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
Pinned
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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Last night's attack has knock-on effects in the world of baseball; from @susanslusser.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...
Giants check on safety of players in Venezuela: ‘Most have just sheltered in place’
For the baseball community, the U.S. overnight military action in Venezuela on Saturday brought some concerns — especially for those big leaguers playing winter ball there.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Last night's attack has knock-on effects in the world of baseball; from @susanslusser.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...
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I was just reading this piece the other week, I had no idea how deep the baseball stuff went: Oil and Leather: A History of Venezuelan Baseball and American Imperialism (Part 1) | Baseball Prospectus www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
Oil and Leather: A History of Venezuelan Baseball and American Imperialism (Part 1) | Baseball Prospectus
Part I in a look at the long-standing relationship and dynamic between the United States, Venezuela, and organized baseball.
www.baseballprospectus.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I was just reading this piece the other week, I had no idea how deep the baseball stuff went: Oil and Leather: A History of Venezuelan Baseball and American Imperialism (Part 1) | Baseball Prospectus www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
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Didn't expect to begin my career as geopolitics reporter today but.../gestures broadly/
Jackson Chourio is one of at least 3 Brewers currently in Venezuela, hitting a huge playoff homer last night. The Brewers are now in scramble mode figuring out what to do next.
www.jsonline.com/story/sports...
Jackson Chourio is one of at least 3 Brewers currently in Venezuela, hitting a huge playoff homer last night. The Brewers are now in scramble mode figuring out what to do next.
www.jsonline.com/story/sports...
January 3, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Didn't expect to begin my career as geopolitics reporter today but.../gestures broadly/
Jackson Chourio is one of at least 3 Brewers currently in Venezuela, hitting a huge playoff homer last night. The Brewers are now in scramble mode figuring out what to do next.
www.jsonline.com/story/sports...
Jackson Chourio is one of at least 3 Brewers currently in Venezuela, hitting a huge playoff homer last night. The Brewers are now in scramble mode figuring out what to do next.
www.jsonline.com/story/sports...
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Woah. The end of an era.
And that era was me and @buckweaver.bsky.social hauling a fridge up and down from a second-floor CA apartment.
And that era was me and @buckweaver.bsky.social hauling a fridge up and down from a second-floor CA apartment.
Fridge-less apartments dotting the pricey California rental market will soon be a head-scratching relic.
Beginning Jan. 1, landlords will be required to provide all apartments with a working stove and refrigerator thanks to a new state law. bit.ly/4sjj7qh
Beginning Jan. 1, landlords will be required to provide all apartments with a working stove and refrigerator thanks to a new state law. bit.ly/4sjj7qh
January 3, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Woah. The end of an era.
And that era was me and @buckweaver.bsky.social hauling a fridge up and down from a second-floor CA apartment.
And that era was me and @buckweaver.bsky.social hauling a fridge up and down from a second-floor CA apartment.
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also open to chatting with any transit-savvy Chicago or Chicagoland people about the infrastructural funding Arlington Heights and the Bears were discussing
anyone who lives in or near the Arlington Heights region where the Chicago Bears were planning to relocate? would love to chat!
January 2, 2026 at 11:15 PM
also open to chatting with any transit-savvy Chicago or Chicagoland people about the infrastructural funding Arlington Heights and the Bears were discussing
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The SABR Baseball Cards and SABR Asian Baseball Research Committees are joining forces to bring you a biggie! Click the link for more info. cc: @npbcardguy.bsky.social
The Japanese Baseball Card Industry. January 28, 8:30 EST Zoom talk with Tatsuo Shinke, CEO of MINT Sports Cards in Japan
Please join SABR’s Asian Baseball and Baseball Card Research Committees as we host Tatsuo Shinke on Wednesday, January 28 at 8:30 pm EST. Mr. Shinke will discuss the current state of baseball…
sabrasianbaseball.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The SABR Baseball Cards and SABR Asian Baseball Research Committees are joining forces to bring you a biggie! Click the link for more info. cc: @npbcardguy.bsky.social
The updated Lahman Baseball Database, with MLB and Negro League stats from 1871 through 2025, is now available for download on the SABR website at sabr.org/lahman-datab.... The Lahman DB allows baseball researchers to perform complex queries across the entire history of the game.
Lahman Baseball Database – Society for American Baseball Research
sabr.org
January 2, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The updated Lahman Baseball Database, with MLB and Negro League stats from 1871 through 2025, is now available for download on the SABR website at sabr.org/lahman-datab.... The Lahman DB allows baseball researchers to perform complex queries across the entire history of the game.
Registration is now open for the 2026 SABR 19th Century Base Ball Conference at @baseballhall.org on April 24-25 in Cooperstown! All baseball fans are welcome to attend: sabr.org/latest/regis...
January 2, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Registration is now open for the 2026 SABR 19th Century Base Ball Conference at @baseballhall.org on April 24-25 in Cooperstown! All baseball fans are welcome to attend: sabr.org/latest/regis...
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The Winter 2026 issue of “Eleventh Street Eagle” has landed!
Lots of baseball goodness inside, plus full details on our SABR Day event at the Muth Museum with guests @toddradom.bsky.social, Brian Kong, and Ellen Lindner.
tinyurl.com/ESEWinter2026
Lots of baseball goodness inside, plus full details on our SABR Day event at the Muth Museum with guests @toddradom.bsky.social, Brian Kong, and Ellen Lindner.
tinyurl.com/ESEWinter2026
January 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
The Winter 2026 issue of “Eleventh Street Eagle” has landed!
Lots of baseball goodness inside, plus full details on our SABR Day event at the Muth Museum with guests @toddradom.bsky.social, Brian Kong, and Ellen Lindner.
tinyurl.com/ESEWinter2026
Lots of baseball goodness inside, plus full details on our SABR Day event at the Muth Museum with guests @toddradom.bsky.social, Brian Kong, and Ellen Lindner.
tinyurl.com/ESEWinter2026
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Merry New Year! Have you considered vintage baseball in 2026?
January 2, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Merry New Year! Have you considered vintage baseball in 2026?
The stage is on the field! The stage is on the field!
Oh, this is hilarious.
January 2, 2026 at 4:51 AM
The stage is on the field! The stage is on the field!
Oh, this is hilarious.
January 2, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Oh, this is hilarious.
Props to Holly Rowe who kept him talking until he ran out of all the dorky phrases he rehearsed and finally showed some emotion.
New Mendoza postgame interview vocabulary word: “conglomerate.”
January 2, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Props to Holly Rowe who kept him talking until he ran out of all the dorky phrases he rehearsed and finally showed some emotion.
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Indiana is about to put their walk-ons against ALABAMA in the ROSE BOWL and I’m going to be processing that for a while
January 1, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Indiana is about to put their walk-ons against ALABAMA in the ROSE BOWL and I’m going to be processing that for a while
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At the Rose Bowl for the first time in 17 years
Here's the story of the first Rose Bowl: How Michigan routing Stanford led to chariot and animal races before a football tradition was born
www.nytimes.com/athletic/302...
Here's the story of the first Rose Bowl: How Michigan routing Stanford led to chariot and animal races before a football tradition was born
www.nytimes.com/athletic/302...
The first Rose Bowl: How Michigan routing Stanford led to chariot and animal races before a football tradition was born
Michigan and Stanford met in Pasadena on Jan. 1, 1902, with many of the ingredients of a modern bowl game, just far ahead of its time.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:39 PM
At the Rose Bowl for the first time in 17 years
Here's the story of the first Rose Bowl: How Michigan routing Stanford led to chariot and animal races before a football tradition was born
www.nytimes.com/athletic/302...
Here's the story of the first Rose Bowl: How Michigan routing Stanford led to chariot and animal races before a football tradition was born
www.nytimes.com/athletic/302...
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A few months ago I got the story of a duck who aspires to curling greatness stuck in my brain and simply couldn't get it out until I did this
January 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM
A few months ago I got the story of a duck who aspires to curling greatness stuck in my brain and simply couldn't get it out until I did this
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Here’s my list of books read this year. The sheep detectives were so much fun. jacobpomrenke.com/reading-list...
Reading List 2025
The best months of my year were spent circling the bases around all the funky fields where my vintage baseball team played this summer, from the old House of David colony in Benton Harbor, Michigan…
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December 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Here’s my list of books read this year. The sheep detectives were so much fun. jacobpomrenke.com/reading-list...
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Public service announcement: if the Twilight Zone marathon makes you think, “I’d sure like to know more about Rod Serling’s connection to baseball,” there’s an article for that.
August 22, 1961: From Twilight Zone to strike zone: Rod Serling visits NY-Penn League game – Society for American Baseball Research
sabr.org
January 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Public service announcement: if the Twilight Zone marathon makes you think, “I’d sure like to know more about Rod Serling’s connection to baseball,” there’s an article for that.
OK, the fireworks from the Chicago River looked great (from afar). But poor Chance, who got approximately 4 minutes on TV all night.
January 1, 2026 at 6:06 AM
OK, the fireworks from the Chicago River looked great (from afar). But poor Chance, who got approximately 4 minutes on TV all night.
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1972-12-31: The saddest of all tragedies: The great & respected Roberto Clemente, only 38, bringing earthquake-relief supplies to Nicaragua, dies in a plane crash. From the 2022 SABR book "¡Arriba! The Heroic Life of Roberto Clemente", contemporary reactions: sabr.org/journal/arti...
The Response to Roberto Clemente’s Death – Society for American Baseball Research
sabr.org
December 31, 2025 at 10:51 PM
1972-12-31: The saddest of all tragedies: The great & respected Roberto Clemente, only 38, bringing earthquake-relief supplies to Nicaragua, dies in a plane crash. From the 2022 SABR book "¡Arriba! The Heroic Life of Roberto Clemente", contemporary reactions: sabr.org/journal/arti...
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Final neighborhood walk of 2025.
December 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Final neighborhood walk of 2025.
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Happy to have witnessed the Diego Pavia era of college football.
Fun to see how far a New Mexico kid with a chip on his shoulder could go.
Fun to see how far a New Mexico kid with a chip on his shoulder could go.
December 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Happy to have witnessed the Diego Pavia era of college football.
Fun to see how far a New Mexico kid with a chip on his shoulder could go.
Fun to see how far a New Mexico kid with a chip on his shoulder could go.
Didn’t end up writing as much as I was hoping to in 2025, and we can partially blame Rob Manfred’s decision on a random Tuesday in May. But it did lead to this informative discussion on Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe with some other terrific writers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIg6...
SABR Webinar: Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe, and the Baseball Hall of Fame
YouTube video by SABRvideos
www.youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Didn’t end up writing as much as I was hoping to in 2025, and we can partially blame Rob Manfred’s decision on a random Tuesday in May. But it did lead to this informative discussion on Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe with some other terrific writers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIg6...
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That time Ohio State missed a game-winning FG right as the New Year's ball dropped was wild.
December 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
That time Ohio State missed a game-winning FG right as the New Year's ball dropped was wild.