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FanGraphs Writer, Piney, Gamecock, Condiment Enthusiast, Connoisseur of Vehicles Subscribe to Wheelysports.kit.com (or medium.com/@wheelysports) @michaelbaumann on Twitter baumannwrites at gmail dot com

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"More Mitt" β€” A Bad Lip Reading Soundbite
YouTube video by Bad Lip Reading "More Mitt" β€” A Bad Lip Reading Soundbite

I think about how much politics and culture have changed since 2012 and somehow this is still the funniest thing I've ever seen

24.01.2026 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

storm is worse than i thought, it’s showing signs of what meteorologists call β€œthe dabo swinney effect” you really hate to see this

24.01.2026 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It buzzed a Cardinals game this summer I wouldn't worry too much

23.01.2026 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A new ope.

23.01.2026 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1250    πŸ” 231    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 3
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Oof. Chick is a couple spots over with the whole drivers side caved in

23.01.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
The back side of the Paisanmobile, parked with its hood up

The back side of the Paisanmobile, parked with its hood up

The warrior, at rest

23.01.2026 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
SABR Analytics Conference logo

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Congrats to all the finalists for the 2026 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards! sabr.org/latest/annou...

Voting for the winners begins next week. Thanks to @baseballprospectus.com, @fangraphs.com, @sportsinfosolutions.com, @ibwaa.bsky.social for their contributions to the selection process.

23.01.2026 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 14

Filtered back up to the 20s after a couple crashes, went off again at the restart, now running all alone in 40th. Mamma Mia I am so upset

23.01.2026 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh dear the Paisanmobile seems to have come to grief on Lap 1 of the second race

23.01.2026 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Paisanmobile finished 23rd after a spirited recovery drive from its rookie pilot

22.01.2026 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He's in a handsome white and purple Oreca prototype alongside American F1 driver Logan Sargeant but I agree, it's no dinosaur car

22.01.2026 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No Habsburg is driving another car in a different class

22.01.2026 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

MX-5 Cup racing is exactly like cobbled classics bike racing

22.01.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The car in the Lightning McQueen livery is leading

22.01.2026 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The You-Can't-Be-Racist-Against-Italians Pizza no. 55 car qualified dead last in the MX-5 Cup race but made up 10 places on Lap 1

22.01.2026 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 161    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5

That's what I meant, he's got one of the biggest torsos in baseball and 11 just doesn't fill the space

22.01.2026 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes I do

22.01.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You should, I talk about hockey numbering conventions too

22.01.2026 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pitchers Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Wear a Single-Digit Uniform Number Without a Government License The thing about individualism is that the more common an act of stylistic rebellion becomes, the less compelling it gets.

I don't know what day it is so I forgot to plug this when it went up yesterday but: I have something to get off my chest

22.01.2026 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 6
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@podkatt.bsky.social
Quali for the swarm of bees

22.01.2026 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

IT'S COMING HOME

22.01.2026 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh I hope Mrs. Stearns is livid! Put your damn phone away at dinner!

22.01.2026 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Ya gotta shoot Pierre Laval too if the opportunity arises

22.01.2026 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The guy who wrote this looked like an absolute knuckle-dragging moron two weeks later
www.theringer.com/2021/10/08/m...

22.01.2026 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I expect the Brewers to be competitive in the NL Central. I'm saying they could do more than that if they ran a top-half payroll and it's OK to expect that.

22.01.2026 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That's not the argument I'm making. I have endless faith in the Brewers' pitcher development. It's a team that continues to get its ass beat in the playoffs because instead of reinforcing it retreats every winter.

22.01.2026 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3

Getting Myers as a throw-in is a nice piece of business for the Mets

22.01.2026 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Not just a revenue sharing recipient, the defending top seed in the NL playoffs, coming of an NLCS apprarance

22.01.2026 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

~6 weeks until the World Baseball Classic, featuring Brazil, Cuba and Israel, with Venezuela as one of the favorites

22.01.2026 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The last 20 seconds of that race is 1) the only Macau GP footage I've ever seen and 2) absolutely crazy

22.01.2026 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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