Mike Petriello

"is that Nick Allen's music?!"

ooh

and to think, just an hour ago, i would have thought no force on earth could get me to tune into this particular event

On @pablo.show I talked about the limits of generative AI, and why the brainstorming process—which LLMs mostly eliminate, imo—is fundamental to doing *good* work.

30 teams, 9 tiers: Where does your club fit in '26? Our annual tradition is back. Each spring, we look forward to the upcoming season by breaking down the 30 teams into eight or nine somewhat-subjectively defined tiers, grouping together those in simil...

The 9 tiers of baseball for 2026, the annual tradition continues

get mad!

--> www.mlb.com/news/tiers-o...

not quite true about hitters. It's a good HR park, not an elite one. But it is an elite hitting park because they had to make the outfield so big to prevent excess homers

(Published 2020)

Yes! This is "the Coors field hangover."

www.nytimes.com/athletic/164...

yes! very well studied and is a huge factor.

Also how I felt on my trip of Europe two summers ago

Writing about the Rockies

Bees are legally fish in California, court rules. Here’s why and what led to it A 1970 act explicitly protected “fish.” Now, it includes bees.

did a bee write th—SHIT

www.sacbee.com/news/califor...

NBC hires Jason Benetti as lead MLB play-by-play announcer Benetti has been the TV voice of the Detroit Tigers since 2024.

Love to see it

sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...

I didn't expect the "then they came for..." to hit me QUITE so specifically, but lesson learned.

Dad, 99, and son, 80, hold Wintzell's Oyster House to their promise of free oysters Jimmy Rush has a constant craving... for oysters.Always has, at least for most of his 99 years.

I quite enjoyed this story, though

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is this a Burger Murder

that picture choice

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.

And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

because i, foolishy, still exist on the other site and cross-post stuff there

yeah. But what I think I learned here is that a lot of people are taking this as "overreaction to spring because he was clearly great in October," and .. well, no, he wasn't. There's been huge issues with him for some time.

i believe they are to the west of the st. paul saints

i'll just get out with it: they're lower than the Rockies.

ok, well, remember that when you see where they landed here ..

no. they're just a little less rage-y about every perceived slight.

yes, but that's not really specific to San Diego's fanbase

leaning towards Astros or Padres, but only because I'm not entirely sure how Twins fans are going to react

I filed my annual "the 9-ish tiers of baseball" piece and wondering which fanbase will be the most annoyed with me

All that, but not a bag of chips

baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed

well no wonder Orel was so difficult to hit, how were batters supposed to know which ball to swing at?

59 consecutive pitches that didn't hit the strike zone