Percentage-wise, the budget shortfall is not massive.

Math is hard. 😵‍💫

This is going to sound weird, but I mean it: I don't think there's anyone who's as good at watching baseball as Sam is.

I posted this review earlier today and it reminded me of this framed print I have in the shop.

I'm crazy for @thisamericanlife.org, I really am. Can't wait for each new episode. It's just that ... there aren't enough of them. o/c I get them completely free of charge so I am NOT complaining ... but I'd be a financial supporter if they made more than 2 episodes per month (the rest are reruns).

Among the dumber bird names…

So what are you doing? Have you supported GoFundMes? Called your AG’s office? Showed up outside a hospital? Made sure a kid knew they had your support?

In 1995, a Heinous Crime Led to Another Dark Episode in America. Everyone Has Forgotten What Happened. They Shouldn’t. The story of a man who didn’t do it.

31 years ago today on 4/19/1995 white supremacist terrorists bombed Oklahoma City, killing 168 people. In the days after the attack, a Muslim-American man named Ibrahim Ahmad was blamed for the attack. This is the story of the man who didn't bomb Oklahoma City slate.com/news-and-pol...

Went to the party, signed the car…

RT @JomboyMedia: Jacob Misiorowski has a custom Gengar glove with a Pokémon card in the web

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Two wonderful pieces of mail today! The local library has accepted my book! And a baseball writer of renown has sent me pure kindness! Thank you, @robneyer.bsky.social for your thoughtfulness.
Check out the book at www.retrosheet-book.com and see what all this fuss is about :)

the problem is teens

Just another baseball score:

25-13

in the third inning:
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Two books side by side on a countertop. On the left is “How Retrosheet Saved Baseball History” by Jay Wigley. At right is “We Sacrifice Everything to Baseball,” by Michael Clair.

A great day for baseball books in this house. Congrats, @jaywigley.bsky.social and @michaelclair.bsky.social!

This is driven by a huge drop in 13-17 year olds getting knocked up with no recourse so just take that into consideration

Sometimes I think that being a sportscaster is a vain and vapid and meaningless existence in times as fraught as ours, and then I think about what it would be like to be one of these miserable lowlifes.

Most games played, Cleveland history:

Terry Turner: 1,619
José Ramírez: 1,618
Nap Lajoie: 1,614

When he plays his 1,620th game, Ramírez will become the only active player to currently lead a franchise in games played

WaPo Editorial: US cut aid to Africa. The continent proved resilient.

The @washingtonpost.com describes the deaths of an estimated 750,000 people to date as "messy"

Writing about old baseball teams and listening to R.E.M.'s "Document." Doesn't get much better than this. I'm the Sorcerer's Apprentice, but it's the music bringing the flood.

Scored a hit

I missed the anniversary by a couple of weeks, but ~30 years ago I moved to Seattle for a job with ESPN's website. This was the result of a few generous souls and happy accidents, plus a tiny bit of pluckiness. Turns out nobody's more suited to the Northwest than I, and so I remain blessed today.

I'm sorry to be pedanticial, but hearing baseball folks say they'll be "judicial" in their use of challenges does amuse me.

If you’re not subscribed to Joe’s newsletter, you should be!

basically none of the solar existed before 2020 and none of the batteries existed before 2024. biggest technological revolution of our lifetime:

Imagine claiming to be a Star Trek fan while expressing disdain for at least 90% of what Star Trek is (and always has been)

If this book is not yet in your personal library, consider this my most earnest recommendation.

Is MLB’s Challenge System Already Doomed? The league’s new technology for reviewing ball/strike calls appears primed to be a hit—but its success could bring about its own replacement

I like the challenge system. I'd prefer for it to stay. But I suspect it's going to be a gateway to full ABS.
www.theringer.com/2026/03/25/m...

Photo of the cover of "We Sacrifice Everything to Baseball" by Michael Clair. My cat is in the background.

I already read it for blurbing purposes, but happy to get @michaelclair.bsky.social's new book about the Czechia baseball team's 2023 World Baseball Classic run. It's so good! And written with so much love for the game and for its subject. Go get it now! www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

Saw an old interview with Frank Herbert who said “I don’t think that the old saw about power corrupting and absolute power corrupting absolutely is accurate. I think power attracts the corruptible” and, yeah, that.