Roberto Beers
@robertobeers.bsky.social
The Reigning... Defending... Undisputed Pickle Jar Hero.
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All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
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generally speaking, people should be eating way more candy than they do. next time you find yourself reaching for fresh produce at the grocery store, consider a bag of candy instead
October 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
generally speaking, people should be eating way more candy than they do. next time you find yourself reaching for fresh produce at the grocery store, consider a bag of candy instead
Is there a double play scorigami databse?
October 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Is there a double play scorigami databse?
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in MLB dot com write ups of Roberto Clemente Award nominees, Liam Hendriks' work with LGBTQ+ organizations was referenced in 2022, 2023, and 2024. there is no mention of it in this year's write up. www.mlb.com/news/roberto... (previous years can be found changing "2025" in the url slug)
September 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
in MLB dot com write ups of Roberto Clemente Award nominees, Liam Hendriks' work with LGBTQ+ organizations was referenced in 2022, 2023, and 2024. there is no mention of it in this year's write up. www.mlb.com/news/roberto... (previous years can be found changing "2025" in the url slug)
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i just looked up the win probability graph from last night's bills-ravens game. granted you don't want to put too much stock into probability models, but it really does put buffalo's comeback into a new perspective
September 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
i just looked up the win probability graph from last night's bills-ravens game. granted you don't want to put too much stock into probability models, but it really does put buffalo's comeback into a new perspective
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Live look at me using Concur to book work travel
September 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Live look at me using Concur to book work travel
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Once again calling for the MLBPA to designate this day as Curt Flood Day. And a shout-out to all unions, including my local CUPE. Workers unite.
September 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Once again calling for the MLBPA to designate this day as Curt Flood Day. And a shout-out to all unions, including my local CUPE. Workers unite.
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In today's newsletter: everyone is talking about realignment and expansion because Rob Manfred wanted them to. He wanted them to to aid in the owners' anti-labor strategy. Don't take the bait. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
![Which is to say: what Manfred said on Sunday was part of the owners' labor agenda. As will almost anything else he says over the next year. Manfred wants us to play the "ooh, wouldn't it be neat if [City] had a team and if this crazy but fun radical realignment scheme happened?" game so that when the players balk they will get blowback from the press and from fans who will believe that, if not for the greedy players, we could have so many cool new things.
I'm not really all that interested in doing that. At least not now. He can get back to me when the overtures are genuine. And, for that matter, when the league no longer has two teams which are virtually homeless and a handful of others who are barely putting a major league product on the field, which renders the promises of expansion pretty hollow.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vevk6lgrt6o4wncrbp7joij3/bafkreid2t37aud6re4ifgtyrn4i6l2z6oszu2nmife2frlh7sbg66evlve@jpeg)
August 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In today's newsletter: everyone is talking about realignment and expansion because Rob Manfred wanted them to. He wanted them to to aid in the owners' anti-labor strategy. Don't take the bait. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
Of course I summoned several hundred balloons for @fangraphs.com 20th bday... then I popped some and my jaw dropped. What a delight!
August 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Of course I summoned several hundred balloons for @fangraphs.com 20th bday... then I popped some and my jaw dropped. What a delight!
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there is nothing more beautiful to me than anders thomas jensen's commitment to making mads mikkelsen look a little weird
August 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
there is nothing more beautiful to me than anders thomas jensen's commitment to making mads mikkelsen look a little weird
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Dick Allen was an elite hitter who clashed with a world that was often far too slow to embrace him as either a player or a person.
We’re more than ready to celebrate both now, says @jayjaffe.bsky.social.
We’re more than ready to celebrate both now, says @jayjaffe.bsky.social.
2025 Classic Baseball Era Committee Candidate: Dick Allen
After missing by a single vote in his last two ballot appearances, the slugger may have his best shot at election, albeit posthumously.
blogs.fangraphs.com
July 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Dick Allen was an elite hitter who clashed with a world that was often far too slow to embrace him as either a player or a person.
We’re more than ready to celebrate both now, says @jayjaffe.bsky.social.
We’re more than ready to celebrate both now, says @jayjaffe.bsky.social.
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Rich Hill and Edwin Jackson are tied for the MLB record, each having played for 14 different franchises.
Between the two of them, they've appeared on the field for 22 out of a possible 30 MLB franchises.
Between the two of them, they've appeared on the field for 22 out of a possible 30 MLB franchises.
July 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Rich Hill and Edwin Jackson are tied for the MLB record, each having played for 14 different franchises.
Between the two of them, they've appeared on the field for 22 out of a possible 30 MLB franchises.
Between the two of them, they've appeared on the field for 22 out of a possible 30 MLB franchises.
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From the Notgraphs era, a golden time of my life looking back, “La Danse Avec Cinq Raúl Ibañezs,” with an apology to Henri Matisse, of course.
May 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
From the Notgraphs era, a golden time of my life looking back, “La Danse Avec Cinq Raúl Ibañezs,” with an apology to Henri Matisse, of course.
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Bryce Harper, on how Dodgers spend money and acquire talent, including their pipeline to Japanese stars: “I don’t know if people will like this, but I feel like only losers complain about what they’re doing. I think they’re a great team. They’re a great organization.”
April 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Bryce Harper, on how Dodgers spend money and acquire talent, including their pipeline to Japanese stars: “I don’t know if people will like this, but I feel like only losers complain about what they’re doing. I think they’re a great team. They’re a great organization.”
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Fernando Tatís Jr.
April 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Fernando Tatís Jr.
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the clearest proof Jackie Robinson was one of the most consequential people in history is that nearly a century after he started playing baseball, cowards are still working tirelessly to shut him up
The Department of Defense deemed a story about baseball hero and civil rights leader Jackie Robinson's time in the Army as "DEI" and deleted it.
March 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
the clearest proof Jackie Robinson was one of the most consequential people in history is that nearly a century after he started playing baseball, cowards are still working tirelessly to shut him up
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I learned a lot writing this about feeding 200-plus people at spring training, and wow have times changed! In such a good way: How Giants have blended players’ palates and foods from home cities and countries with nutritional needs www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant... via @sfchronicle
How Giants have blended players’ pampered palates with nutritional needs
The San Francisco Giants employ a chef and a nutritionist who keep an eye on dietary concerns while trying to meet the culinary requests of the team’s players.
www.sfchronicle.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I learned a lot writing this about feeding 200-plus people at spring training, and wow have times changed! In such a good way: How Giants have blended players’ palates and foods from home cities and countries with nutritional needs www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant... via @sfchronicle
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I would love to hear the thoughts of a 5-foot-1 woman named Jackie right now
February 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I would love to hear the thoughts of a 5-foot-1 woman named Jackie right now
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Blogged about pumping at the ballpark and whether sexism is more like a feeling or more like a brick wall. open.substack.com/pub/somehard...
pumping part 2
the sexism is in the status quo
open.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Blogged about pumping at the ballpark and whether sexism is more like a feeling or more like a brick wall. open.substack.com/pub/somehard...
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If Naylor is the Dean Portman to Eugenio Suárez's Fulton Reed, and Corbin Carroll gets a little bit of the Kenny Wu fighting the Iceland guy who's twice his size...
Josh Naylor is a downgrade from Christian Walker but he's younger and he ups the Diamondbacks' Lunatic Quotient, which I think could do them a lot of good
December 21, 2024 at 11:46 PM
If Naylor is the Dean Portman to Eugenio Suárez's Fulton Reed, and Corbin Carroll gets a little bit of the Kenny Wu fighting the Iceland guy who's twice his size...
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it's the Lena Blackburne rubbing mud article I've been waiting for 😍
"we perform a multiscale investigation of the rheology and tribology of this mud material under baseball-relevant conditions and identify three mechanisms by which the mud alters the surface properties of the baseball"
"we perform a multiscale investigation of the rheology and tribology of this mud material under baseball-relevant conditions and identify three mechanisms by which the mud alters the surface properties of the baseball"
Soft matter mechanics of baseball’s Rubbing Mud | PNAS
Researchers looking for sustainable materials with optimal mechanical properties may
draw inspiration from a baseball tradition. For nearly 100 y, ...
www.pnas.org
November 16, 2024 at 6:30 PM
it's the Lena Blackburne rubbing mud article I've been waiting for 😍
"we perform a multiscale investigation of the rheology and tribology of this mud material under baseball-relevant conditions and identify three mechanisms by which the mud alters the surface properties of the baseball"
"we perform a multiscale investigation of the rheology and tribology of this mud material under baseball-relevant conditions and identify three mechanisms by which the mud alters the surface properties of the baseball"