Tim Ball
@timtb04.bsky.social
Retired Army SF officer. Non-resident fellow @fpri.bsky.social. Irregular warfare and special operations for work. Houston sports and running for fun.
People should watch Altuve when he's on base or holding someone on 2nd. Opposing players always smiling and joking with him - he's adored by everyone who actually plays the game, other than the Yankees and Dodgers, entitled franchises known to be amongst the worst of the sign stealers in the 2010s
I have been vocal for Whitaker for years. People need to get over Altuve. He's going in. Players don't take that stuff half as seriously as a minority of fans, because players steal signs.
I am a Phillies fan & love Chase, but - like Black Sox Jose Altuve - I don't want to see him anywhere near the Hall of Fame until Sweet Lou Whitaker, of the WAR higher than Derek Jeter, finally gets his unforgivably long (over)due.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
People should watch Altuve when he's on base or holding someone on 2nd. Opposing players always smiling and joking with him - he's adored by everyone who actually plays the game, other than the Yankees and Dodgers, entitled franchises known to be amongst the worst of the sign stealers in the 2010s
The major will be lecturing the generals on:
- why company command is overrated
- actually you don't need to try Ranger School as an infantry officer
- Half a pushup is just as good as a full pushup
- why company command is overrated
- actually you don't need to try Ranger School as an infantry officer
- Half a pushup is just as good as a full pushup
This is going to end up being the most pointless and expensive "this meeting could have been an email" in history.
September 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The major will be lecturing the generals on:
- why company command is overrated
- actually you don't need to try Ranger School as an infantry officer
- Half a pushup is just as good as a full pushup
- why company command is overrated
- actually you don't need to try Ranger School as an infantry officer
- Half a pushup is just as good as a full pushup
GWOT rotted the brains of not only a large number of people who participated in it, but also quite a few who didn't.
Kash Patel: "To my friend Charlie Kirk. Rest now, brother. We have the watch. And I'll see you at Valhalla"
September 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
GWOT rotted the brains of not only a large number of people who participated in it, but also quite a few who didn't.
This fits.
September 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This fits.
Jose Altuve has responded to boos from Yankees fans by going 5-for-9 with two homers this weekend
August 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
When Mamdani finally assumes the mayoralty of New York City he will first have to take the oath of office from Jose Altuve, the owner of New York City.
August 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
BRING HIM HOME, JIM CRANE
July 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
BRING HIM HOME, JIM CRANE
Only one quality team in Texas and it ain’t in Arlington
Josh Hamilton recently pled guilty to flying into a rage and assaulting his daughter, but a Pride Night is a bridge too far
July 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Only one quality team in Texas and it ain’t in Arlington
For the haters.
Astros run out there a lineup of Who's That Now and What's His Faces and never stop winning
July 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
For the haters.
Rob Manfred: not just a shitty commissioner, also a shitty human being
in this same audio, Manfred was asked why the diversity pipeline was scrubbed from MLB's website. this was his answer:
July 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Rob Manfred: not just a shitty commissioner, also a shitty human being
These assholes are all 31:00 5K guys
July 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
These assholes are all 31:00 5K guys
Luhnow was hung out to dry after a deal between Manfred and Jim Crane to find a scape goat.The sign stealing was being done by Cora and Beltran, and Cora has been completely forgiven for some unknown reason. It’s important to realize who was responsible for what.
Luhnow should have had a more severe penalty. Beltran is suffering it, being kept out of the Hall of Fame. But this business of wanting to ban a manager for encouraging sign stealing, what sport are you people watching?
Hinch and the other Astros conspirators should have been banned for life
July 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Luhnow was hung out to dry after a deal between Manfred and Jim Crane to find a scape goat.The sign stealing was being done by Cora and Beltran, and Cora has been completely forgiven for some unknown reason. It’s important to realize who was responsible for what.
Add a 2-4 day with another HR and another 2 RBIs
I have long said it is dangerous to boo Altuve. In two games in Los Angeles he is 4-for-7 (2B, 3B, 2 HR), 4 R, 6 RBI, 2 BB.
July 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Add a 2-4 day with another HR and another 2 RBIs
He’s been doing this for 5 seasons now since the “scandal” became news. Hears the most vile crap imaginable, and still hits on the road like the HOFer he is. One of the best to ever play the game, no matter what the QAnon “he was wearing a wire” crybabies in NY and LA say.
I have long said it is dangerous to boo Altuve. In two games in Los Angeles he is 4-for-7 (2B, 3B, 2 HR), 4 R, 6 RBI, 2 BB.
July 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
He’s been doing this for 5 seasons now since the “scandal” became news. Hears the most vile crap imaginable, and still hits on the road like the HOFer he is. One of the best to ever play the game, no matter what the QAnon “he was wearing a wire” crybabies in NY and LA say.
Your updates on this clown are sometimes the only good news I see on here all day.
Update lol
June 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Your updates on this clown are sometimes the only good news I see on here all day.
One of the best out there, and was incredibly gracious with her time when I asked for help integrating ethics into the curriculum for our senior Army ROTC cadets.
Seven years ago, Pauline Shanks Kaurin left a good job as a tenured professor, uprooted her family, and moved to teach military ethics at the Naval War College. Now she's leaving in protest of policies she can't support and that make her job impossible.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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A Military Ethics Professor Resigns in Protest
Over the course of several months, Pauline Shanks Kaurin concluded she no longer had the academic freedom necessary for doing her job.
www.theatlantic.com
June 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
One of the best out there, and was incredibly gracious with her time when I asked for help integrating ethics into the curriculum for our senior Army ROTC cadets.
Rob Manfred and Jamboi. Of course.
[old guy voice] hey, kid, I’m Jomboy. Wanna see a burgeoning media clip where I read someone’s lips and later they tell me they didn’t say that at all?
Huh. OK.
June 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Rob Manfred and Jamboi. Of course.
@chandlerrome.bsky.social called this series for Altuve.
May 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
@chandlerrome.bsky.social called this series for Altuve.
Carlos Correa getting his rib broken by an in-house masseuse.
One of the more underrated things about baseball is Dumb Injuries. Clint Barmes hurting himself with a package of deer meat is still my favorite
May 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Carlos Correa getting his rib broken by an in-house masseuse.
Manfred has to be the shittiest commissioner in the history of baseball and that takes some effort.
May 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Manfred has to be the shittiest commissioner in the history of baseball and that takes some effort.
Infantry officer who never found his way to Ranger School, but sure.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday ordered a review of standards governing who can serve in combat positions, suggesting he may seek to make it harder for troops to qualify for certain military jobs.
Hegseth launches review of combat standards
Hegseth’s memo directs the military services to develop new standards distinguishing combat positions like infantry or armor from noncombat positions.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Infantry officer who never found his way to Ranger School, but sure.
Hell yeah it's baseball season
March 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hell yeah it's baseball season
Reposted by Tim Ball
Uecker is dead. No tribute can do him justice. He lived a long life, and was himself to the end. He went like I think he wished to go; quietly, without distraction to the team. But I want to offer some thoughts in what is a very upsetting time for many people.
January 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Uecker is dead. No tribute can do him justice. He lived a long life, and was himself to the end. He went like I think he wished to go; quietly, without distraction to the team. But I want to offer some thoughts in what is a very upsetting time for many people.