The hot journalism story of the day reminds me that journalists love redeeming other journalists who don’t deserve to be redeemed.

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Not to ruin a narrative, but the Dodgers were bankrupt 14 years ago. This ownership group overbid because they knew revenues could be maximized. How many other teams - including the Orioles - could be making a lot more money and investing it into the field?

Jackson Holliday started this Dodgers run.

That’s why ABS is coming.

Blake Treinen = Yennier Cano

If nothing else, intentionally walking Ohtani for the rest of the series is going to rob us of @slangsonsports.bsky.social’s incredible array of Shohei Stats.

We're all doing base running drills after this one. I don't care how tired you are.

The Dodgers are not playing like team with a .988 fielding percentage.

My son’s a catcher and this is one of the videos we looked at when it first came out and he was just getting serious. Putting 2*2 together gets me a little more amped for this hire.

This movie is going to be the incredible.

Ohtani has hit more HRs than he allowed hits tonight.

I tried to be open-minded but nope, still mad about 1982. Go Dodgers.

76 pitches is a choice.

Dear @mlb.com - when I’m listening to a game on your app, could you PLEASE update the ads? I know Mike Piazza hit a home run in the Mets’ first home game after 9/11, I know what an Oppo Taco is, and I’m begging to hear literally ANYTHING ELSE.

Oh my.

Boone looks like a manager who knows he’s going to get fired.

I hate to admit it but Derek Jeter is very good on TV.

My first year watching baseball and THAT’s how it ended. Can never really cheer for the Brewers. (See also: Sep 30, 1989)

Not alive in 1982 I guess? ;)

This hurts. But it’s really true.

Considering what fans went through from 2018-2021, the fact that there are three American League East team in the playoffs and none of them are the Orioles is an embarrassment. The off-season activity better acknowledge that embarrassment.

But somehow I keep seeing pictures of cats.

I was in Vegas in 2009 at a bar with a buddy the night of Hatton-Pacquiao. After the fight his team wanted the area we were sitting in. Instead of kicking us out, they built the cordon around us and suddenly we were part of the post-fight party. A solid guy and crew.

Great song at a pub when you’re 5 pints in and think you can sing.

Top 10 song.

Sooooo, Melvin? Bochy? Mattingly?

I deeply love the Onion, but counterpoint: it’s incredibly bad for media that the 13th-largest print newspaper in the US is a satirical paper. A huge portion of the populace is uninformed because these outlets are gone.

Unfortunately when you look at his workload before the majors compared to how much he threw in 2023/24, and his age when he finally arrived, it’s not surprising the body would start breaking down.

If Trevor Rogers goes from trade bust to combination Cy Young/pitching guru, it’ll be the greatest turnaround since Apollo 13.