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The first ornament is on the tree. Santa frozen in carbonite. Welcome to Nerd Christmas.

David Wright has an interesting Hall of Fame case. For example, he played 1,585 games and compiled an .867 OPS. The only primary third basemen in history to play at least that many games and have a higher OPS are:

--Chipper Jones
--Mike Schmidt
--Eddie Mathews

Finally got one of these. Very exciting. Let’s do this.

Ha, thanks. I’d post more often, but my posts get almost no interaction over here. 😀

Atlanta Braves managers who hit a home run in the World Series as players:

-Eddie Mathews (1957)
-Walt Weiss (1989)

End of list.

On this day 70 years ago, Doc Brown slipped and fell while hanging a clock and hit his head on the edge of the sink. When he came to, he had a revelation, a vision, a picture in his head. A picture of this. This is what makes time travel possible. The flux capacitor. #Thankful

Trey, ya savage.

a man without a shirt is holding a gun in a dark room with the words nothing is over nothing . ALT: a man without a shirt is holding a gun in a dark room with the words nothing is over nothing .

The Blue Jays look like they're in total control. But it's only Game 5, and it's the Dodgers. So, it brings Rambo no pleasure to report the following ...

The inside story of how the Braves and Twins saved the best parts of the 1991 World Series for after it was over | Sporting News If it's possible for the best parts of a World Series to come after it has ended, 1991 offered a glimpse of what it might look like.

On this day in 1991, the Braves and Twins played Game 7 of the World Series — one of the greatest games ever. But what happened after the game, in private and outside the view of TV cameras, might’ve been the best part of the whole series. From 2021: www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/...

The inside story of how the Braves and Twins saved the best parts of the 1991 World Series for after it was over | Sporting News If it's possible for the best parts of a World Series to come after it has ended, 1991 offered a glimpse of what it might look like.

On this day in 1991, the Braves and Twins played Game 7 of the World Series — one of the greatest games ever. But what happened after the game, in private and outside the view of TV cameras, might’ve been the best part of the whole series. From 2021: www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/...

Back Where He Belonged The story of how Phil Niekro returned to the Braves for one last game, healed an old wound and got proper closure on a Hall of Fame career

Today in 1987, Phil Niekro returned to the Braves for one last start. It was a day that healed an old wound and brought proper closer to a Hall of Fame career.

From 2017, my deep dive into that day, with thoughts from Niekro, Dale Murphy and others: www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/featu...

Something to watch over the final week of the MLB season:

We have three players either one homer or one stolen base from a 30-30 season (Corbin Carroll, PCA, José Ramírez). That would give us FIVE 30-30 players in one season for the first time.

Final '25 Rookie of the Year poll: Who's in line for hardware? With the stretch run well underway, the Rookie of the Year races in each league are shaping up quite differently. While the race in the AL has long been decided, thanks to a certain slugging lefty for...

In our final Rookie of the Year poll for 2025, the AL race ends exactly where you thought it would, while the NL race has a clear favorite but is far from decided. A breakdown: www.mlb.com/news/nick-ku...

These are some of the best stretch-run performances ever It's not how you start, but how you finish. Or so the wisdom goes. In baseball, a strong finish can pay big dividends for players, which can pay big dividends for teams. A heater during the final mont...

It's not how you start, but how you finish. There have been some players with crazy final-month finishes in the Expansion Era (since 1961). I took a look at the best stretch-run stats for batting average, homers, OPS, RBIs, stolen bases, ERA, K's and WHIP. www.mlb.com/news/best-fi...

A stadium organist will often play the five notes from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" after a player almost gets hit by a pitch. But I wonder how many fans younger than 40 get the joke.

History alert! 9 stat chases to watch down the stretch With about a month left in the 2025 MLB season, there's a lot more than postseason races still undecided. Along with some exciting stat races for batting average, ERA, strikeouts and more, there are a...

There are some cool, even historic, stat chases to watch in September. I wrote about nine of them. www.mlb.com/news/stat-ch...

Time traveling, broken bats and headers: The quirkiest HRs in history Everybody loves a home run. Whether it's a second-deck moonshot, a will-it-or-won't-it wall-scraper or a frenetic inside-the-park job, we tend to get excited when a player connects and touches 'em all...

I love weird baseball. So I had a lot of fun going through old video to compile this list of the quirkiest homers of all time. I think you'll enjoy it. There's even time traveling and a shocked Vin Scully. Give it a click. www.mlb.com/news/weirdes...

Latest MVP poll: New AL favorite emerges, NL race appears all but over As teams prepare to hit the stretch run of the 2025 season, the MVP races in each league are also galloping toward a conclusion. Though one league's winner seems all but certain, our latest MVP poll s...

Our latest MVP poll at MLB.com shows a new AL favorite. But in the NL, well, that race is basically over. www.mlb.com/news/cal-ral...

Aug. 12, 1984: How some Braves bat boys played an unwitting role in the wildest brawl of all time | Sporting News The brouhaha that took over Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium that Sunday afternoon was epic not just for its size and scope, but also for its relentlessness. And there for it all, with a unique and somet...

On this day in 1984, the Padres and Braves had the wildest brawl(s) of all time. Things got so out of control that even the bat boys got involved. From 2019, here's the inside story from their perspective. One of my favorite stories I've ever done. www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/...

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'It's Enrico Pallazzo!': The inside story of 'The Naked Gun' baseball game | Sporting News The baseball-themed finale of "The Naked Gun" still resonates with guffaws and meme-worthy pop culture content 30 years after the film's release. This is the story of how it came together.

In preparing to see THE NAKED GUN remake, I came along this wonderful piece on the original’s Enrico Pallazzo baseball game by @byjasonfoster.bsky.social

www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/...

The last time Cincinnati hosted the MLB All-Star Game, things got weird | Sporting News The story of the 1988 All-Star Gala in Cincinnati is a tale of weather, weirdness and of what might have been.

As the Speedway Classic endured a rain delay and Fox scrambled to fill airtime, I was reminded of another rain-soaked MLB jewel event that was supposed to be a big deal and involved Cincinnati. Behold, the comical inside story of the 1988 All-Star Gala. www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/...

July 4, 1985: 19 things you might not remember about epic Mets-Braves game | Sporting News Yeah, Rick Camp hit a homer and Keith Hernandez hit for the cycle. But you probably don't remember these 19 other things about the epic Mets-Braves game on July 4, 1985.

It was 40 years ago today that the Mets and Braves played an epic 19-inning game that featured tons of wackiness and ended with fireworks at 4 a.m.

And it was 10 years ago that I wrote this deep dive on 19 things you might not remember about the game. www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/...

My 1989 Cubs viewing habits came in clutch.

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ALIENS (1986) movie poster.

Film critic @katiewalshstx.bsky.social is on the podcast to discuss what makes ALIENS such a satisfying sequel, the evolution of James Cameron's storytelling, and producer Gale Anne Hurd's role as "Cameron Whisperer" during the early phase of his career.

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When fans get mad at coaches for not making players better, I think of this clip from "It's a Long Way to October," in which Joe Torre and Bob Gibson explain to Ted Turner that there's only so much they can do. Gibson's comments are especially noteworthy. www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxlPj...

I gained like 200 followers out of nowhere in the past day or so. Did someone put out a list of people to follow? In any case, welcome!

There’s dorky, and then there’s what I’m doing right now.

Braves fans are really not gonna like this one.

When trailing by *one* run in innings six through nine, here are their numbers since 4/29/24, including tonight:

Avg: .204
OBP: .270
OPS: .550
Avg w/ RISP: .182
Avg w/ 2 outs & RISP: .083

All the yikes.

Freeman cementing Hall of Fame case by getting better with age Let's get right to it: Freddie Freeman is almost certainly headed to the Hall of Fame. While a Freeman plaque in Cooperstown may not seem like a bold prediction now, the speed at which the Dodgers fir...

Freddie Freeman is almost certainly headed to the Hall of Fame. But the speed at which he's gone from potentially fringe candidate to near-lock has been remarkable. And it all boils down to this: He's only gotten better with age. My latest: www.mlb.com/news/freddie...