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Erica Block
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Sports journalist + researcher | Producer w/ NY Post Sports | Contributing author to Play It Forward: a book by TOGETHXR featuring 25 women's sports stories | Before: YES Network, Jomboy Media 🙋🏻‍♀️ she/her
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Erica Block @ericablockparty.bsky.social · Oct 24
I'm thrilled to have two essays included in Play It Forward, a new anthology from Togethxr and Chronicle Books featuring stories about women who are changing the future of sports

Foreword by Alex Morgan, Afterword by Sue Bird

It's out 3/4/2025 — pre-order it here: t.co/lzWjCMxI0R
play it forward book
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dell.bsky.social
In extraordinary message, Fed chair announces that he’s being extorted/coerced by the US government under color of law.
January 12, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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pobguy.bsky.social
Following up on your question: I suspect that others are also analyzing the 2025 data on torpedo bats. And I further suspect that, based on this analysis, the usage of these bats will increase in 2026. We shall see.
pobguy.bsky.social Alan Nathan @pobguy.bsky.social · 10d
Yes, I have done some analysis. It is still in progress and not yet ready to go public. Also have done ( with my collaborators) lab measurements. Those results will be shown at a conference in June. Perhaps prior to that.
hi-im-higham.bsky.social Josh Higham: Human Disaster @hi-im-higham.bsky.social · 10d
@pobguy.bsky.social I just reread your @fangraphs.com piece on torpedo bats from April. Curious if you've analyzed bat performance from the 2025 season or are aware of any good writeups? I haven't seen any academic or pop media articles with any data analysis
January 2, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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pitchingninja.com
Jonah Tong's Grilled Cheese Recipe. 👨‍🍳

Full interview is here: youtu.be/8u522QpPvVg
December 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
ericablockparty.bsky.social
Get yourself a guy who gets you Jim Abbott pillowcases sponsored by @tombstonepizza.bsky.social as a holiday gift 🎁🪽🍕
Jim Abbott California Angels pillowcase sponsored by Tombstone Pizza
December 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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madkenney.bsky.social
WNBA players approve strike ‘when necessary’ in overwhelming vote nypost.com/2025/12/18/s...
WNBA players approve strike ‘when necessary’ in overwhelming vote
The players of the WNBA have spoken.
nypost.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
ericablockparty.bsky.social
My favorite part about the holidays? Time to scout some deer on @baseball-reference.com

Prancer:
-Veteran CF for the North Pole Reindeer
-Hits for contact & power
-Began his career w/ a harrowing escape from the San Diego Zoo

2015 Contract Status:
Signed, 100 bales of alfalfa/yr
Prancer baseballref profile Prancer baseball card
December 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
ericablockparty.bsky.social
Sean Newcomb had an incredible 2nd half w/ the A's last year

Sean Newcomb 2025 (post-ASG):
28 IP, 0.96 ERA, 4 R, 3 ER, 27 K, 6 BB, 2 Sv
bnightengale.bsky.social Bob Nightengale @bnightengale.bsky.social · 20d
The Chicago White Sox sign LHP Sean Newcomb to a 1-year, $4.5M contract.
December 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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realbachscore.bsky.social
This might be most public money ever allocated for a women's pro sports stadium:

The Denver City Council voted Monday to spend an initial $50 million on the land for the site of a 14,500-seat stadium for NWSL team Denver FC.
www.denverpost.com/2025/12/22/d...
Denver gives official OK to women’s soccer stadium subsidy, clearing way for Summit FC’s home
The 14,500-seat stadium is planned for Santa Fe Yards, the former site of the Gates Rubber Co. at Broadway and Interstate 25 in the Baker neighborhood.
www.denverpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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This is an amazing Reddit post and I'm sad we didn't get to run this at FanGraphs.

www.reddit.com/r/baseball/c...
From the baseball community on Reddit: Ranking the MLB teams according to how difficult it would be to bring their namesake to your signing press conference
Explore this post and more from the baseball community
www.reddit.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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joshgondelman.bsky.social
For this week's That's Marvelous newsletter I regrettably wrote a little bit about Bari Weiss (but also I happily wrote a little bit about dogs)! Read it here: www.thatsmarvelousnewsletter.com/163-60-minut...
If you have never heard of Bari Weiss, I envy your blessed existence, and I will catch you up with great regret, like when you have to explain death to a child or Mr. Beast to a parent. Weiss rose to prominence as a beneficiary of the NYT op-ed section's community outreach program, where they provide financial support to Ivy League graduates who believe themselves to be at the vanguard of public thought despite not having (or even really engaging with) a new idea since 2003. She then founded a blog that told rich people who were not ready to come out of the closet as racists and transphobes exactly what they wanted to hear. In a more just world, she would have been put out of business when ChatGPT began offering the same service to our nation's internet-and-wealth-poisoned elites for free.
December 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
ericablockparty.bsky.social
In return for Jeff McNeil, the Mets receive 17-year-old RHP prospect Yordan Rodriguez

Rodriguez stats w/ DSL Athletics in 2025:
2.93 ERA
20 Ks
15 IP (8 G)

Rodriguez defected from Cuba in January 2024 while playing for the Cuban U-15 team in an international tournament
December 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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patrickdlyons.bsky.social
On this date in 2018, the Colorado Rockies signed Daniel Murphy to a two-year, $24 million deal.

Dick Monfort later admitted regret over how things played out that offseason.

"In hindsight, losing DJ LeMahieu was a big deal.... We wish we could redo that.”
December 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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tylermaun.com
Here for the dragging of the No Vowels Company
seankuhn.bsky.social sean kuhn @seankuhn.bsky.social · 22d
who calls the shots where you get your news? defector.com/products
December 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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marielle922.bsky.social
The 🐐 taking pics and contributing to the vibes
December 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
ericablockparty.bsky.social
Athletes who received votes in NYC Mayoral Election

27 Jalen Brunson
11 Aaron Judge
3 Pete Alonso
2 Jaxson Dart
2 Jaxson Dart
1 Derek Jeter
1 Josh Hart
1 Cam Skattebo
1 Cam Schlittler
December 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
No contract, no coffee.

We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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minakimes.bsky.social
"Collecting that experience" is an incredible euphemism for "Asking a guy about the fact that more than a dozen women accused him of sexual misconduct"
riversmccown.bsky.social rivers mccown @riversmccown.bsky.social · Nov 24
_He's_ gone through an experience?
Nick Underhill @nick_underhill · 16m Moore on Justin Tucker’s tryout: “He’s been one of their leaders for an extended period of time on a very successful team. Obviously, there’s been some stuff that’s been unfortunate. He’s gone through an experience and I think it’s about collecting what that experience was."
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
ericablockparty.bsky.social
best game I've ever been to
patrickdlyons.bsky.social Patrick D. Lyons @patrickdlyons.bsky.social · Nov 23
MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM is currently playing the #Rockies game from August 1 as part of their MLB Classic Game series.

Colorado completed an improbable 17-16 win - via walk-off homer - against Pittsburgh after surrendering nine runs in the first against the Pirates.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
ericablockparty.bsky.social
I'm scouting pitchers leading up to the Women's Pro Baseball League Draft *TOMORROW*

RHP Alli Schroder is one of the top-ranked pitching prospects in the draft pool

Her scouting report: youtube.com/shorts/hvvSe...
Scouting report: RHP Alli Schroder #shorts #baseball #womenssports
YouTube video by Erica Block
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November 20, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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ericablockparty.bsky.social
Scouting pitchers before WPBL Draft Day!

RHP Milanyela Cortez #womenssports

youtube.com/shorts/OPqJm...
WPBL Draft: SCOUTING REPORT #ourtimeisnow #baseball #womenssports @wpbl_official
YouTube video by Erica Block
youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
ericablockparty.bsky.social
I'm scouting pitchers leading up to the Women's Pro Baseball League Draft *TOMORROW*

LHP Liz Gilder
New Westminster, BC

Scouting Report: youtube.com/shorts/_uVxh...
Scouting pitchers for the WPBL Draft #shorts #baseball #ourtimeisnow
YouTube video by Erica Block
youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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emmabaccellieri.bsky.social
On women playing baseball outside the framework of "first" or "only," for Kelsie Whitmore, Mo'ne Davis and more in the fledging WPBL: www.si.com/mlb/mone-dav...
Davis and Whitmore each had given so many interviews over the years as the first or the only. They were always positioned as singular figures, anomalies, unconnected from any other girl who might have ever played the game. But after the last day of tryouts, they sat before the cameras and microphones together, right next to Siegal. Whitmore discussed her pitch mix and then shared one moment that she kept turning over in her mind. A group of players had grabbed dinner together after the first day of tryouts, and when they piled into the car, Whitmore had joked, “Girls’ night out.” But heart cracked open as soon as the words left her mouth. She thought of all her other first days on new teams in new leagues—always known as the girl, the only one, in a way that she could not out-run or out-hit or out-throw. “The isolation has always been real,” Whitmore says. And here she was making a joke, girls, plural. She could hardly believe the freedom. There were no big contracts or long-term plans or even any team names yet. But the league had already given them something they had scarcely been able to dream of before.
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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katemckean.bsky.social
I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.
screenshot of a post from X by the Mirriam-Webster account. Their tweet says Words step up when numbers fail. They are retweeting a post from @david_arid that reads: There was a computer flitch at the end of tonight's Nuggets game that erased all the players' stats, which led to this fantastic screengrab from the post-game show. Then there is a blurry picture from a men's basketball game and the chyron says: Time Hardaway Jr. Stats are down but he played great."
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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wendyjfox.bsky.social
For @msmagazine.com, I wrote about the WNBA and the issue of pay equity. By the time the WNBA was only two seasons in (1999-2000) the average NBA salary was 58 times higher than the average WNBA salary. Twenty-six years later, the gap has jumped to 116 times higher.
Calling Foul: Breaking Down WNBA Pay and Why It Matters
Breaking Down WNBA Pay for Women Athletes and Why It Matters: a case study in systemic undervaluing of women’s work
msmagazine.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
ericablockparty.bsky.social
Scouting pitchers before WPBL Draft Day!

RHP Milanyela Cortez #womenssports

youtube.com/shorts/OPqJm...
WPBL Draft: SCOUTING REPORT #ourtimeisnow #baseball #womenssports @wpbl_official
YouTube video by Erica Block
youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM