Taylor Jenkins

Is BlueSky officially #back?

Just finished this fantastic read from @joeposnanski.bsky.social.

Not only is it a book that I firmly believe every single baseball fan should read, but I’d go a step further and argue that it should sit on every fan’s coffee table so that they can pick it up and relive it every so often.

Planning a wedding so I have less time in general for games. Recently got into Shredders - casual, don’t need to stop or start anything really, so helps when I could play for 10 minutes or 45. Also recently hopped back on the new Call of Duty just to prove I’ve still got it.

Haven’t been checking in on here recently, how’s it going?

Need to start making this place a habit, because the other place is just getting really abysmal.

Of these five teams listed, here is their win total from the following season:

1963 NYM: 51 Wins

2004 DET: 72 Wins

2019 BAL: 54 Wins

2020 DET: 23 wins in a 58-game season, a win percentage of .397 which would extrapolate to roughly 64 wins over 162 games.

The Chicago White Sox win total for the 2025 season is set at just 49.5.

I know we’re talking about a team that won just 41 games last year, but among full seasons since 1961 (when the MLB schedule extended from 154 games to 162), just five teams have won fewer than 50 games.

that if a team could guarantee better health without sacrificing effectiveness, every single club would be lining up to buy that solution. But is it truly attainable or sustainable, would be my question. I think that my most immediate change to help would be widening the strike zone.

I understand your point, but it ultimately boils down to effectiveness, right? I remember Tyler Glasnow on Chris Rose’s podcast talking about when he tried to take some off to locate better and his ERA was 9, said he wouldn’t change anything about his career despite the injuries. Like, I’m sure

Was in on Memphis -4.5 but wiped it and doubled down when Hard Rock’s boost gave -2.5 at -120. Didn’t think there was any way it’d be a sweat.

What’s the solution?

But they’re far from alone in how they develop pitchers, other than the fact that I’d argue they identify/develop pitchers better than most. It would be one thing if they were alone in the suffering of pitcher injuries, but they aren’t. Even if for trades, they’d be better off trading healthy ones.

Every single team wants their pitchers to be healthy, if they could wave a wand and eliminate them all they would. But teams also want to win. With the way TJ has advanced, injury avoidance isn’t even as much about longevity. Plenty of guys come back from TJ just fine and go on to have full careers

I mean, the Rays have every incentive to keep pitchers healthy. They aren’t immune to repercussions even if they aren’t signing them for a decade. They had a top 5 offense and top 3 rotation (at worst) in 2023 and it amounted to nothing because of pitcher injuries - and Wander - but mostly injuries.

“Say whatever you want about me, I don’t care…”

“I don’t care, I’m just saying…

How extensive we talkin

You’re simply lying if you don’t agree that every photo of Austin Wells looks less like an actual photo of a baseball game and more like a photo from the set of a biopic about Thurman Munson

For the life of me, I can’t remember if Fireball’s hit song “You’re an Ocean” was on the soundtrack for the Disney original movie Motocrossed, or if it’s just gives off the exact energy of a song that should be on the soundtrack for the Disney original movie Motocrossed.

The NFL: we are going to give you TWO Monday night football games

Us: will either one be watchable and fun

The NFL: no

Things I say when my Poop Soup restaurant is absolutely BOOMING.

As we know, pitchers injuries are tied to velo/effort/overuse, but it’s always interesting because there really is no solution.

Very few will risk performance to protect health when there are 10,000 guys behind you that are endlessly willing to ignore all risks for a chance to pitch in the majors.

It did, in fact waste my time, but gladly. Not sure if that should chalk up another point for outside or inside.

Eggnog is one of those things that I absolutely love once per year, twice at most. My former roommate and I had the same feelings and it was perfect. We could buy the smallest container at the store, each have 1 or 2 glasses, not throw any away and not have to drink more of it than we cared to.

In a general sense, a Cuban sandwich or Italian sandwich/sub/hoagie. General experience may vary, but two high floor/high ceiling sandwiches that will almost always be a safe option anywhere.

You’re a real one that would be realer if you followed me.

Ultimately it makes no difference and will not impact me or make me think worse of BlueSky if you don’t. But it would be a real move.

This is the same way that John “Blue Moon” Odom - who signed with the A’s right around the time “Catfish” did - got his nickname, straight from the mind of Charlie O.

Fun fact about James Augustus “Catfish” Hunter - He never went by Catfish.

Kansas City Athletics owner Charlie Finley thought his players needed a flashy nickname, making up a story about him going missing as a kid before being found at the river with a string of catfish. Completely made up.

Fun Fact: Shoeless Joe Jackson did - in fact - wear shoes.

On Sept. 28, 1960, Ted Williams hit a home run in the final at bat of his career.

10,500 Fenway fans applauded for four minutes, hoping for a tip of the cap that never came. Despite all of their cheering, he never forgave them for their booing.

“To hell with them,” he said.

“There wasn’t a better playcall than a fade there?”

In 1952, while pitching for the Class-D Bristol Twins, “thrower” Ron Necciai struck out 27 batters in a nine-inning no-hitter against the Welch Miners.

The Miners did record one groundout, but a dropped third strike that allowed a runner to reach in the 9th opened the door for strikeout 27.