Bill from da Shore

Congratulations to the Orioles for joining the White Sox as the only American League teams with 0 Gold Glove finalists and 0 Silver Slugger finalists

The O's and Sox were the only team with 0 Gold Glove finalists. The Angels and Rangers were the only other teams with 0 Silver Slugger finalists

*taps the sign*

Second slowest player in all of MLB (ahead of only Alejandro Kirk) and 30-for-30 in his last 30 SB attempts. Jackson Holliday should watch his SB attempts on a loop this winter.

What a convincing argument you made. 🙄

US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement operation in LA, reports say A U.S. Marshal was shot while assisting an immigration enforcement operation, according to several reports.

"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"

* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window

PRAYER FOR RELIEF Because there is no dispute as to Ms. Grijalva's election or qualifications, the Court should: A. Issue a declaratory judgment stating that Ms. Grijalva shall be deemed a Member of the House of Representatives once she has taken the oath prescribed by law, see 5 U.S.C. § 3331; B. Issue a declaratory judgment stating that if Speaker Johnson has not administered the oath, the oath may be administered to Ms. Grijalva by any person authorized by law to administer oaths under the law of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the State of Arizona; and C. Award other relief as the Court deems just and proper. Dated: October 21, 2025 Respectfully submitted, KRISTIN K. MAYES Attorney General for the State of Arizona By: /s/ Joshua D. Bendor Joshua D. Bendor D.D.C. Bar ID 031908 Solicitor General Joshua A. Katz Assistant Attorney General

NEW: The State of Arizona sues the House of Representatives, demanding that Speaker Mike Johnson seat Adelita Grijalva or that someone else be allowed to swear her in. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

#JusticeForHSK

Can you imagine an OF with EBJ and Nate George? I can.

(RNS) - Last Friday (Oct. 17), the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister in the Chicago area, stood alongside other protesters demonstrating outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Broadview, Illinois. As a line of Illinois State Police began marching toward her and other demonstrators, gripping wooden batons, footage shows the pastor with her hands raised in prayer. Officers then pushed into the protesters, forcing them back. One officer shifted his stance, reared back and began shoving his baton like a battering ram - jamming it repeatedly, Kardon says, into her leg. A few seconds later, the pastor was pulled from the crowd and thrown to the ground. All the while, Kardon says, she never stopped praying. When officers began to arrest her, they tied her arms behind her back and placed her along the curb. "I said, 'God, please help these people to know that what they're doing is wrong, and help them to turn around," Kardon, who leads United Church of Rogers Park in Chicago, said in an interview. Her leg, she said, has developed visible bruises.

NEW: 200+ Chicago-area clergy — Protestants, Catholics, and evangelicals — have signed a letter decrying ICE's efforts and voicing a willingness to put their "bodies on the line" for migrants.

"What Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral," they write. religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...

Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]

That’s a HUGE red flag. Goal #1 should be to help players get better, not chase trophies.

Sometimes, travel coaches need to be reminded these are still kids who are still growing and rules like pitch limits are imposed for very good reasons. Or they become Dylan Bundy and irreparably broken before age 20.

she will see you after Labor Day.”

Three weeks go by. It’s a few days after Labor Day. Coach texts the schedule for the coming week and says she’s welcome back. Came back, she had a great season, and I never had to say a word to protect her arm the rest of the year.

He said if she didn’t show, she was off the team. I said “You’re telling me you’re going to kick your best pitcher off the team because she wants ONE MONTH a year off?” Daughter practiced pitching inside 3x a week even in winter. He said yes. I said, “Well, good luck, and if you change your mind…

Third year of travel SB (but first as a #1 pitcher) my daughter’s season ended at end of July. I always had a rule - don’t touch a softball in August. Take the month off. Coach texted about practices starting back in mid-August. I told him we’d see him after Labor Day.

Safety first. You know your kid. And if you’ve got a coach willing to ignore mandated pitch limits for 11U travel ball, that’s an environment that is not going to develop your son’s skills but will help burn him out before he even gets to high school.

Effects pedal board with Earthquake Devices pedal in upper left

Fender Mandocaster electric mandolin

Ibanez 5 string bass on stand

Effects pedal board for electric bass

Church soundboard didn’t want to cooperate today, so the new toy on my electric mandolin board (the Earthquake Devices Disaster Transport pedal) will have to wait until another day to make its debut. Lots of 5-string bass in Drop A today. Gonna shake the floor today!

Looking forward to Mike Johnson declaring he hasn't seen the diarrhea jet clip.

Yup

Beaches in Delaware, too, but your point is a good one.

Wow. New Economist poll finds only 34% of Americans say ICE's use of force has been justified, vs 51% who say it's been excessive. And they oppose agents wearing masks by 52-35.

Yep, ICE is becoming a pariah agency, and that's gaining deep penetration in the culture:

Mookie Betts is a better player than Derek Jeter

Any bar on the Eastern Shore serves them. They were created in West Ocean City by Haborside.

Orange Crush - the official state alcoholic drink of Maryland.

Not even kidding.

They didn’t think Andrew Cuomo could pull it off, but he persevered and he triumphed. We have actually found a politician so transparently shitty and cynical that he’s forced people to begrudgingly respect Curtis Sliwa.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."

The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:

Thanks to mlb radio, more people know what "oppo taco" means than who the president is

love this camera angle for a HR

And it’s MAYBE the fourth best song on that album. Harvey Danger came out strong with that debut.