Sam Dykstra
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Tony Blanco Jr. hit some absolute tanks in last night’s AFL Home Run Derby, including one at 122.9 mph.
Jesse Borek wrote up the Pirates prospect’s slugging showcase:
Jesse Borek wrote up the Pirates prospect’s slugging showcase:
Inspired by late father, Pirates' Blanco Jr. powers way to Fall League HR Derby crown
MESA, Ariz. -- All that anyone could talk about during batting practice for the 2025 Arizona Fall League Home Run Derby was Tony Blanco Jr. From “that’s the biggest guy I’ve ever seen” to “he’s a beas...
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November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Tony Blanco Jr. hit some absolute tanks in last night’s AFL Home Run Derby, including one at 122.9 mph.
Jesse Borek wrote up the Pirates prospect’s slugging showcase:
Jesse Borek wrote up the Pirates prospect’s slugging showcase:
The AL and NL Fall Stars rosters are out: www.mlb.com/milb/news/20...
Rosters for Sunday's Fall Stars Game feature 8 of MLB's Top 100 prospects
The All-Star festivities at baseball’s most elite prospect circuit are always an unforgettable event. The 19th annual Fall Stars Game will be no different. This year’s iteration, set for 8 p.m. ET on ...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The AL and NL Fall Stars rosters are out: www.mlb.com/milb/news/20...
It’s already time to think about 2026 and Spring Breakout:
The 2026 Spring Breakout schedule is here, with a preview of potential matchups
The first two years of Spring Breakout play produced several memorable moments. Paul Skenes throwing a 102-mph fastball to Jackson Holliday and striking him out on a 92-mph slider, and Spencer Jones w...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It’s already time to think about 2026 and Spring Breakout:
Took a long walk through Central Park today, in high spirits with every step.
New York City is great, and today was great for New York City.
New York City is great, and today was great for New York City.
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Took a long walk through Central Park today, in high spirits with every step.
New York City is great, and today was great for New York City.
New York City is great, and today was great for New York City.
Heads up if you haven’t seen this elsewhere:
Steve Kornacki (Boston University’s own!) is on NBC News Now tonight.
Steve Kornacki (Boston University’s own!) is on NBC News Now tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Heads up if you haven’t seen this elsewhere:
Steve Kornacki (Boston University’s own!) is on NBC News Now tonight.
Steve Kornacki (Boston University’s own!) is on NBC News Now tonight.
I love this city with my whole heart. I want it to be led by someone who loves it as much as I do and will work to make it more affordable for me, my family and my neighbors.
Let’s have a day, New York.
Let’s have a day, New York.
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I love this city with my whole heart. I want it to be led by someone who loves it as much as I do and will work to make it more affordable for me, my family and my neighbors.
Let’s have a day, New York.
Let’s have a day, New York.
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This is a fun chart!
The green is the main bsky load balancer traffic throughput from Saturday night, and the purple is how much traffic there was 7 days before (the previous Saturday)
The spike is due to the world series - pretty incredible! ⚾
The green is the main bsky load balancer traffic throughput from Saturday night, and the purple is how much traffic there was 7 days before (the previous Saturday)
The spike is due to the world series - pretty incredible! ⚾
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is a fun chart!
The green is the main bsky load balancer traffic throughput from Saturday night, and the purple is how much traffic there was 7 days before (the previous Saturday)
The spike is due to the world series - pretty incredible! ⚾
The green is the main bsky load balancer traffic throughput from Saturday night, and the purple is how much traffic there was 7 days before (the previous Saturday)
The spike is due to the world series - pretty incredible! ⚾
Konnor Griffin, Druw Jones, Tre’ Morgan among this year’s Minor League Gold Glove winners: www.mlb.com/milb/news/20...
Here are 2025's MiLB Gold Glove winners
These guys flash the leather like nobody else. Now they've earned their hardware as the top defensive prospects in baseball.
Three Top 100 prospects \-\- including baseball's top overall prospect -- h...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Konnor Griffin, Druw Jones, Tre’ Morgan among this year’s Minor League Gold Glove winners: www.mlb.com/milb/news/20...
I hope everyone in Canada — in their own time, whenever they feel ready — takes the time to read this piece and knows just how damn much these Blue Jays cared.
No one wanted to go home. Not yet.
One last time, on the 2025 Toronto Blue Jays:
www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
One last time, on the 2025 Toronto Blue Jays:
www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
Blue Jays 'left it all out there' in memorable 2025 run
TORONTO -- No one wanted to go home. Not yet.
Inside the Blue Jays’ clubhouse after Game 7, as the clocks crept further into the next morning, no one wanted to leave. They’d just lost the World Series...
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November 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I hope everyone in Canada — in their own time, whenever they feel ready — takes the time to read this piece and knows just how damn much these Blue Jays cared.
This site has been focused on Game 7 all night. My friends in Bermuda have been debating bunting strategy for the last hour. People will wake up tomorrow, watch highlights and wish they stayed up — and they’ll carry that memory into spring.
Baseball is in a great place.
Long may it continue.
Baseball is in a great place.
Long may it continue.
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This site has been focused on Game 7 all night. My friends in Bermuda have been debating bunting strategy for the last hour. People will wake up tomorrow, watch highlights and wish they stayed up — and they’ll carry that memory into spring.
Baseball is in a great place.
Long may it continue.
Baseball is in a great place.
Long may it continue.
Final play of the 2025 season made by shortstop Mookie Betts.
What a season.
What a season.
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Final play of the 2025 season made by shortstop Mookie Betts.
What a season.
What a season.
Everyone says “good piece of hitting” for hits to the opposite field.
That Vladimir Guerrero Jr is a TREMENDOUS piece of hitting. Pulling his hands inside the baseball like that and making hard contact, that’s what the greats do.
That Vladimir Guerrero Jr is a TREMENDOUS piece of hitting. Pulling his hands inside the baseball like that and making hard contact, that’s what the greats do.
November 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Everyone says “good piece of hitting” for hits to the opposite field.
That Vladimir Guerrero Jr is a TREMENDOUS piece of hitting. Pulling his hands inside the baseball like that and making hard contact, that’s what the greats do.
That Vladimir Guerrero Jr is a TREMENDOUS piece of hitting. Pulling his hands inside the baseball like that and making hard contact, that’s what the greats do.
Get out the ice cream, bowls and spoons. It’s weird baseball, y’all.
November 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Get out the ice cream, bowls and spoons. It’s weird baseball, y’all.
PFPs, as always, so important.
November 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
PFPs, as always, so important.
What a ballgame.
More baseball in 2025.
More baseball in 2025.
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
What a ballgame.
More baseball in 2025.
More baseball in 2025.
Bo Bichette: No matter what happens today or in the months to come, what a Toronto Blue Jay
November 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Bo Bichette: No matter what happens today or in the months to come, what a Toronto Blue Jay
At a wedding in Bermuda, and we’re all gathered around for the ninth inning.
Hell yeah, baseball.
Hell yeah, baseball.
November 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
At a wedding in Bermuda, and we’re all gathered around for the ninth inning.
Hell yeah, baseball.
Hell yeah, baseball.
Trey Yesavage in Game 7 of the World Series, you say? www.mlb.com/news/trey-ye...
From Single-A to ALCS starter: Inside Yesavage's meteoric '25 rise
Trey Yesavage has been a Blue Jay, a Canadian, a Fisher Cat, a Bison and … back to a Blue Jay. He’s pitched in Dunedin, Fla.; Vancouver, British Columbia; Manchester, N.H.; Buffalo, N.Y. and Toronto. ...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Trey Yesavage in Game 7 of the World Series, you say? www.mlb.com/news/trey-ye...
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An Air Canada flight right now
November 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
An Air Canada flight right now
Bo knows Game 7 homers
November 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Bo knows Game 7 homers
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Man, this is some sad news. UW was maybe the first website that made me realize there were other weirdos out there like me with niches like I enjoy, and even though it hasn’t been the same for a long time, I’m bummed to see it go. Rest in peace to a great community.
Uni Watch: 1999–2025
After a long run, Uni Watch’s coverage of athletics aesthetics is coming to a close.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Man, this is some sad news. UW was maybe the first website that made me realize there were other weirdos out there like me with niches like I enjoy, and even though it hasn’t been the same for a long time, I’m bummed to see it go. Rest in peace to a great community.
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette have been one another’s constants.
They’ve done it all together. There’s just one thing left.
Story: www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
They’ve done it all together. There’s just one thing left.
Story: www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
Baseball buddies Vlad, Bo on verge of completing World Series title goal
TORONTO -- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette have been one another’s constants.
In Lansing, in Dunedin, in New Hampshire, in Buffalo and in Toronto, they’ve stood alongside one another. From All-S...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette have been one another’s constants.
They’ve done it all together. There’s just one thing left.
Story: www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
They’ve done it all together. There’s just one thing left.
Story: www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
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From an upcoming HV Renegades press release:
October 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
From an upcoming HV Renegades press release:
Here's a @tylermaun.com story about Blake Butera back when he was the *Minor Leagues' youngest manager* in 2018.
It also includes a note about Butera working on Craig Albernaz's staff at Class A Short Season Hudson Valley in 2017.
Now both will be managing in the DMV: www.milb.com/news/just-25...
It also includes a note about Butera working on Craig Albernaz's staff at Class A Short Season Hudson Valley in 2017.
Now both will be managing in the DMV: www.milb.com/news/just-25...
Butera embarks as Minors' youngest skipper
At some point Friday, Blake Butera will let the moment wash over him. He is 25 years old, and he will take the reins of a professional baseball team for the first game of what could be thousands to co...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Here's a @tylermaun.com story about Blake Butera back when he was the *Minor Leagues' youngest manager* in 2018.
It also includes a note about Butera working on Craig Albernaz's staff at Class A Short Season Hudson Valley in 2017.
Now both will be managing in the DMV: www.milb.com/news/just-25...
It also includes a note about Butera working on Craig Albernaz's staff at Class A Short Season Hudson Valley in 2017.
Now both will be managing in the DMV: www.milb.com/news/just-25...