Jacob Pomrenke
@buckweaver.bsky.social
Curling, cats, and crimes. And occasional baseball. (Also, baseball crimes.) Living in Chicago with @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social. Never quite sure which century I’m in. https://jacobpomrenke.com
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Well, this escalated quickly. Welcome to Bluesky, y’all. Here’s a starter pack of SABR members I could find who appear to be active here: go.bsky.app/4oQpXLh
And if I accidentally missed somebody and you want to be added (or removed), please let me know.
And if I accidentally missed somebody and you want to be added (or removed), please let me know.
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Effectively Wild Episode 2399: Fixed That (Pitch) for You blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-...
Effectively Wild Episode 2399: Fixed That (Pitch) for You
Ben and Meg break down the federal indictment of Emmanuel Clase and Luis L. Ortiz, including the documentary and statistical evidence of their alleged pitch-fixing, the implications for the sport and...
blogs.fangraphs.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Effectively Wild Episode 2399: Fixed That (Pitch) for You blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-...
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Here is the Newsweek magazine article that led to the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," marked up to show key passages that Lightfoot borrowed. Short thread at quoted post. Thanks to @bikeguy.bsky.social for reminding me about this. #EdmundFitzgerald50
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Here is the Newsweek magazine article that led to the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," marked up to show key passages that Lightfoot borrowed. Short thread at quoted post. Thanks to @bikeguy.bsky.social for reminding me about this. #EdmundFitzgerald50
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“Do NOT sing the song to the cat.”
“She’s deaf.”
“Thank god.”
“But the (beloved deceased cat) loved it.”
“HOW LONG have you been singing that song to the cats!?!”
“She’s deaf.”
“Thank god.”
“But the (beloved deceased cat) loved it.”
“HOW LONG have you been singing that song to the cats!?!”
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
“Do NOT sing the song to the cat.”
“She’s deaf.”
“Thank god.”
“But the (beloved deceased cat) loved it.”
“HOW LONG have you been singing that song to the cats!?!”
“She’s deaf.”
“Thank god.”
“But the (beloved deceased cat) loved it.”
“HOW LONG have you been singing that song to the cats!?!”
I thought I was showing great (lakes) restraint by only playing the song in my earbuds today!
OH In My Living Room:
“Your people are driving me crazy this week.”
*Giggles*
“I would even take the brick people over the boat people at this point.”
“There were bricks on the boat.”
“You are not helping.”
“Your people are driving me crazy this week.”
*Giggles*
“I would even take the brick people over the boat people at this point.”
“There were bricks on the boat.”
“You are not helping.”
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I thought I was showing great (lakes) restraint by only playing the song in my earbuds today!
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OH In My Living Room:
“Your people are driving me crazy this week.”
*Giggles*
“I would even take the brick people over the boat people at this point.”
“There were bricks on the boat.”
“You are not helping.”
“Your people are driving me crazy this week.”
*Giggles*
“I would even take the brick people over the boat people at this point.”
“There were bricks on the boat.”
“You are not helping.”
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
OH In My Living Room:
“Your people are driving me crazy this week.”
*Giggles*
“I would even take the brick people over the boat people at this point.”
“There were bricks on the boat.”
“You are not helping.”
“Your people are driving me crazy this week.”
*Giggles*
“I would even take the brick people over the boat people at this point.”
“There were bricks on the boat.”
“You are not helping.”
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Fun fact: Edmund Fitzgerald was a founding partner of the Milwaukee Brewers. The freighter as named for his father.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Fun fact: Edmund Fitzgerald was a founding partner of the Milwaukee Brewers. The freighter as named for his father.
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This Saturday will mark Michigan's first football game in Chicago proper since October 21, 1939, when Michigan defeated the Chicago Maroons [checks spreadsheet...double checks spreadsheet] 85-0.
Michigan is 14-13 all-time in Chicago, including the very first game in program history, 1-0 over Racine
Michigan is 14-13 all-time in Chicago, including the very first game in program history, 1-0 over Racine
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
This Saturday will mark Michigan's first football game in Chicago proper since October 21, 1939, when Michigan defeated the Chicago Maroons [checks spreadsheet...double checks spreadsheet] 85-0.
Michigan is 14-13 all-time in Chicago, including the very first game in program history, 1-0 over Racine
Michigan is 14-13 all-time in Chicago, including the very first game in program history, 1-0 over Racine
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Catchers to win ROY:
2025 Drake Baldwin ATL
2010 Buster Posey SF
2008 Geovany Soto CHC
1993 Mike Piazza LAD
1990 Sandy Alomar Jr. CLE
1987 Benito Santiago SD
1972 Carlton Fisk BOS
1971 Earl Williams ATL
1970 Thurman Munson NYY
1968 Johnny Bench CIN
2025 Drake Baldwin ATL
2010 Buster Posey SF
2008 Geovany Soto CHC
1993 Mike Piazza LAD
1990 Sandy Alomar Jr. CLE
1987 Benito Santiago SD
1972 Carlton Fisk BOS
1971 Earl Williams ATL
1970 Thurman Munson NYY
1968 Johnny Bench CIN
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Catchers to win ROY:
2025 Drake Baldwin ATL
2010 Buster Posey SF
2008 Geovany Soto CHC
1993 Mike Piazza LAD
1990 Sandy Alomar Jr. CLE
1987 Benito Santiago SD
1972 Carlton Fisk BOS
1971 Earl Williams ATL
1970 Thurman Munson NYY
1968 Johnny Bench CIN
2025 Drake Baldwin ATL
2010 Buster Posey SF
2008 Geovany Soto CHC
1993 Mike Piazza LAD
1990 Sandy Alomar Jr. CLE
1987 Benito Santiago SD
1972 Carlton Fisk BOS
1971 Earl Williams ATL
1970 Thurman Munson NYY
1968 Johnny Bench CIN
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I’m gonna say it again www.usacurling.org/find-a-club
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I’m gonna say it again www.usacurling.org/find-a-club
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Thinking today about Jim Devlin: ourgame.mlblogs.com/i-am-honest-...
“I Am Honest, Harry”
The final weeks of the 1877 National League season witnessed a mysterious collapse of the Louisville club, permitting Boston to take the…
ourgame.mlblogs.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Thinking today about Jim Devlin: ourgame.mlblogs.com/i-am-honest-...
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Walking in the Loop? Look down. You may be passing new markers of city's Race Riot of 1919.
Walking in the Loop? Look down. You may be passing new markers of city’s Race Riot of 1919.
Brick markers identify where Chicagoans were slain, with 19 of the 38 planned bricks installed to date.
trib.al
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Walking in the Loop? Look down. You may be passing new markers of city's Race Riot of 1919.
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Did some location/count comparisons of spiked pitches in this piece that I'd venture to say don't seem great for Clase:
www.theringer.com/2025/11/10/m...
www.theringer.com/2025/11/10/m...
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Did some location/count comparisons of spiked pitches in this piece that I'd venture to say don't seem great for Clase:
www.theringer.com/2025/11/10/m...
www.theringer.com/2025/11/10/m...
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MLB announces that all authorized betting partners will now cap wagers on pitch-level bets at $200 and exclude them from parlays. Pitch-level bets, you may remember, are the kind Clase, Ortiz, and their co-conspirators allegedly exploited.
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
MLB announces that all authorized betting partners will now cap wagers on pitch-level bets at $200 and exclude them from parlays. Pitch-level bets, you may remember, are the kind Clase, Ortiz, and their co-conspirators allegedly exploited.
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The latest on the Clase/Ortiz gambling scandal: what we know, what we desperately wish we knew, and how the combination of probabilistic sports fan brain and true crime culture is going to make it torture waiting this story out.
Emmanuel Clase, Luis L. Ortiz Indicted in Prop Betting Scandal | Baseball Prospectus
What does it mean for MLB? We'll have to wait and see, despite our instincts.
www.baseballprospectus.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The latest on the Clase/Ortiz gambling scandal: what we know, what we desperately wish we knew, and how the combination of probabilistic sports fan brain and true crime culture is going to make it torture waiting this story out.
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A fine day to remember Jim Harbaugh's unique relationship with "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" and the remarkable interpretive work that his and other football brains have done on this important text. (This is a gift link; I believe this news must be shared widely.) defector.com/the-edmund-f...
The Edmund Fitzgerald Is Inspiring Jim Harbaugh And Michigan Football To Achieve "Lake Mindset" | Defector
The popular culture of the 1970s is almost impossible to parse in retrospect. The people making the movies and music and television of the era were horny and ambitious and earnest, they were ingesting...
defector.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A fine day to remember Jim Harbaugh's unique relationship with "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" and the remarkable interpretive work that his and other football brains have done on this important text. (This is a gift link; I believe this news must be shared widely.) defector.com/the-edmund-f...
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New on the blog! @heavyjstudios.bsky.social continues his look at the great Pacific Coast League cards of the 1909-11 T212 Obak set.
sabrbaseballcards.blog/2025/11/10/e...
sabrbaseballcards.blog/2025/11/10/e...
Examining image reuse across the T212 Obak set
For those unfamiliar with 1909-11 Obak (T212) cards, they are essentially the West Coast counterpart of the T206 set. Released over the same three-year period, the set includes 426 different cards …
sabrbaseballcards.blog
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
New on the blog! @heavyjstudios.bsky.social continues his look at the great Pacific Coast League cards of the 1909-11 T212 Obak set.
sabrbaseballcards.blog/2025/11/10/e...
sabrbaseballcards.blog/2025/11/10/e...
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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Sadistic, marauding fascist monsters having a tourist moment. “The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, ‘Everyone say, “Little Village!”’”
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Sadistic, marauding fascist monsters having a tourist moment. “The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, ‘Everyone say, “Little Village!”’”
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Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz Face Federal Indictment blogs.fangraphs.com/emmanuel-cla...
Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz Face Federal Indictment
MLB can’t countenance the kind of behavior alleged — players rigging bets, and arranging to do so from the ballpark during games — and survive.
blogs.fangraphs.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz Face Federal Indictment blogs.fangraphs.com/emmanuel-cla...
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This phrase is simply too sticky, I'm going to be saying "payment for a horse" after severely wild pitches for the rest of time.
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This phrase is simply too sticky, I'm going to be saying "payment for a horse" after severely wild pitches for the rest of time.
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Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz are alleged to have thrown certain pitches in exchange for money from bettors. Each could face up to 65 years in prison.
It's the most significant gambling scheme exposed in MLB in decades.
It's the most significant gambling scheme exposed in MLB in decades.
Guardians pitchers charged with taking bribes to rig pitches
Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz are alleged to have thrown certain pitches in exchange for money from bettors. Each could face up to 65 years in prison.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz are alleged to have thrown certain pitches in exchange for money from bettors. Each could face up to 65 years in prison.
It's the most significant gambling scheme exposed in MLB in decades.
It's the most significant gambling scheme exposed in MLB in decades.
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HT to @dansuitor.bsky.social; the DOJ indictment against Clase and Ortiz has been unsealed. Not only were they rigging pitches for outside bettors based on Ball/Strike and pitch speed over/unders; they were sometimes betting on their own rigged pitches.
www.justice.gov/usao-edny/me...
www.justice.gov/usao-edny/me...
November 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
HT to @dansuitor.bsky.social; the DOJ indictment against Clase and Ortiz has been unsealed. Not only were they rigging pitches for outside bettors based on Ball/Strike and pitch speed over/unders; they were sometimes betting on their own rigged pitches.
www.justice.gov/usao-edny/me...
www.justice.gov/usao-edny/me...
There is nothing in the indictment to indicate this had anything to do with anyone’s gambling debts. Clase helped two bettors make lots of money off his fraudulent pitches for 2-plus years, then he began demanding a cut in April/May ‘25 and it quickly unraveled from there.
Did they rack up gambling debts?
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
There is nothing in the indictment to indicate this had anything to do with anyone’s gambling debts. Clase helped two bettors make lots of money off his fraudulent pitches for 2-plus years, then he began demanding a cut in April/May ‘25 and it quickly unraveled from there.
Here’s the full federal indictment for the Cleveland Guardians pitchers. Prosecutors claim Clase fixed *hundreds* of prop bets between 2023 and 2025, then he began demanding a cut in ‘25. He also roped in Ortiz this year and, crucially, used his cell phone *during* games to text the bettors.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Here’s the full federal indictment for the Cleveland Guardians pitchers. Prosecutors claim Clase fixed *hundreds* of prop bets between 2023 and 2025, then he began demanding a cut in ‘25. He also roped in Ortiz this year and, crucially, used his cell phone *during* games to text the bettors.