Mike Canter
@cantersports.bsky.social
I get paid to watch sports, I have an incredible wife, and dogs love me. I'm truly living the life.
Sports graphics operator, researcher, statistician, etc.
Jersey born and raised, now a Brooklynite.
Sports graphics operator, researcher, statistician, etc.
Jersey born and raised, now a Brooklynite.
Interesting time for the Hall. I could see arguments for voting for ten guys, or for zero.
As for new nominees: I wouldn't consider anyone besides Hamels this year; next year, only Buster Posey; 2028, only Pujols and Yadi.
And yes, I know that 1) Hall voting sucks and 2) nobody cares what I think.
As for new nominees: I wouldn't consider anyone besides Hamels this year; next year, only Buster Posey; 2028, only Pujols and Yadi.
And yes, I know that 1) Hall voting sucks and 2) nobody cares what I think.
The 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot as announced moments ago by @baseballhall.org (baseballhall.org/news/2026-bb...). Results will be announced Jan. 20th. Game on!
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Interesting time for the Hall. I could see arguments for voting for ten guys, or for zero.
As for new nominees: I wouldn't consider anyone besides Hamels this year; next year, only Buster Posey; 2028, only Pujols and Yadi.
And yes, I know that 1) Hall voting sucks and 2) nobody cares what I think.
As for new nominees: I wouldn't consider anyone besides Hamels this year; next year, only Buster Posey; 2028, only Pujols and Yadi.
And yes, I know that 1) Hall voting sucks and 2) nobody cares what I think.
I've been a John Shuster fan for decades- I still have an autographed ticket Team Fenson signed for me at the 2006 World Championships- but Danny Casper played absolutely out of his mind tonight. Unbelievable shots and a well-deserved title. #TeamCasper #Curling #USCurlingTrials
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I've been a John Shuster fan for decades- I still have an autographed ticket Team Fenson signed for me at the 2006 World Championships- but Danny Casper played absolutely out of his mind tonight. Unbelievable shots and a well-deserved title. #TeamCasper #Curling #USCurlingTrials
I could go on for AGES about this article, but in summation: @tylerparker.bsky.social packed in dozens and dozens of hilarious paragraphs that some writers could spend years trying to get right without nailing. Most people would be elated to have come up with even one of them.
It’s NBA Quarter-Century Week at The Ringer. I wrote about names.
Ranking the 117 Best NBA Names of the Quarter Century
What’s in a name? Everything. Featuring Dwayne Bacon, Stromile Swift, and so many more, these are the NBA player handles that stand the test of time.
www.theringer.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I could go on for AGES about this article, but in summation: @tylerparker.bsky.social packed in dozens and dozens of hilarious paragraphs that some writers could spend years trying to get right without nailing. Most people would be elated to have come up with even one of them.
Non-controversial take: "That Thing You Do!" is one of the most perfect pop songs ever written.
Controversial (but true) take: It's not my favorite song by the Wonders. #ThatThingYouDo
youtu.be/M-i8-M075Uw?...
Controversial (but true) take: It's not my favorite song by the Wonders. #ThatThingYouDo
youtu.be/M-i8-M075Uw?...
The Wonders - Dance With Me Tonight
YouTube video by HeroKampung
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October 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Non-controversial take: "That Thing You Do!" is one of the most perfect pop songs ever written.
Controversial (but true) take: It's not my favorite song by the Wonders. #ThatThingYouDo
youtu.be/M-i8-M075Uw?...
Controversial (but true) take: It's not my favorite song by the Wonders. #ThatThingYouDo
youtu.be/M-i8-M075Uw?...
2024-25 average NHL attendance: 17,542
2024-25 average NBA attendance: 18,147
2024 average MLS attendance: 23,234
"But their stadiums have way more seats!" OK, you still have to convince people that it's worth buying tickets to a game.
#MLS is a first-class league in the US, plain and simple.
2024-25 average NBA attendance: 18,147
2024 average MLS attendance: 23,234
"But their stadiums have way more seats!" OK, you still have to convince people that it's worth buying tickets to a game.
#MLS is a first-class league in the US, plain and simple.
September 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
2024-25 average NHL attendance: 17,542
2024-25 average NBA attendance: 18,147
2024 average MLS attendance: 23,234
"But their stadiums have way more seats!" OK, you still have to convince people that it's worth buying tickets to a game.
#MLS is a first-class league in the US, plain and simple.
2024-25 average NBA attendance: 18,147
2024 average MLS attendance: 23,234
"But their stadiums have way more seats!" OK, you still have to convince people that it's worth buying tickets to a game.
#MLS is a first-class league in the US, plain and simple.
If @mls.bsky.social's official stats are correct, Maximiliano Falcón of @intermiamicf.bsky.social became the 15th player in MLS history to record a game of 60+ passes with a 100% completion percentage last night.
But on FBRef, he was 59-for-60, not 63-for-63. Weird. #MaxiFalcon #Stats
But on FBRef, he was 59-for-60, not 63-for-63. Weird. #MaxiFalcon #Stats
September 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
If @mls.bsky.social's official stats are correct, Maximiliano Falcón of @intermiamicf.bsky.social became the 15th player in MLS history to record a game of 60+ passes with a 100% completion percentage last night.
But on FBRef, he was 59-for-60, not 63-for-63. Weird. #MaxiFalcon #Stats
But on FBRef, he was 59-for-60, not 63-for-63. Weird. #MaxiFalcon #Stats
Thanks to @lisahanawalt.bsky.social for creating one of the funniest, sweetest shows in recent memory, and thanks to my wife for putting together the picture that now hangs on our front door. #TucaandBertie #Speckle
September 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Thanks to @lisahanawalt.bsky.social for creating one of the funniest, sweetest shows in recent memory, and thanks to my wife for putting together the picture that now hangs on our front door. #TucaandBertie #Speckle
My favorite thing about NFL season, by a wide margin, is scorigami.
🏈 BAL 40 - 41 BUF
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1092nd unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1092nd unique final score in NFL history.
September 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
My favorite thing about NFL season, by a wide margin, is scorigami.
I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that "Psychonauts 2"- a game I love that's a sequel to another game I love- has some of the absolute worst boss fights I've ever experienced in a video game. And not just one or two of them- a large majority are awful.
September 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that "Psychonauts 2"- a game I love that's a sequel to another game I love- has some of the absolute worst boss fights I've ever experienced in a video game. And not just one or two of them- a large majority are awful.
I will repeat my belief that Maura is one of the greatest human beings I've ever known, and in my opinion, far and away the best music writer in the history of music writing. Please help her and her wonderful kitty out if you can.
my incredible friend ivy set this up to help nuno. i have reached the max reimbursement from my pet insurance and we still have radiation to go. if you can help i will be so very grateful. if not. just your thoughts are appreciated. thanks. www.gofundme.com/f/nuno-needs...
Donate to Nuno Needs Your Help for Recovery, organized by Ivy Nelson
Dear Friends,
My friend Maura Johnston's beloved cat Nuno was recently diagnosed with… Ivy Nelson needs your support for Nuno Needs Your Help for Recovery
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August 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I will repeat my belief that Maura is one of the greatest human beings I've ever known, and in my opinion, far and away the best music writer in the history of music writing. Please help her and her wonderful kitty out if you can.
Can't wait to get through this delightful behemoth. Inside baseball: I was going to be on this episode before James needed me to step up for a full presentation last week. Fortunately, RTG got a gaggle of luminaries way cooler and more notable than me.
Congrats on 200, Guys.
Congrats on 200, Guys.
to celebrate our 200th episode we present to you our longest ever installment of Remember That Guy?: The Guy-centennial Extravanganza!
RTG? 130.4: Guy-centennial Extravaganza
Podcast Episode · Remember That Guy? · S13 Bonus · 2h 30m
podcasts.apple.com
August 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Can't wait to get through this delightful behemoth. Inside baseball: I was going to be on this episode before James needed me to step up for a full presentation last week. Fortunately, RTG got a gaggle of luminaries way cooler and more notable than me.
Congrats on 200, Guys.
Congrats on 200, Guys.
As always, it was a great honor and joy to hang out with the Guy-bunal. This story has some of my favorite pieces of sports trivia ever, even though I'm neither a Sixers nor Orioles fan.
sixers, orioles, cranes, birds, we've got it all on this week's episode of RTG? featuring returning friend of the show @cantersports.bsky.social
RTG? 130.3: For You Consideration - Preaching To The Guy-r
Podcast Episode · Remember That Guy? · 08/11/2025 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
As always, it was a great honor and joy to hang out with the Guy-bunal. This story has some of my favorite pieces of sports trivia ever, even though I'm neither a Sixers nor Orioles fan.
Jakob Poeltl ranks 4th in @nba.com history in career field goal percentage without ever ranking top-4 in a single season. That's just a fun stat. #Raptors @basketball-reference.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Jakob Poeltl ranks 4th in @nba.com history in career field goal percentage without ever ranking top-4 in a single season. That's just a fun stat. #Raptors @basketball-reference.com
Including 2025, @umpscorecard.bsky.social has been tracking umpire accuracy for eleven seasons.
Laz Diaz has been one of the bottom ten umpires (minimum ten games) in TEN OF THOSE ELEVEN SEASONS.
I love my union, but I don't think it could protect me after being so futile for so long. #Umps #MLBUA
Laz Diaz has been one of the bottom ten umpires (minimum ten games) in TEN OF THOSE ELEVEN SEASONS.
I love my union, but I don't think it could protect me after being so futile for so long. #Umps #MLBUA
August 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Including 2025, @umpscorecard.bsky.social has been tracking umpire accuracy for eleven seasons.
Laz Diaz has been one of the bottom ten umpires (minimum ten games) in TEN OF THOSE ELEVEN SEASONS.
I love my union, but I don't think it could protect me after being so futile for so long. #Umps #MLBUA
Laz Diaz has been one of the bottom ten umpires (minimum ten games) in TEN OF THOSE ELEVEN SEASONS.
I love my union, but I don't think it could protect me after being so futile for so long. #Umps #MLBUA
On a scale of one to Mark Moseley, how wild is it that relief pitchers finished first and third in 1984 AL MVP voting?
July 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
On a scale of one to Mark Moseley, how wild is it that relief pitchers finished first and third in 1984 AL MVP voting?
I'm through 5 years of @magictavern.bsky.social, the funniest podcast ever. It has subsumed a majority of my podcast listening time, and my wife is nonplussed by my "different things mean different things" t-shirt. Following are a bunch of choices absolutely nobody on Earth (or in Foon) cares about.
July 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I'm through 5 years of @magictavern.bsky.social, the funniest podcast ever. It has subsumed a majority of my podcast listening time, and my wife is nonplussed by my "different things mean different things" t-shirt. Following are a bunch of choices absolutely nobody on Earth (or in Foon) cares about.
When the Big Bullshit Bill wreaks havoc on both individuals and the nation as a whole, take it as a reminder (not that most sane people needed another) of who you voted for, and who the people you know voted for. That anyone could look at it and think it's a good idea is unfathomable.
July 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
When the Big Bullshit Bill wreaks havoc on both individuals and the nation as a whole, take it as a reminder (not that most sane people needed another) of who you voted for, and who the people you know voted for. That anyone could look at it and think it's a good idea is unfathomable.
Reason number infinity why we need RoboUmps: Just because the catcher misses the pitch doesn't mean it's a ball.
www.mlb.com/video/hayden...
#Umpires #MLB #MLBUA
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#Umpires #MLB #MLBUA
Hayden Birdsong Ball to Geraldo Perdomo | 07/01/2025
Hayden Birdsong Ball to Geraldo Perdomo
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July 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Reason number infinity why we need RoboUmps: Just because the catcher misses the pitch doesn't mean it's a ball.
www.mlb.com/video/hayden...
#Umpires #MLB #MLBUA
www.mlb.com/video/hayden...
#Umpires #MLB #MLBUA
Maura is one of my all-time favorite humans, and unquestionably my #1 favorite journalist. If nothing else, sign up for her free tier. Maura rules. Maura forever.
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July 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Maura is one of my all-time favorite humans, and unquestionably my #1 favorite journalist. If nothing else, sign up for her free tier. Maura rules. Maura forever.
I found one of my best stats ever today. The @nerevolution.bsky.social had NEVER salvaged a point after being down 3 goals; I confirmed that by looking at every match in their history in which they both scored and allowed 3+ goals. Was there an easier way to figure it out? Beats me! #MLS #NERevs
June 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I found one of my best stats ever today. The @nerevolution.bsky.social had NEVER salvaged a point after being down 3 goals; I confirmed that by looking at every match in their history in which they both scored and allowed 3+ goals. Was there an easier way to figure it out? Beats me! #MLS #NERevs
Here's my top 10 since 2000, in order (which is a pain because you have to enter them in reverse). I am repeatedly on the record as saying that "Spirited Away" is the most perfect film ever made, and I stand by it. I also tried- *TRIED*- to differentiate "best" from "favorite". #NYT #BestMovies
June 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Here's my top 10 since 2000, in order (which is a pain because you have to enter them in reverse). I am repeatedly on the record as saying that "Spirited Away" is the most perfect film ever made, and I stand by it. I also tried- *TRIED*- to differentiate "best" from "favorite". #NYT #BestMovies
This is one of my five favorite sports factoids ever, hands down.
happy 40th birthday to all the point guards on the 2015-2016 dallas mavericks
June 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is one of my five favorite sports factoids ever, hands down.
What the heck is wrong with today's @nytimes.com Spelling Bee? No MOJITO or TONTINE or TONEME, all of which are uncapitalized words in every dictionary. #NYTSB #SpellingBee
June 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
What the heck is wrong with today's @nytimes.com Spelling Bee? No MOJITO or TONTINE or TONEME, all of which are uncapitalized words in every dictionary. #NYTSB #SpellingBee
Take a good look at the ages, races, and genders who support Cuomo in this article.
Sorry, remove those plurals. Age = old, race = Caucasian, gender = male.
We need it to be a @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social summer, people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...
Sorry, remove those plurals. Age = old, race = Caucasian, gender = male.
We need it to be a @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social summer, people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...
An Actor, a Bookseller and a Chef Walk Into a Voting Booth
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Take a good look at the ages, races, and genders who support Cuomo in this article.
Sorry, remove those plurals. Age = old, race = Caucasian, gender = male.
We need it to be a @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social summer, people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...
Sorry, remove those plurals. Age = old, race = Caucasian, gender = male.
We need it to be a @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social summer, people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...