Benjamin Hoffman

Take away the event and you eliminate a lot of really bad stuff that happened after though. Declaring yourself pro Big Bang with no reservations is basically saying you think it’s good the Crocodile Hunter got killed

When I was a kid, the only things I was told I couldn't watch were WWF and You Can't Do That on Television. Naturally I watched both constantly.

Hulk Hogan was a big reason I started watching. I immediately realized he was the least interesting of all the wrestlers, but, hey, thanks for the intro?

Correct take. I'll go a step beyond that. They are fun in person if you're in the lower deck infield. Up close it's a GREAT experience. The farther away from them you are, the more it becomes just a confusing baseball game.

I don't think Hogan was very complicated. And the Bananas are fun.

Injuries in sports can be so cruel. A few years ago Trout was talked about as possibly the most talented baseball player ever with people flatly assuming he’d finish with Mays/Aaron-like numbers.

Now he’s 33 and MLB Network is excited he has almost as many homers as Andres Galarraga.

11-year anniversary of Shaun Livingston signing with Golden State and me making it the front of the sports section

What Is ‘Aura Farming’? This Tween Will Show You.

Spent some time trying to learn more about the aura farming kid. He’s 11, his nickname is Dika, he’s been a Tukang Tari (boat dancer) since he was 9 and his province made him a tourism ambassador this week.

And he is cooler than all of us. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/s...

Someone should probably explain to the Superman marketing people that the glasses are kind of an important thing for Clark Kent unless you’re trying to dox him

Convincing Talia Shire that ditching the SATs to qualify for a BMX race was a good idea was controversial, but he also landed Aunt Becky by BMXing outside a dance so maybe Cru just knows things the rest of us don’t know

Last week Wes and I watched Gleaming the Cube. Today we’re watching Rad. He needed new shoes and he picked out Vans. Having kids is the best.

Just saw a woman slap the window of a cab that drove through a crosswalk with a walk signal. New York is back, baby!

There are a million more great stories from him. At the NYT and elsewhere. And his books are superb. If you ever want to love baseball even more, just google his name and start reading.

Shave and a Haircut? No Thanks. (Published 2023)

And when the section died and we all went our separate ways, did Scott give up? No, he just found Styles stories to pitch.

A story on Yankees hair and beards. He got Mattingly and Damon to talk. Because of course he did. www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/s...

Baseball’s ‘Woke Hillbilly’ Had More Songs to Write (Published 2023)

In his last story for the old NYTSports section, he wrote about the wild journey of his good friend Tim Flannery www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/s...

Vin Scully Was Los Angeles (Published 2022)

And then he wrote a beautiful tribute when Vin died www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/s...

A ‘Steel Cable’ That Connects the Mets and Dodgers (Published 2022)

He got Vin Scully to talk about the passing of Gil Hodges in one of Scully’s final interviews www.nytimes.com/2022/06/04/s...

The Third Baseman’s Gambit (Published 2022)

He showed the world a different side of Manny Machado www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/s...

A Manager of a Certain Vintage (Published 2022)

He hung out with Dusty Baker at his winery www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/s...

Atlanta Had to Celebrate Its Title Without Its Architect (Published 2021)

He broke the news that Atlanta’s architect missed their World Series clincher with Covid www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/s...

A Baseball ‘Machine’ Finds Happiness (Published 2021)

He got Pujols to open up about being an elder statesman and finding happiness www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/s...

Shohei Ohtani Unleashed (Published 2021)

He was there when the Angels finally let Ohtani go all-in www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/s...

Scott came to me as a freelancer with a recommendation from @tylerkepner.bsky.social and a promise that he was as good as they come.

For three glorious years he delivered again and again. Stories that were wonderfully written and full of details you wouldn’t get anywhere else.

When I asked Matt Thomas about that pic that I’d remembered from a few years ago, he sent it over and also included these flowers which were in the Petco press box for Scott today.

This is how I’m going to remember @scottmillerbbl.bsky.social. In the middle of the action on the biggest story in baseball, looking SoCal cool and being Midwest charming.

For an idea of the absurdity of me not seeing them, here is a size comparison between them and a Mexican Coke bottle

My wife bought me two giant canned cheeses from Washington State U (IYKYK) for Father’s Day.

She hid them in our refrigerator.

For the last three weeks.

I quite literally never saw them.

Americorps canceled the President’s Volunteer Service Awards and my daughter spent the weekend volunteering anyway.

My son is done with his service for his next rank in scouts but spent the whole weekend on other peoples’ service projects.

It’s nice to be associated with these tiny good humans.

but if i'm not allowed to feed artists into my artist killing machine it's going to be basically impossible for the machine to keep killing artists. is that what you want?? and before you answer keep in mind this is a very expensive machine

That's why the day before I decide I want to retire I'm going to post "stocks are so good right now, very good time for stocks" so I can just sit back and watch the money pour in