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What a long, strange trip it's been....
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Bad Bunny: TOGETHER WE ARE AMERICA
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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Relax. Belichick is going to wind up in the PFHOF. It turns out that there are still some people left who give a shit or two about a repeat cheating offender, so he's going to have to wait.
January 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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gregpinelo.bsky.social
ESPN treating WWE as an actual sport is very silly.
January 26, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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dhodgs.bsky.social
Just remember, if your team loses a football game it means Jesus loved the other team more.
January 20, 2026 at 4:05 AM
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The last three CFP National Champions have been from the Big10. It's time to stop pretending the SEC deserves to put a 3-loss team in the playoff, regardless of how much E$PN $$$ is backing that conference.
January 20, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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Now it's time to set the O/U on when Edward Cabrera has his first TJ. Or, more precisely, the date on which he's placed on the DL after which he has it.
Assuming no other issues, such as blisters, I give him 10 starts and then another elbow sprain that doesn't heal.
#Cubs
January 7, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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And now Ole Miss is knocking on the door of making the top 4 seeds in the CFP go 1-7. Only IU has escaped, drubbing the only 3-loss team to be allowed in.
January 2, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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IU is about to become the 1st CFP top-4 seed since this format began last year to win its game - by treating Bama like a lower-half Big10 opponent, which is about right. And why you don't put 3-loss teams in a 12-team field.
January 1, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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Texas Tech is about to become the 6th straight CFP first-round bye to lose. And that's all of them so far.
January 1, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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Matt Shaw could could have used any platform to profess his Christianity.

He chose a Nazi rally.
craigcalcaterra.bsky.social Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · Dec 22
In today's newsletter I talk about Cubs third baseman Matt Shaw showing up to speak at the White Supremacist-Palooza in Arizona over the weekend.

Short version: he's dumb and naive and I feel sorry for him but he's made his bed too, so fuck that guy. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
Matt Shaw has no idea what he's made himself a part of As I mentioned last week, Chicago Cubs third baseman Matt Shaw was a featured speaker at the objectively grotesque Turning Point USA "AmericaFest" conference in Arizona over the weekend. He gave a roughly 20-minute speech at the event. If you're so inclined, you can watch it here. For what it's worth, Shaw comes off like a bog standard young evangelical person. You could take his entire speech – focusing on "the amount of love Jesus has in his heart," what embracing Jesus did for him and his baseball career, and quotes directly from The Sermon on the Mount – and put it in the mouth of any youth pastor or testimonial speaker at any number of churches within a mile or two of your house. Shaw spent a particularly large amount of time on the "love your enemy" portion of that, imploring those who were listening to him to engage positively and constructively with those with whom they disagree. Which is not exactly something that Shaw's fellow AmericaFest speakers seem all that keen on. That list includes JD Vance, Donald Trump Jr., Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson, Tulsi Gabbard, Megyn Kelly, Jesse Watters, Jack Posobeic, and many others who have dedicated their lives toward legally and politically persecuting anyone who disagrees with them, often in the most vile and hateful of terms. That also includes TPUSA's founder/martyr, Charlie Kirk, whom Shaw claims was the embodiment of the "love your enemy" ethos despite the fact that his organization was specifically created to ruin the lives and careers of those whose views Kirk disliked. I understand that being an evangelical fascist requires an extreme lack of self-awareness and a forced cognitive dissonance, but something like 95% of Shaw's fellow speakers over the weekend absolutely abhor their enemies, want to see them suffer, and have said so publicly countless times in both word and deed. I actually feel sorry for Shaw. I feel sorry for him because while I don't have any reason to doubt his religious sincerity, he pretty clearly doesn't understand just how divorced what he was saying is from the actual ethos of those to whom he was speaking. These people do not believe any part of the Sermon on the Mount. Indeed, their very example stands in direct opposition to it. They're pretty clearly using Shaw. He's a pleasant and handsome young man with a profile – major league professional athlete – which serves their purposes well. And he seems far, far too dim to truly understand any of it. Not that that absolves him. We are, as I often say, what we do, and what Shaw has done speaks pretty poorly of him. Sure, a solid majority of major league baseball players share Shaw's politics to some degree or another, but he's the only one I know of who has publicly aligned himself with a truly vile organization like Turning Point USA and the truly vile people with whom he shared a green room over the weekend. He's the only one who missed an actual game last season to attend the right-wing political rally that was thinly disguised as Charlie Kirk's funeral. The absolute best thing you can say about Shaw is that his judgment is poor. If, however, my assessment here is wrong and he truly believes the things that the Vances, Trumps, Carlsons, Bannons, Kellys, Watters, and Posobeics of the world believe, he can take a flying fuck at a rolling donut for all I care.
December 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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The #Cubs need to get rid of this toxic choad asap.
craigcalcaterra.bsky.social Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · Dec 22
In today's newsletter I talk about Cubs third baseman Matt Shaw showing up to speak at the White Supremacist-Palooza in Arizona over the weekend.

Short version: he's dumb and naive and I feel sorry for him but he's made his bed too, so fuck that guy. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
Matt Shaw has no idea what he's made himself a part of As I mentioned last week, Chicago Cubs third baseman Matt Shaw was a featured speaker at the objectively grotesque Turning Point USA "AmericaFest" conference in Arizona over the weekend. He gave a roughly 20-minute speech at the event. If you're so inclined, you can watch it here. For what it's worth, Shaw comes off like a bog standard young evangelical person. You could take his entire speech – focusing on "the amount of love Jesus has in his heart," what embracing Jesus did for him and his baseball career, and quotes directly from The Sermon on the Mount – and put it in the mouth of any youth pastor or testimonial speaker at any number of churches within a mile or two of your house. Shaw spent a particularly large amount of time on the "love your enemy" portion of that, imploring those who were listening to him to engage positively and constructively with those with whom they disagree. Which is not exactly something that Shaw's fellow AmericaFest speakers seem all that keen on. That list includes JD Vance, Donald Trump Jr., Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson, Tulsi Gabbard, Megyn Kelly, Jesse Watters, Jack Posobeic, and many others who have dedicated their lives toward legally and politically persecuting anyone who disagrees with them, often in the most vile and hateful of terms. That also includes TPUSA's founder/martyr, Charlie Kirk, whom Shaw claims was the embodiment of the "love your enemy" ethos despite the fact that his organization was specifically created to ruin the lives and careers of those whose views Kirk disliked. I understand that being an evangelical fascist requires an extreme lack of self-awareness and a forced cognitive dissonance, but something like 95% of Shaw's fellow speakers over the weekend absolutely abhor their enemies, want to see them suffer, and have said so publicly countless times in both word and deed. I actually feel sorry for Shaw. I feel sorry for him because while I don't have any reason to doubt his religious sincerity, he pretty clearly doesn't understand just how divorced what he was saying is from the actual ethos of those to whom he was speaking. These people do not believe any part of the Sermon on the Mount. Indeed, their very example stands in direct opposition to it. They're pretty clearly using Shaw. He's a pleasant and handsome young man with a profile – major league professional athlete – which serves their purposes well. And he seems far, far too dim to truly understand any of it. Not that that absolves him. We are, as I often say, what we do, and what Shaw has done speaks pretty poorly of him. Sure, a solid majority of major league baseball players share Shaw's politics to some degree or another, but he's the only one I know of who has publicly aligned himself with a truly vile organization like Turning Point USA and the truly vile people with whom he shared a green room over the weekend. He's the only one who missed an actual game last season to attend the right-wing political rally that was thinly disguised as Charlie Kirk's funeral. The absolute best thing you can say about Shaw is that his judgment is poor. If, however, my assessment here is wrong and he truly believes the things that the Vances, Trumps, Carlsons, Bannons, Kellys, Watters, and Posobeics of the world believe, he can take a flying fuck at a rolling donut for all I care.
December 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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#Cubs can't start Boyd tomorrow. The last thing they want is Peralta pitching w/ a nice lead. Start w/ long RPs and see if the bats can't get something going and turn it into a 4-5 inning game w/ Peralta leaving it soon.
October 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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#Cubs try to give the first of three do-or-die games away, but the baseball gods wouldn't take it.
Hoyer gives Ricketts 5 playoff games in Wrigley. That's all that matters. $$$$$
October 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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theathletic.com
Rory McIlroy said the verbal abuse from fans at this week’s Ryder Cup got to him a few times.

"I don’t think we should ever accept that in golf.”
September 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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This is the direct result of the normalization of MAGA.

www.espn.com/golf/story/_...
Watson apologizes to Euros for 'rude' U.S. fans
Two-time U.S. Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson on Monday apologized for the "rude" behavior of fans at Bethpage Black, saying he was "ashamed of what happened."
www.espn.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Who is the #Cubs 2025 MVP by bWAR?
Nico, the guy people wanted to trade before the season because MAGA Matt was sure to be the next Cubs HOFer.
The guy who consistently delivers 4+ bWAR only put up a 6.1 this year.
September 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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What a meltdown looks like. #Packers
September 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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cubnut.bsky.social
Leave it to Crane Kenney to figure out how to insert a #Cubs game into the middle of a Yeti infomercial. Well done, sir!
September 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Remember how so many #Cubs 'fans' begged Hoyer to trade Nico? How they ignored he consistently delivers near AS-grade bWAR every season?
Entering the final month, he's second on the team (to PCA's league-leading 6.2) w/ 5.2.
September 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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mayorwu.boston.gov
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.

The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
August 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Horton only manages to last 2.2 IP in the first game of a DH, and the offense only manages 2Hs. Ooof. Just another season of the Hoyer regime.
#Cubs
August 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Hoyer's TD pitching pickups are just killing it for the #Cubs. Of course, only 1 run doesn't win many games, but still....
August 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Hoyer's big TD acquisition's contribution to a #Cubs WS run this season is 2 IP, for $3M. He's a FA, so expect Jed to pay him another $5M to rehab, assuming Tom is dumb enough to keep letting him waste his money.
August 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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pointlessexercise.com
Free for all: The Cubs frittered away the deadline, making small improvements while other NL teams with real aspirations blew right past them. www.pointlessexercise.com/a-systematic...
A systematic failure
The Cubs tweaked the roster just enough to ensure a swift playoff exit.
www.pointlessexercise.com
August 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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After trading a ton for 1 year of Tucker, the #Cubs should have been all-in on this season. Instead, all they've done is nibble and hope.
This trade deadline nonsense must be the last straw for Hoyer. Even if they made the playoffs, this is no way to run a championship ballclub.
August 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM