Breathin' Orange Fire

You may ask yourself as a country, how did I get here?

Team Jen.

Tony V seems well down the list to me on college coaches whose personality would work in the majors.

Big college baseball news.

@podkatt.bsky.social @poseur.bsky.social

What a pull! Great job.

YouTube video by Tj dembski Werewolf Bar Mitzvah - FULL SONG

My kiddo's bar mitzvah is today. I assume it will go something like this.

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As harmless as Mike Trout.

We've literally never seen a baseball player like this. No one has.

This is the most relaxed postseason I've had in a decade. It sucks.

That Carlos Beltran October

FWIW, I'm skeptical Pearson will work out as a starter and I think he'll be a bullpen option. We'll see what actually happens.

93rd percentile in four-seam velocity and 83rd percentile in extension?
Yeah, the Astros definitely have a type.

The hope is that the Astros's pitching lab can make some small adjustments to unlock Pearson's potential. This has been one of the strengths of the team in recent years, indicating Dana Brown's FO is good at identifying these type of players.

It's low risk, but let's hope they've done that again.

Pearson has been hit hard as a major leaguer.

.444 Slugging % allowed.
45% career hard hit rate (MLB average is 37%).

The good news is his contact rate was down in AAA (only 1 homer allowed).

Pearson's major league numbers are quite poor, but his minor league numbers last season were quite good.

2.22 ERA
30.6 K%
1.15 WHIP

The question is really about Mamdani not marching in the Israel Day parade, but the moderator didn't want to ask that directly.

But that's about all they have in common.

Has the Prospect Pipeline Dried Up? No young Astro in 2025 looked like an emerging star. This raises big questions about the medium-term future of the Astros.

The golden era Astros were built on a pipeline of young stars emerging and replacing previous stars in free agency. Yet no young Astros emerged in 2025 who looks like a future star.

I examine what the means for the future of the team.

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Nah, send Schwarber back to catcher. Yainer in center.

Hell yeah and fuck cancer.

I assume this Jalen Green endorsed underwear can be returned and packaged with Dillon Brooks and a draft pick for Kevin Durant endorsed underwear.

Vermont beat Marshall in the final last year. That can only happen when Ohio State and Texas don't care.

Firm. But fair.

We Astros would be the ones doing that dance too if we didn't decide it was important to have Nelson Liriano in 2017. ;-)

This is why they can't put a team in New Jersey.

a woman in a pink t-shirt is standing in a hallway in front of a mirror . ALT: a woman in a pink t-shirt is standing in a hallway in front of a mirror .

Celebrating a postseason Springer Dinger...for Toronto.

Between Alex Bregman amd Saul Goodman, Albuquerque's Jewish community is definitely punching above its weight. Theories on why.

Two Astros legends.

Process over results