely not.

Can anyone do better?

AI Overview No, the image is not from The Ed Sullivan Show. The photograph actually shows President John F. Kennedy (third from left) during a visit to the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in March 1962. The individuals pictured from left to right are Edwin McMillan, Glenn Seaborg, John F. Kennedy, and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara.

Now here's what popped up when I did a reverse image search on Google: "AI Overview"

"No, the image is not from The Ed Sullivan Show.
The photograph actually shows President John F. Kennedy (third from left) during a visit to the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in March 1962."

So confident!

Ed Sullivan on the far right, in front of four other men in suits, probably from around 1960, while broadcasting the Ed Sullivan Show

Would you like to see a wild google AI fail? Someone sent me an image from the Ed Sullivan show asking me to identify the people in the photo. He thinks they're New York Yankees. Here's the original photo he sent me:

Portland isn’t gonna cave either.

Sounds par for the course for you? (I will not tell you any horror stories of editing the Baseball Prospectus Annual on Christmas)

The Twin Bill Book Prize looks like a crystal baseball

2025 Twin Bill Book Prize winners: Best baseball fiction book: A month of game days by Scott D. Peterson, Best Nonfiction: Field Work by Andrew Forbes, Best baseball poetry: Here Comes the Pizzer edited by Eric Poulin.

Finally some good news! HERE COMES THE PIZZER, edited by Eric Poulin and published by @SABR.org , has won the Twin Bill book prize for best baseball poetry book of 2025!

Wearing a black baseball cap with red logo and lettering of the women’s pro baseball league

Look what Santa brought me

@wpbl.bsky.social gear

Several fanned out issues of the Fall 2025 edition of the Baseball Research Journal

The cover of the Fall 2025 issue of the Baseball Research Journal, featuring an illustration of Lou Gehrig by Gary Cedarowski

The publishing info for the Fall 2025 issue of the Baseball Research Journal

The “From the Editor” page of the Fall 2025 issue of the Baseball Research Journal.

OMG IT’S HERE! My first issue of the Baseball Research Journal as editor! I LOVE IT

Logo of the electric plug on the box with the label "Strong Drive"

ZOMG

The Twin Bill Book Prize looks like a crystal baseball

2025 Twin Bill Book Prize winners: Best baseball fiction book: A month of game days by Scott D. Peterson, Best Nonfiction: Field Work by Andrew Forbes, Best baseball poetry: Here Comes the Pizzer edited by Eric Poulin.

Finally some good news! HERE COMES THE PIZZER, edited by Eric Poulin and published by @SABR.org , has won the Twin Bill book prize for best baseball poetry book of 2025!

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...

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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.