Steve Gardner

This is as sad as it is fascinating. Great detective work here by @nickhunebrown.bsky.social.

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Can sports survive prop betting? Before a Supreme Court ruling in 2018 opened the flood gates to legalized sports betting across the country, the proposition bet or prop bet – picking one statistic in a game to place a wager on that ...

Prop betting is ripe for player manipulation. And recent scandals in the NBA and MLB underscore the danger of eroding fans' trust in the integrity of the games. So what can be done to address the concerns?

I joined @USATODAY's The Excerpt to dig into all of it. art19.com/shows/5-thin...

Fantasy football waiver wire: 12 players to add for NFL Week 12 Buccaneers running back Sean Tucker had a breakout game last week that could propel him to must-start staus going forward. Who else is worth adding?

Buccaneers running back Sean Tucker had a breakout game last week that could propel him to must-start staus going forward. Who else is worth adding?

WTAF?

Not just first-time voters either

Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...

Important educational content

This @reuters.com photo should get Pulitzer consideration. Masterful job of capturing the times we're living in these days.

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.

Meta internally projected it would earn about $16 billion from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show.

“It is easier to advertise scams on Meta platforms than Google" docs show.

@jeffhorwitz.bsky.social with the goods.

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Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕

No 2001?

[BASEBALLI BREAKS YOUR HEART. IT IS DESIGNED TO BREAK YOUR HEART. THE GAME BEGINS IN THE SPRING, WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE BEGINS AGAIN, AND IT BLOSSOMS IN THE SUMMER, FILLING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS, AND THEN AS SOON AS THE CHILL RAINS COME, IT STOPS AND LEAVES YOU TO FACE THE FALL ALONE. - A. BARTLETT GIAMATTI

For the 6th year in a row, a player named Will Smith has won the World Series

2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers

2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves

2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros

2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers

2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers

2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers

Yeah, in the immediate aftermath of Dodgers-Jays, I think it does top D’backs-Yankees in 2001 for the top spot on the list.

“Miggy meet Rajai!”

If the Jays can go through the final two innings in order, they won’t have to face Ohtani again.

Gotta love the joy.

Rickey Henderson might have played with him at one point.

Vladdy seems like he’s having almost as good a series in the field as he is at the plate. That was a fantastic DP. And huge too.

Dodgers look like a team full of 9 hitters (derogatory)

Blue Jays look like a team full of 9 hitters (complimentary)

He shall leave runners on ...

Like Pete LaCock's dad used to say on Hollywood Squares: "Not the move you could make, but this may work out ..." (or something like that)

Need someone to keep that Dodgers pitcher from throwing inside like that. Maybe a Wrobo Cop?

Statcast xBA:
Teoscar .660
Edman .410

Take your time on that one Bo.

Pitch that resulted in an Ernie Clement popup was a 96 mph sinker from Tyler Glasnow just above the top left quadrant of the plate.

Pitch that resulted in an Ernie Clement single to RF in Game 7 was a 100 mph four-seamer from Shohei Ohtani just above the top right quadrant of the plate.

Ernie Clement: Game 6 popout vs. Game 7 single

Wonder how different the location is of the pitches Clement just hit for a single to right vs. the pitch he popped up in the ninth inning last night.

Have to admit, I've kinda enjoyed these video montages with actor voiceovers before the World Series games start.

Don't touch that Daal!