James Smyth
@jamessmyth621.bsky.social
Sports Researcher/Booth Statistician (YES Network), used to do Toeing The Slab podcast & KayRod, former MiLB play-by-play broadcaster, IATSE 100, He/Him
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WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE NBA TONIGHT?!?!?!
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE NBA TONIGHT?!?!?!
had to be done
BREAKING: The Giants are firing head coach Brian Daboll after Sunday’s loss to the Bears, per sources.
Daboll, who won Coach of the Year in 2022, finishes his New York tenure with a 20-40-1 record in 3+ seasons.
Daboll, who won Coach of the Year in 2022, finishes his New York tenure with a 20-40-1 record in 3+ seasons.
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
had to be done
This was the Giants' 4th loss of the season with a blown lead of 10+ points
The rest of the NFL has 12
The rest of the NFL has 12
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This was the Giants' 4th loss of the season with a blown lead of 10+ points
The rest of the NFL has 12
The rest of the NFL has 12
Link for the Clase/Ortiz indictment: www.justice.gov/usao-edny/me...
www.justice.gov
November 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Link for the Clase/Ortiz indictment: www.justice.gov/usao-edny/me...
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That Ortiz and Clase reportedly received the EXACT same dollar amount from fixers — in 2025! — as Shoeless Joe Jackson and Lefty Williams did in 1919 is … completely absurd. And another reason why player salaries have very little to do with why these gambling scandals happen.
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
That Ortiz and Clase reportedly received the EXACT same dollar amount from fixers — in 2025! — as Shoeless Joe Jackson and Lefty Williams did in 1919 is … completely absurd. And another reason why player salaries have very little to do with why these gambling scandals happen.
PassanBomb [derogatory]:
"Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted by prosecutors in Brooklyn on a host of charges related to a scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown in MLB games. Ortiz was arrested in Boston earlier today. Clase is not currently in custody."
"Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted by prosecutors in Brooklyn on a host of charges related to a scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown in MLB games. Ortiz was arrested in Boston earlier today. Clase is not currently in custody."
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
PassanBomb [derogatory]:
"Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted by prosecutors in Brooklyn on a host of charges related to a scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown in MLB games. Ortiz was arrested in Boston earlier today. Clase is not currently in custody."
"Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted by prosecutors in Brooklyn on a host of charges related to a scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown in MLB games. Ortiz was arrested in Boston earlier today. Clase is not currently in custody."
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1959 was the beginning of the end for Bob Turley at age 28. Bumped to the bullpen that August, then injuries, and he pitched his last big league game at 33. Bob Friend was the same age, but at least he bounced back in 1960 and still had a few more good seasons.
It's always amusing when people think pitchers from the 1950s had invincible arms, when the attrition rate was terrible. And it was known at the time, and there were even predictions in the future that have almost come to pass by 2025.
(This is from 1959)
(This is from 1959)
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
1959 was the beginning of the end for Bob Turley at age 28. Bumped to the bullpen that August, then injuries, and he pitched his last big league game at 33. Bob Friend was the same age, but at least he bounced back in 1960 and still had a few more good seasons.
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here's the first video on the new channel, it's about the team that ACTUALLY invented the Tush Push years before the Eagles, so you can appropriately thank them or yell at them depending on whether you think the Tush Push is good (correct) or bad (wrong)
Meet the Team Who REALLY Invented the Tush Push
YouTube video by Sports! with Rodger Sherman
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
here's the first video on the new channel, it's about the team that ACTUALLY invented the Tush Push years before the Eagles, so you can appropriately thank them or yell at them depending on whether you think the Tush Push is good (correct) or bad (wrong)
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November 8, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Not surprising that Aaron Judge also won a Silver Slugger
His 5th career win (2017, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025) ties the Yankees team record (Dave Winfield, Jorge Posada, Derek Jeter & Robinson Canó) (award started in 1980)
His 5th career win (2017, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025) ties the Yankees team record (Dave Winfield, Jorge Posada, Derek Jeter & Robinson Canó) (award started in 1980)
Yankees 2B to Win Silver Slugger
Willie Randolph 1980
Alfonso Soriano 2002
Robinson Canó 5x (2006, 2010-13)
DJ LeMahieu 2x (2019 & 2020)
Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2025
Willie Randolph 1980
Alfonso Soriano 2002
Robinson Canó 5x (2006, 2010-13)
DJ LeMahieu 2x (2019 & 2020)
Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2025
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Not surprising that Aaron Judge also won a Silver Slugger
His 5th career win (2017, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025) ties the Yankees team record (Dave Winfield, Jorge Posada, Derek Jeter & Robinson Canó) (award started in 1980)
His 5th career win (2017, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025) ties the Yankees team record (Dave Winfield, Jorge Posada, Derek Jeter & Robinson Canó) (award started in 1980)
Yankees 2B to Win Silver Slugger
Willie Randolph 1980
Alfonso Soriano 2002
Robinson Canó 5x (2006, 2010-13)
DJ LeMahieu 2x (2019 & 2020)
Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2025
Willie Randolph 1980
Alfonso Soriano 2002
Robinson Canó 5x (2006, 2010-13)
DJ LeMahieu 2x (2019 & 2020)
Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2025
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Yankees 2B to Win Silver Slugger
Willie Randolph 1980
Alfonso Soriano 2002
Robinson Canó 5x (2006, 2010-13)
DJ LeMahieu 2x (2019 & 2020)
Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2025
Willie Randolph 1980
Alfonso Soriano 2002
Robinson Canó 5x (2006, 2010-13)
DJ LeMahieu 2x (2019 & 2020)
Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2025
Oh that's good
Juan Soto has won a Silver Slugger in three straight years with three different teams
The only other player to win a Silver Slugger in three consecutive years with a different team was Mike Hampton:
1999, Astros
2000, Mets
2001, Rockies
h/t @EliasSports
The only other player to win a Silver Slugger in three consecutive years with a different team was Mike Hampton:
1999, Astros
2000, Mets
2001, Rockies
h/t @EliasSports
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Oh that's good
13 players received $22.025M qualifying offers
Bo Bichette
Dylan Cease
Edwin Díaz
Zac Gallen
Trent Grisham
Shota Imanaga
Michael King
Kyle Schwarber
Ranger Suárez
Gleyber Torres
Kyle Tucker
Framber Valdez
Brandon Woodruff
They have until November 18 to accept or choose to become free agents
Bo Bichette
Dylan Cease
Edwin Díaz
Zac Gallen
Trent Grisham
Shota Imanaga
Michael King
Kyle Schwarber
Ranger Suárez
Gleyber Torres
Kyle Tucker
Framber Valdez
Brandon Woodruff
They have until November 18 to accept or choose to become free agents
November 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
13 players received $22.025M qualifying offers
Bo Bichette
Dylan Cease
Edwin Díaz
Zac Gallen
Trent Grisham
Shota Imanaga
Michael King
Kyle Schwarber
Ranger Suárez
Gleyber Torres
Kyle Tucker
Framber Valdez
Brandon Woodruff
They have until November 18 to accept or choose to become free agents
Bo Bichette
Dylan Cease
Edwin Díaz
Zac Gallen
Trent Grisham
Shota Imanaga
Michael King
Kyle Schwarber
Ranger Suárez
Gleyber Torres
Kyle Tucker
Framber Valdez
Brandon Woodruff
They have until November 18 to accept or choose to become free agents
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Grateful to @defector.com for publishing a print version of my Replay Booth episode on a 61-year-old Mets mystery and for commissioning an illustration of Mr. Met with a pipe and magnifying glass defector.com/wilbur-huckl...
Wilbur Huckle For President: Solving A 61-Year-Old Mets Mystery | Defector
Earlier this year, on a cold Sunday in January, I walked into an antique store in a Washington D.C. suburb. When I go to a shop like this one, I’m not looking for chairs or lamps. My interests are a l...
defector.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Grateful to @defector.com for publishing a print version of my Replay Booth episode on a 61-year-old Mets mystery and for commissioning an illustration of Mr. Met with a pipe and magnifying glass defector.com/wilbur-huckl...
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I wrote about what the Dodgers do and what makes great teams great. defector.com/the-dodgers-...
The Dodgers Never Had It Made | Defector
This World Series ended the only way it could, which was frenzied and late. The clocks turned back just a few hours after that; the next day was in another season, shorter and darker. The day after th...
defector.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I wrote about what the Dodgers do and what makes great teams great. defector.com/the-dodgers-...
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"They gave the world a Series that nobody's going to forget forever.”
Want to relive that Game 7 classic?
I told the story of so many moments
Rojas' HR shocker
Will Smith & Jeff Hoffman
Yamamoto!
7 starting pitchers pitched!
Pages' catch
So much more
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
Want to relive that Game 7 classic?
I told the story of so many moments
Rojas' HR shocker
Will Smith & Jeff Hoffman
Yamamoto!
7 starting pitchers pitched!
Pages' catch
So much more
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
In Game 7, Dodgers, Blue Jays deliver fitting finale to World Series that had ‘everything’
Digesting the moments, memories and history lessons from a Game 7 — and World Series — that kept us riveted from start to finish.
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"They gave the world a Series that nobody's going to forget forever.”
Want to relive that Game 7 classic?
I told the story of so many moments
Rojas' HR shocker
Will Smith & Jeff Hoffman
Yamamoto!
7 starting pitchers pitched!
Pages' catch
So much more
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
Want to relive that Game 7 classic?
I told the story of so many moments
Rojas' HR shocker
Will Smith & Jeff Hoffman
Yamamoto!
7 starting pitchers pitched!
Pages' catch
So much more
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
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Sunday = fun day~ wild bears playing at a public playground, captured by someone just passing by~🐻
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Sunday = fun day~ wild bears playing at a public playground, captured by someone just passing by~🐻
Max Fried wins a Gold Glove
Yankees Gold Glove Pitchers
Bobby Shantz (4) 1957-60
Ron Guidry (5) 1982-86
Mike Mussina (3) 2001, 2003, 2008
Max Fried 2025
Yankees Gold Glove Pitchers
Bobby Shantz (4) 1957-60
Ron Guidry (5) 1982-86
Mike Mussina (3) 2001, 2003, 2008
Max Fried 2025
November 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Max Fried wins a Gold Glove
Yankees Gold Glove Pitchers
Bobby Shantz (4) 1957-60
Ron Guidry (5) 1982-86
Mike Mussina (3) 2001, 2003, 2008
Max Fried 2025
Yankees Gold Glove Pitchers
Bobby Shantz (4) 1957-60
Ron Guidry (5) 1982-86
Mike Mussina (3) 2001, 2003, 2008
Max Fried 2025
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COLSTON LOVELAND TD FOR THE BEARS
November 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
COLSTON LOVELAND TD FOR THE BEARS
A first...last night was only the 3rd World Series-ending double play
1921 Game 8 Giants 1 Yankees 0
Home Run Baker 4-3-5 vs Art Nehf (Aaron Ward was thrown out trying to go 1st-to-3rd! Imagine if that happened today)
1947 Game 7 Yankees 5 Dodgers 2
Bruce Edwards 6-4-3 vs Joe Page
1921 Game 8 Giants 1 Yankees 0
Home Run Baker 4-3-5 vs Art Nehf (Aaron Ward was thrown out trying to go 1st-to-3rd! Imagine if that happened today)
1947 Game 7 Yankees 5 Dodgers 2
Bruce Edwards 6-4-3 vs Joe Page
@jamessmyth621.bsky.social When was the last time we had games 6 and 7 of the same World Series end in a double play?
November 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A first...last night was only the 3rd World Series-ending double play
1921 Game 8 Giants 1 Yankees 0
Home Run Baker 4-3-5 vs Art Nehf (Aaron Ward was thrown out trying to go 1st-to-3rd! Imagine if that happened today)
1947 Game 7 Yankees 5 Dodgers 2
Bruce Edwards 6-4-3 vs Joe Page
1921 Game 8 Giants 1 Yankees 0
Home Run Baker 4-3-5 vs Art Nehf (Aaron Ward was thrown out trying to go 1st-to-3rd! Imagine if that happened today)
1947 Game 7 Yankees 5 Dodgers 2
Bruce Edwards 6-4-3 vs Joe Page
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Three of the 12 most pivotal plays in baseball history by cWPA occurred last night
November 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Three of the 12 most pivotal plays in baseball history by cWPA occurred last night