Jacob Pomrenke
@buckweaver.bsky.social
Curling, cats, and crimes. And occasional baseball. (Also, baseball crimes.) Living in Chicago with @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social. Never quite sure which century I’m in. https://jacobpomrenke.com
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Well, this escalated quickly. Welcome to Bluesky, y’all. Here’s a starter pack of SABR members I could find who appear to be active here: go.bsky.app/4oQpXLh
And if I accidentally missed somebody and you want to be added (or removed), please let me know.
And if I accidentally missed somebody and you want to be added (or removed), please let me know.
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The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security closed its command center Friday afternoon at Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/h...](www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/h...)
Immigration agents have reportedly left naval station: ‘A sigh of relief’
Gregory Jackson said he learned from an official at the naval base that DHS was leaving the building it has used as its command center since Sept. 5.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security closed its command center Friday afternoon at Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/h...](www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/h...)
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NEW — Chicago’s favorite historian Shermann “Dilla” Thomas stopped by The TRiiBE Studio with some new gold: his 2025 Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award.
“I cried later, yeah, but I’m like, ‘don’t cry on the stage,’” Dilla said. “I was literally at a loss for words.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/emmy...
“I cried later, yeah, but I’m like, ‘don’t cry on the stage,’” Dilla said. “I was literally at a loss for words.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/emmy...
Emmy win highlights Dilla’s quest to preserve Chicago’s Black heritage • The TRiiBE
Self-made biographer is recognized for videos highlighting the history and culture of overlooked neighborhoods
thetriibe.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
NEW — Chicago’s favorite historian Shermann “Dilla” Thomas stopped by The TRiiBE Studio with some new gold: his 2025 Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award.
“I cried later, yeah, but I’m like, ‘don’t cry on the stage,’” Dilla said. “I was literally at a loss for words.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/emmy...
“I cried later, yeah, but I’m like, ‘don’t cry on the stage,’” Dilla said. “I was literally at a loss for words.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/emmy...
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I keep thinking maybe I should do an article on vintage baseball box design. Lots of beautiful work out there.
What do you think?
What do you think?
November 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I keep thinking maybe I should do an article on vintage baseball box design. Lots of beautiful work out there.
What do you think?
What do you think?
All jokes aside, this is by far the most serious concern I have about sports gambling today. And players in all sports are loudly sounding the alarms right now.
Just wait until gun violence and gambling scandals collide and we wonder aimlessly as to how this possibly could have been avoided.
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
All jokes aside, this is by far the most serious concern I have about sports gambling today. And players in all sports are loudly sounding the alarms right now.
I can think of a solution, but not sure baseball owners are going to like it.
After pitch-betting scheme, MLB team execs know they face a problem — but not how to solve it
“I just don't want to touch the topic,” said Atlanta Braves exec Alex Anthopoulos, a sentiment shared by many of his peers.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I can think of a solution, but not sure baseball owners are going to like it.
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2 players have won MVP in both leagues:
Shohei Ohtani (2021, ‘23 Angels & 2024-25 Dodgers)
Frank Robinson (1961 Reds, 1966 Orioles)
Shohei Ohtani (2021, ‘23 Angels & 2024-25 Dodgers)
Frank Robinson (1961 Reds, 1966 Orioles)
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
2 players have won MVP in both leagues:
Shohei Ohtani (2021, ‘23 Angels & 2024-25 Dodgers)
Frank Robinson (1961 Reds, 1966 Orioles)
Shohei Ohtani (2021, ‘23 Angels & 2024-25 Dodgers)
Frank Robinson (1961 Reds, 1966 Orioles)
I won’t remember a single thing Aaron Judge did this year, but I’ll be talking about Cal Raleigh’s season forever.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I won’t remember a single thing Aaron Judge did this year, but I’ll be talking about Cal Raleigh’s season forever.
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Shohei Ohtani is the 24th unanimous MVP in baseball history—his 4th unanimous MVP.
Between the NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB, baseball accounts for 24 of the 29 unanimous MVP awards.
Between the NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB, baseball accounts for 24 of the 29 unanimous MVP awards.
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Shohei Ohtani is the 24th unanimous MVP in baseball history—his 4th unanimous MVP.
Between the NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB, baseball accounts for 24 of the 29 unanimous MVP awards.
Between the NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB, baseball accounts for 24 of the 29 unanimous MVP awards.
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Tom Skilling says: ICE agents are terrorists
"Please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong *** It is not law enforcement; it is terror."
Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal immigration agents have traumatized us and eroded our rights
The fact that some federal immigration forces may be leaving soon is cold comfort given the damage they’ve done.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Tom Skilling says: ICE agents are terrorists
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we need to find Prominent Baseball Man and throw him into a volcano. it probably won't work, but I'm out of ideas.
Sometimes you run across an old quote that stops you cold. From a Jayson Stark article in January 2000:
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
we need to find Prominent Baseball Man and throw him into a volcano. it probably won't work, but I'm out of ideas.
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Chicago's resistance is making international news. Writer properly links and credits @blockclubchi.bsky.social tool. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘MigraWatch’ trainings to ‘Whistlemania’ events: Chicagoans fight back against ICE raids
Residents are organizing in response to raids across the city amid Trump’s wide-ranging ‘operation midway blitz’
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Chicago's resistance is making international news. Writer properly links and credits @blockclubchi.bsky.social tool. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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From @theathletic.com: For four months, the scandal has lingered around the club like a rotten stench. The Cleveland Guardians have shrugged publicly and fumed privately about the pitch-rigging scandal.
Public shrugs, private fury: Cleveland Guardians still trying to process pitch-rigging scandal
Four months later, as Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz face federal charges, the betting scandal has lingered over the Guardians
nyti.ms
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
From @theathletic.com: For four months, the scandal has lingered around the club like a rotten stench. The Cleveland Guardians have shrugged publicly and fumed privately about the pitch-rigging scandal.
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#OnThisDay in baseball history
The latest episode of my long form interview podcast, My Baseball History, is a deep dive into the history of the Cardinals franchise with award-winning author and historian Ed Wheatley. It is out now, wherever you listen to podcasts.
The latest episode of my long form interview podcast, My Baseball History, is a deep dive into the history of the Cardinals franchise with award-winning author and historian Ed Wheatley. It is out now, wherever you listen to podcasts.
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
#OnThisDay in baseball history
The latest episode of my long form interview podcast, My Baseball History, is a deep dive into the history of the Cardinals franchise with award-winning author and historian Ed Wheatley. It is out now, wherever you listen to podcasts.
The latest episode of my long form interview podcast, My Baseball History, is a deep dive into the history of the Cardinals franchise with award-winning author and historian Ed Wheatley. It is out now, wherever you listen to podcasts.
Continuing my quest to go inside every cool old building in Chicago and hear awesome people talk about things they love. Tonight: Samin Nosrat at the Athenaeum Center (built in 1911.)
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Continuing my quest to go inside every cool old building in Chicago and hear awesome people talk about things they love. Tonight: Samin Nosrat at the Athenaeum Center (built in 1911.)
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Paul Skenes is the 8th pitcher to win both Rookie of the Year and Cy Young in his career, joining:
Jacob deGrom
Dwight Gooden
Don Newcombe
Tom Seaver
Rick Sutcliffe
Fernando Valenzuela
Justin Verlander
Jacob deGrom
Dwight Gooden
Don Newcombe
Tom Seaver
Rick Sutcliffe
Fernando Valenzuela
Justin Verlander
November 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Paul Skenes is the 8th pitcher to win both Rookie of the Year and Cy Young in his career, joining:
Jacob deGrom
Dwight Gooden
Don Newcombe
Tom Seaver
Rick Sutcliffe
Fernando Valenzuela
Justin Verlander
Jacob deGrom
Dwight Gooden
Don Newcombe
Tom Seaver
Rick Sutcliffe
Fernando Valenzuela
Justin Verlander
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New SABR Games Project jawn🚨:
Tracking a well-traveled Hall of Famer back to his roots in rural wartime North Carolina.
There’s “BASE BALL TONITE” … but who’s that teenager on the mound?
sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
Tracking a well-traveled Hall of Famer back to his roots in rural wartime North Carolina.
There’s “BASE BALL TONITE” … but who’s that teenager on the mound?
sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
New SABR Games Project jawn🚨:
Tracking a well-traveled Hall of Famer back to his roots in rural wartime North Carolina.
There’s “BASE BALL TONITE” … but who’s that teenager on the mound?
sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
Tracking a well-traveled Hall of Famer back to his roots in rural wartime North Carolina.
There’s “BASE BALL TONITE” … but who’s that teenager on the mound?
sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
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David Fletcher had one of the more memorably odd months in MLB history -- in May of 2024, it became public that he was being investigated for using the same illegal bookie as Ippei Mizuhara, the same month he abruptly transitioned as a 30-year-old at Triple-A, to pitching as a knuckleballer.
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
David Fletcher had one of the more memorably odd months in MLB history -- in May of 2024, it became public that he was being investigated for using the same illegal bookie as Ippei Mizuhara, the same month he abruptly transitioned as a 30-year-old at Triple-A, to pitching as a knuckleballer.
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Luis L. Ortiz pleads not guilty to federal charges stemming from alleged pitch-fixing
www.ingame.com/ortiz-plea-n...
www.ingame.com/ortiz-plea-n...
Guardians' Luis Ortiz Pleads Not Guilty
Former Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz pleaded not guilty to multiple federal conspiracy charges related to a sports betting scandal.
www.ingame.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Luis L. Ortiz pleads not guilty to federal charges stemming from alleged pitch-fixing
www.ingame.com/ortiz-plea-n...
www.ingame.com/ortiz-plea-n...
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My latest for the Reader, a story about how Chicagoans made it really, really rough on out-of-town goons who tried to abduct Black folks off their streets.
chicagoreader.com/city-life/ch...
chicagoreader.com/city-life/ch...
Chicago has always defied kidnappings of our neighbors - Chicago Reader
Even after the passage of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, local officials and everyday people resisted the legalized abductions of men, women, and children who had escaped slavery
chicagoreader.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
My latest for the Reader, a story about how Chicagoans made it really, really rough on out-of-town goons who tried to abduct Black folks off their streets.
chicagoreader.com/city-life/ch...
chicagoreader.com/city-life/ch...
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Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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In honor of Veteran’s Day, here’s the SABR bio of Dwight’s own Eddie Higgins. He served during WWI in the Army’s medical department at Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois. Thanks to the Dwight Historical Society for helping to tell his story. ⚾️ sabr.org/bioproj/pers...
November 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
In honor of Veteran’s Day, here’s the SABR bio of Dwight’s own Eddie Higgins. He served during WWI in the Army’s medical department at Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois. Thanks to the Dwight Historical Society for helping to tell his story. ⚾️ sabr.org/bioproj/pers...
I sure hope whoever is dumb enough to pay for the AI-created voice of “Shoeless Joe Jackson” gets the full Ray Liotta treatment instead.
very interesting to see that the full list is mostly people who were not available to provide consent for, uh, reasons.
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I sure hope whoever is dumb enough to pay for the AI-created voice of “Shoeless Joe Jackson” gets the full Ray Liotta treatment instead.