Nate Baldwin

It literally was the worst… tonight the Brewers set the MLB record for worst team batting average in CS history (.113), obliterating the previous record set by the 2019 Cardinals (.130).

When the richest, most talent heavy teams in baseball can basically just rest their most important guys while sleepwalking through the regular season (a’la the NBA) a team that has to scratch & claw like the Brewers has NO chance. This team was absolutely spent just trying to get to the playoffs.

The Brewers already possess the NL lead for consecutive CS appearances without advancing to the World Series. This series will pretty much lock them in for good. So many precious opportunities blown in 14 years. Built for the reg season and some summer fun, but not built to win in the postseason.

The Dodgers look bored.

This Brewer fan has no hope for the next 2-3 in LA. We’ve not just been outplayed, but completely overwhelmed in every phase of the game. There isn’t anything we could “fix” and suddenly be okay in this series. Dodgers are way better… they know it, and play like they know it.

It’s not personal. He’s simply the poster child of everything wrong with the economics of baseball…in Milwaukee, where the Brewers’ entire team payroll is less than the Dodgers’ luxury tax bill for the year.

Brew Crew, baby! NLCS bound! Woo!

Want to know how stupid college football has become? There was a Texas staffer/intern in charge of holding a giant boombox so the team could run out to their song on the road. 🙄

Ok, so the ASG Hank Aaron tribute was pretty awesome… Well done Braves and MLB!

While the team's future is dire, I'm hoping that all Bucks fans make the time to tune in for Game 5 on Tuesday night, and soak in every moment of Giannis' greatness. We've been so fortunate to have this man call this team and this city his home since 2013. Watch as if it's his final game with us.

Dame injury is brutal, of course, but this entire series the Bucks have looked like a terrible team with one really good player. Assuming they now go quietly into the offseason, it’s hard to see how things get better. Salary cap hell, no draft picks, no Dame, paying a slew of ex coaches… not great.

It’s currently 10:11am PST, and the 10am Bucks vs Pacers game has STILL not tipped off… ESPN game coverage is seriously unBEARable. But I have already gotten a full days worth of hype videos, pundit nonsense and commercials. Ugh.

Working in youth sports, the vileness & cruelty of the current administration has reached even us. Parents are afraid to register their children & coaches are afraid to track player attendance via sport apps out of fear of monitoring, apprehension & incarceration. Children…trying to play sports.

If Fox News is your only daily news source, you a) have NO idea that 6M people protested in 1400 locales yesterday, b) that the federal courts are on the verge of holding the Justice Department in contempt, and c) that stocks are already down 1500 in pre Monday trading. This is gross negligence.

Has anyone noticed how a significant % of Gen Z folks can't seem to pronounce the letter "T" when it's in the middle of a word? For example... the word "buttons". They pronounce it "Buh-ins". Manhattan = "Manha-in". Meeting = "Me-ing". Super weird, and once you hear it, you can't stop hearing it!

The people you surround yourself with shape who you are.

We like to think of our morals, ethics, and behaviors as entirely within our control, but the truth is we are nudged by those we spend time with. It is why forming the right culture is vital to any team or organization

TBH, outside of gambling, what interest does anyone actually have watching the 1’s & 2’s march through the tourney? People tune in for the MADNESS & without the upsets & chaos, who actually cares? This is also a glimpse into the future of NIL. Fewer contenders = less opportunity, interest & money.

a star destroyer is flying through a dark space ALT: a star destroyer is flying through a dark space

Just a Brewers fan suffering through their thorough destruction at the hands / bats of the Yankees this weekend, but I have to admit that the Imperial Star Destroyer alarm sound effect with 2 strikes is pretty awesome…😆

I can’t remember an NCAA Men’s Basketball tourney in my lifetime that has been less interesting than this year’s event. The insane unpredictability that made it March MADNESS and a money making machine seems to have been destroyed by the NIL & transfer portal phenomena it helped create. Ironic.

Deleted the Xitter account today... took me way too long to do it, but I couldn't take it anymore. Good riddance.

Taking what they can get… 💯…(and what affluent, insecure adults are willing to give them.)

While side hustles are maybe a little bit about money, they’re also about sanity.. a reminder that there’s more to you and more to the world than a primary gig that drains your soul. They offer a glimpse of what’s possible. The mental health benefits alone are worth it.

Just finished reading “A Gentleman in Moscow”… what an absolute masterpiece. So well written, and such an incredible story about the deep, deep meaning of the relationships we maintain through our lives… sad it’s over!

Very conflicted re: the sports betting explosion. In some ways, I think we try to make the "best of it" by diverting some of that rev to youth sports, where it's needed. But it's so harmful & dehumanizing, both to athletes & gamblers. Trying to build "good" upon "bad" seems like a misguided idea.

An unwilling partnership is, in fact, no partnership at all.

1972. The “I love you” at the end gets me every time…

You know what would make everything okay? An R.E.M. reunion tour…

The players and names change… the fandom doesn’t. I could be wrong, of course, but outside of fantasy sports, I don’t believe anyone is carving out time to watch their favorite player each night… briefly checking stats & score, maybe. Watching a 2-3 hour game with real interest? No way.

I think the struggles of the PLL 🥍 and Unrivaled (just to name a couple) to gain meaningful viewership bears that hunch out. Sports, at is core, is driven by community, and that community is bonded by the city name on the front of the jersey, not the back, no matter the age of the fan.

There’s been a (supposedly) data driven movement to define the modern Gen Z sports fan as a “fluid fan”: someone who follows & cheers for players rather than teams. I personally don’t see a lot of real evidence to support the claim, outside of perhaps some stat driven interest related to gambling.🧵