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Yoshinobu Yamamoto is a bad motherfucker

As someone who doesn't watch sports but does love human suffering, I'm having a great night

As we’re force-fed commercials for insurance and financial services it feels like a good time to remind everyone they could use those dollars to pass value back to their consumers but actively decide marketing is a better use

Daylight savings tonight I could do a couple dozen innings

IF MY WIFE SCOLDS ME FOR HOLLERING AT THE TV I WILL FACE GOD AND WALK BACKWARDS INTO HELL

One of the beautiful things about baseball is you cannot simply run out the clock

LEADS me to believe. sonofagun

I struggle to recall an in-game interview I found particularly insightful, and the managers clearly don't want to be interviewed while trying to navigate an extremely important game, which leaves me to be believe the only beneficiaries are the broadcast companies

Wrobleski getting hit by a comebacker immediately after that exchange is irrefutable proof we're living in a simulation

To be clear I know Wrobleski wasn't trying to hit him but it was a funny exchange nonetheless

Me, indignantly after hitting someone with my car: what the fuck are you talking about I'm not trying to hit you

Big "other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play" vibes

Asking Dave Roberts about that home run just moments after Bo finished rounding the bases is diabolical work

It's a good thing they walked Vladdy. He might have homered in that situation, which would have been backbreaking

The Blue Jays vs. the basepaths is a battle of titans

Padres are gonna trade for Will Klein and make him a starter

My performance in the office tomorrow

JOE DAVIS: here’s Ernie Clement to open the top of the 33rd

JOHN SMOLTZ: that Alejandro Kirk sure is portly ain’t he

JOE DAVIS: Ben Rortvedt’s 116th pitch misses low

JOHN SMOLTZ: it’s the little legs that slow him down

Enrique Bradfield Jr. has done it again, this time robbing Kevin McGonigle of extra bases with a leaping grab at the wall in right-center. I’m not sure I’ve seen a better defensive week in center field.

Josh Naylor leading with his dome feels on-brand

Jim Jarvis has been fun to watch, absolute seed dispenser of an arm, poked a homer today

Posting here before the bad place, the most impressive performances I’ve seen in the AFL so far:

Enrique Bradfield Jr — posted a season-high max exit this week

Luis De León — best start of the week, easy clean delivery

Walker Janek — 7 RBI on Fri, two tanks this week

Esmerlyn Valdez — duh

"Are the Dodgers good at player development" - the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate,

Peoria Javelinas Enrique Bradfield Jr., OF, Baltimore Orioles (3-5, 2B, 3 RBI, 3 SB) Bradfield was a star in yesterday’s action. He collected three hits yesterday, including a 107 mph double and a 104 mph single. Considering he topped out around 104 mph during the regular season, this is a huge development. Bradfield also stole three bases, and made a diving catch where he appeared to break his wrist, but wound up staying in the game. To wrap things up, Bradfield made an incredible home run robbery to end the game and Mesa’s run at a comeback. Being a 70-runner with a 70-glove, having a bit of power would be a huge development for Bradfield. He was one of the most impressive players on the field yesterday and is someone who should reach the Majors early next year.

From @chrisclegg.bsky.social and @zacbeck.bsky.social AFL newsletter. Bradfield showed all the tools yesterday while continuing to post career-best exit velocities in the AFL.

I have to imagine asking an umpire what a check swing is would sound a lot like the Supreme Court on pornography: it’s hard to define but I know it when I see it

It really does feel like the game hinges on whether or not the Cubs score 3 in the first, I think I would have gone Koenig to force a substitution / avoid facing Michael Busch in the first

I don’t agree with the decision to start Megill (the injury, some shakiness in game 4, missing the opportunity to shift Chicago’s L/R platoons, and burning the possibility of going to him later) but this is a scenario in which I’d gladly eat crow

Thank you!

Next year’s annual top 100 book is going to be fun to look at

Progress coming along slowly but pleased with the look thus far