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This is the halfcourt heave I want the Phillies to try at the deadline. His legs might be made of soup but he can't be any worse defensively than Castellanos was
Mike PetrielloGeorge Springer has looked great for weeks, and after an early season dip in bat speed, he's back to where he was last year. He'll be a fascinating trade acquisition for some contending team. baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/...
Brian Anderson took a taxi to the park on the day he was supposed to pitch and put his left arm across the backseat. Cab got stuck in traffic, Anderson left his arm there and it stiffened up. Couldn't loosen up by game time and had to be scratched
Cooper LundLet's remember some Baseball Injuries! I'll go first: Glenallen Hill having a nightmare about spiders that was so bad he fell out of bed and through a glass table
I'm not Adam Silver, but if I were looking for a trustworthy steward of a public institution, I'd have second thoughts about anyone who made so much money on subprime loans he was able to buy the Carolina Hurricanes. But again, I'm not Adam Silver.
Ben CollinsThe league has to get rid of this Dundon guy. He bought the Blazers to hold the city of Portland hostage for arena money and now he's telling all of his underlings to shittalk the city so he can move to Kansas City or something. Cut this shit out or the league will be held hostage by similar ghouls.
New Wheelysports! The Femmes are riding the Tour de France!
The 2026 Tour de France Femmes PreviewIt’s been a massive week in cycling news. Tadej Pogačar survived the midnight doping express and a teamwide epidemic of the wicket shits to…medium.comIt's not every day I tell specific teams they should make a specific move or else, but this is not a normal day. Money and market don't matter. You've got a good team and an elite farm system. Do you just want to participate in the playoffs or do you want to try and win the World Series?
The Rays or Brewers Must Trade for Tarik SkubalEvery so often, you’ve got to make a serious run at a championship. An occasional deep run keeps existing fans invested and draws new ones in.blogs.fangraphs.comCrucial for this moment in franchise history: Gary Varsho is the only Phillies interim manager since 1988 who wasn't promoted to the job on a permanent basis. Any reminder that you don't have to just let it ride with the interim would be useful heading into 2027
Passanthallich@JonHeyman tweeted Daulton Varsho is named after Darren Daulton. Varsho’s dad Gary played briefly with the Phillies great. h/t @theaceofspaeder for the reminder 💬 @JonHeyman Daulton Varsho is among players who interest the Phillies. Philly seeks an OF, pen and a starter.
Very interested to see how Bluesky reacts to the Max Clark Experience
MLBTigers will reportedly call up OF Max Clark, Detroit’s No. 1 and @MLBPipeline's No. 13 overall prospect, per multiple reports including MLB's @Feinsand .
New York is the perfect city for this, being the place of origin for the most famous idiom about the predictability of baseball
The Wall Street JournalThe New York Mets are making the startup Novig their official prediction-market partner, marking a first for Major League Baseball as the prediction-markets industry looks for a foothold in professional sports. on.wsj.com/4wqyNJO
Think about it--There must be a wider glove
Will HarrisOne of the better cases of "if it works it ain't stupid"
I'll eat manchego but I don't like it anywhere near as much as other people seem to
Sum FatKidWhat about the manchego?
When my wife and I graduated from college she and her roommates threw a party for everyone's families and I stood next to the charcuterie board for two hours and ate about a pound of gorgonzola
Tom & LorenzoPeople on Bluesky sigh and talk about The Discourse as if it were something required of them instead of something they opt to partake in, day in and day out. You really don't have to. Post about your favorite cheese
The early 2010s "playoffs are a crapshoot" movement was obviously wrong, but somewhere along the line a lot of fans forgot that it's impossible to playoff-proof your big league roster by the trade deadline. Whenever I talk about this I feel like I missed out on suffering a head injury.
Jarrett Seidlerthe playoffs have so much luck and variance and that's a lot of what makes them so cool as a fan
