“I need to think something lasts forever, and it might as well be that state of being that is a game; it might as well be that, in a green field, in the sun.”
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Giamatti: The Green Fields of the Mind
Joan Daugherty's personal home page.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
“I need to think something lasts forever, and it might as well be that state of being that is a game; it might as well be that, in a green field, in the sun.”
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@dszymborski.fangraphs.com Not sure if this is your bailiwick, but is there a reason I’m not able to see the WAR column for the World Series on the leaderboard? I saw someone else sharing a screen cap that had values there, but it was a Twitter rando so they may have been making up stuff.
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
@dszymborski.fangraphs.com Not sure if this is your bailiwick, but is there a reason I’m not able to see the WAR column for the World Series on the leaderboard? I saw someone else sharing a screen cap that had values there, but it was a Twitter rando so they may have been making up stuff.
I, a lifelong Dodger fan, enjoyed that series.
October 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I, a lifelong Dodger fan, enjoyed that series.
While I appreciate that Fox didn’t put Pierzinski and Wainwright on the Cubs series, would it have been too much to ask to put them on Yankees/Jays series so I could avoid them entirely?
October 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
While I appreciate that Fox didn’t put Pierzinski and Wainwright on the Cubs series, would it have been too much to ask to put them on Yankees/Jays series so I could avoid them entirely?
@enosarris.bsky.social @dbrim.com I’ve been hunting around on Savant trying to figure out the exact height of the pitch from the ground, but I can’t seem to find it. Am I just imagining that they used to have that data?
These graphics are apparently not batter height adjusted which raises the question: why draw a box in the first place when the box is meaningless?
October 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
@enosarris.bsky.social @dbrim.com I’ve been hunting around on Savant trying to figure out the exact height of the pitch from the ground, but I can’t seem to find it. Am I just imagining that they used to have that data?
@mikepetriello.bsky.social Hey Mike, is there a place in Savant where I could see the height of the pitch Bogaerts K’d on vs. Keller last night? I’m having a hard time finding the XY coordinates. Thanks!
October 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
@mikepetriello.bsky.social Hey Mike, is there a place in Savant where I could see the height of the pitch Bogaerts K’d on vs. Keller last night? I’m having a hard time finding the XY coordinates. Thanks!
I met David Forst at a Baseball Prospectus meet & greet at the Coliseum about 13 years ago. It’s shocking how much the time and (probably) the job has aged him.
September 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I met David Forst at a Baseball Prospectus meet & greet at the Coliseum about 13 years ago. It’s shocking how much the time and (probably) the job has aged him.
Post a movie you like with a terrible Rotten Tomatoes score.
September 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Post a movie you like with a terrible Rotten Tomatoes score.
@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social At the Cubs game, thought of you.
September 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social At the Cubs game, thought of you.
I can’t really put into words how much Fangraphs means to me. We’re living through dark times. Every day they light a candle.
FanGraphs Turns 20 Years Old Today! blogs.fangraphs.com/fangraphs-tu...
FanGraphs Turns 20 Years Old Today!
Where does the time go?
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August 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I can’t really put into words how much Fangraphs means to me. We’re living through dark times. Every day they light a candle.
Farthest I’ve been:
N: Vancouver, BC
E: Freeport, ME
S: Key West, FL
W: Ko Olina, HI
N: Vancouver, BC
E: Freeport, ME
S: Key West, FL
W: Ko Olina, HI
Farthest I've been:
N: Alta, Norway
E: Helsinki, Finland
S: St. Kitts
W: San Francisco
N: Alta, Norway
E: Helsinki, Finland
S: St. Kitts
W: San Francisco
Farthest I’ve been:
N: Fort Frances, ON
E: Venice, Italy
S: Miami, FL
W: Ocean Shores, WA
N: Fort Frances, ON
E: Venice, Italy
S: Miami, FL
W: Ocean Shores, WA
August 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Farthest I’ve been:
N: Vancouver, BC
E: Freeport, ME
S: Key West, FL
W: Ko Olina, HI
N: Vancouver, BC
E: Freeport, ME
S: Key West, FL
W: Ko Olina, HI
I hate the Marquee scorebug. They don’t put the batter’s name on it until a pitch has been thrown, and then take it away as soon as he makes contact. Minimum 3 times a game I look up to see who got a hit and it’s already gone. Nobody else has this issue. How do you fail at such a basic thing?
August 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I hate the Marquee scorebug. They don’t put the batter’s name on it until a pitch has been thrown, and then take it away as soon as he makes contact. Minimum 3 times a game I look up to see who got a hit and it’s already gone. Nobody else has this issue. How do you fail at such a basic thing?
Preller is just addicted to the rush of trading someone. You go to his house and his dog is now a couple of lemurs. His Mercedes is gone and he has four mid-2000s Corollas and a John Deer tractor. His wife is a Jewish guy named Abe and his kids are the Somali pirate from the meme.
The reactions to Shohei leaving his start early last night were telling. The Padres went, “Fuck it. They are ripe to be beaten let’s go for it.” The Cubs went, “Our plan to trade middling prospects for half assed pitchers might work!”
July 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Preller is just addicted to the rush of trading someone. You go to his house and his dog is now a couple of lemurs. His Mercedes is gone and he has four mid-2000s Corollas and a John Deer tractor. His wife is a Jewish guy named Abe and his kids are the Somali pirate from the meme.
My brothers and I started calling Ballesteros “The Dump Truck” because of his dump truck ass. I think you should too.
a rainbow with the words " where you know " and two stars coming out of it
ALT: a rainbow with the words " where you know " and two stars coming out of it
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July 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
My brothers and I started calling Ballesteros “The Dump Truck” because of his dump truck ass. I think you should too.
Here’s the original video source of the quote: www.mlb.com/mariners/vid...
July 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Here’s the original video source of the quote: www.mlb.com/mariners/vid...
For a birthday a friend gave me a DVD set of “greatest Cubs games,” and of course one of those was The Sandberg Game. I was struck by the fact that the only guy on the field playing at 21st century speed was Ryno. We didn’t know how good we had it. RIP.
July 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
For a birthday a friend gave me a DVD set of “greatest Cubs games,” and of course one of those was The Sandberg Game. I was struck by the fact that the only guy on the field playing at 21st century speed was Ryno. We didn’t know how good we had it. RIP.
I once almost knocked over Gene Siskel at the Arlington racetrack because I wasn’t watching where I was walking. I was about 14 and he was very gracious about it.
July 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I once almost knocked over Gene Siskel at the Arlington racetrack because I wasn’t watching where I was walking. I was about 14 and he was very gracious about it.
Broke my favorite @fangraphs.com mug. Day’s off to a lousy start.
July 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Broke my favorite @fangraphs.com mug. Day’s off to a lousy start.
Ran into @jakemintz.bsky.social from @cespedesbbq.bsky.social on my flight to Sacramento yesterday.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Ran into @jakemintz.bsky.social from @cespedesbbq.bsky.social on my flight to Sacramento yesterday.
Dominating outing by Palencia. What was the avg exit velo in that inning, like 105mph?
May 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Dominating outing by Palencia. What was the avg exit velo in that inning, like 105mph?
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RIP Chet, you were my first favorite baseball player. Here’s a pic of me circa 1977 or so with the Chet Lemon jersey my grandma hand-sewed for me. Sox trading him played a big part in me changing allegiances to the other side of town.
May 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
RIP Chet, you were my first favorite baseball player. Here’s a pic of me circa 1977 or so with the Chet Lemon jersey my grandma hand-sewed for me. Sox trading him played a big part in me changing allegiances to the other side of town.
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie:
Snow White and The Fourteen Dwarves
…now that I think of it, I may have seen that movie in college
Snow White and The Fourteen Dwarves
…now that I think of it, I may have seen that movie in college
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie:
George Orwell’s 3968
George Orwell’s 3968
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie
Apollo 26
Apollo 26
May 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie:
Snow White and The Fourteen Dwarves
…now that I think of it, I may have seen that movie in college
Snow White and The Fourteen Dwarves
…now that I think of it, I may have seen that movie in college
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Pete Crow-Armstrong's season to date...
First 12 games: .174/.255/.239 (.494 OPS)
Next 12 games: .340/.367/.681 (1.048 OPS)
And now tonight so far:
RBI double, single, 2-run homer.
First 12 games: .174/.255/.239 (.494 OPS)
Next 12 games: .340/.367/.681 (1.048 OPS)
And now tonight so far:
RBI double, single, 2-run homer.
April 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Pete Crow-Armstrong's season to date...
First 12 games: .174/.255/.239 (.494 OPS)
Next 12 games: .340/.367/.681 (1.048 OPS)
And now tonight so far:
RBI double, single, 2-run homer.
First 12 games: .174/.255/.239 (.494 OPS)
Next 12 games: .340/.367/.681 (1.048 OPS)
And now tonight so far:
RBI double, single, 2-run homer.