Chuck Tryon
@cbtryon.bsky.social
Retired, happily married, living sometimes in Colorado, sometimes in Tokyo. I’ve also lived in Paris, London, Montana, Oregon and a few other places. I like baseball (MLB Rockies and NPB Swallows) and other stuff.
Frequent flâneur.
Skeptical empiricist.
Frequent flâneur.
Skeptical empiricist.
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How do you say “I will pitch for anybody for the league minimum and if you don’t take me up on it is it because of woke” in Japanese?
After posting the highest ERA of any qualifying pitcher in NPB, Trevor Bauer will not return to the Yokohama DeNA BayStars next season as the club will not renew his contract.
Yokohama DeNA BayStars Not Renewing Trevor Bauer's Contract
Yokohama DeNA BayStars Not Renewing Trevor Bauers Contract Right-handers 2023 success overshadowed by 2024 struggles, ongoing MLB suspension
www.chosun.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
How do you say “I will pitch for anybody for the league minimum and if you don’t take me up on it is it because of woke” in Japanese?
Please refrain from judging. We don’t know what kind of day Rocky had at work.
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Please refrain from judging. We don’t know what kind of day Rocky had at work.
Just because I miss baseball, I want to share this photo of my Portland Rockies baseball cap. They were a single A affiliate of the Rockies in the late 90s after the long-standing AAA Portland Beavers left one sad day. Baseball in Portland was great fun. Portland is the Rose City.
November 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Just because I miss baseball, I want to share this photo of my Portland Rockies baseball cap. They were a single A affiliate of the Rockies in the late 90s after the long-standing AAA Portland Beavers left one sad day. Baseball in Portland was great fun. Portland is the Rose City.
This is definitely my experience. As one of my friends, who lives in and is a citizen of another country, put it: “America seems to be ill right now.”
All my foreign friends express the same sentiment, some in a saltier way.
All my foreign friends express the same sentiment, some in a saltier way.
Nobody outside this country is wondering, like the pundit class does, what was wrong with Kamala Harris.
Everybody outside this country is wondering what’s wrong with US.
Everybody outside this country is wondering what’s wrong with US.
November 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is definitely my experience. As one of my friends, who lives in and is a citizen of another country, put it: “America seems to be ill right now.”
All my foreign friends express the same sentiment, some in a saltier way.
All my foreign friends express the same sentiment, some in a saltier way.
Listening to The Spinners’ “Rubberband Man.”
Love it.
Love it.
November 29, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Listening to The Spinners’ “Rubberband Man.”
Love it.
Love it.
Toronto Blue Jays appear to be serious.
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Toronto Blue Jays appear to be serious.
It’s Nov 24 and still no snow on the front range of northern Colorado. Amazing. Getting a little cold though.
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It’s Nov 24 and still no snow on the front range of northern Colorado. Amazing. Getting a little cold though.
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"As has been the case since the beginning of baseball, nothing impacts the outcome of a ballgame more than that day’s starting pitcher. This remains true despite the advent of modern “bullpenning” & the challenges of Coors Field."
The man who must be studied for #ColoradoRockies to conquer Coors:
The man who must be studied for #ColoradoRockies to conquer Coors:
He holds the keys to Colorado Rockies pitching philosophy future - Mile High Sports
Paul DePodesta says the Colorado Rockies are prioritizing pitching philosophy, so they ought to be calling Jorge de la Rosa.
milehighsports.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"As has been the case since the beginning of baseball, nothing impacts the outcome of a ballgame more than that day’s starting pitcher. This remains true despite the advent of modern “bullpenning” & the challenges of Coors Field."
The man who must be studied for #ColoradoRockies to conquer Coors:
The man who must be studied for #ColoradoRockies to conquer Coors:
I was a 9 year old in 3rd grade in Great Falls, MT,when JFK was assassinated. I saw him in a motorcade in Great Falls a few weeks earlier.
After recess we were told he’d been shot. Just in the arm I thought (thanks to TV then). I went to lunch at a friend’s house and saw the truth.
After recess we were told he’d been shot. Just in the arm I thought (thanks to TV then). I went to lunch at a friend’s house and saw the truth.
November 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I was a 9 year old in 3rd grade in Great Falls, MT,when JFK was assassinated. I saw him in a motorcade in Great Falls a few weeks earlier.
After recess we were told he’d been shot. Just in the arm I thought (thanks to TV then). I went to lunch at a friend’s house and saw the truth.
After recess we were told he’d been shot. Just in the arm I thought (thanks to TV then). I went to lunch at a friend’s house and saw the truth.
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In the past 12 months, the Colorado Rockies have said goodbye to four 1st Round picks from 2015-19.
2015 (#3): 2B Brendan Rodgers
2016 (#4): RHP Riley Pint
2017 (#11): Forfeited - Ian Desmond signing
2018 (#22): LHP Ryan Rolison
2019 (#23): 1B Michael Toglia
2015 (#3): 2B Brendan Rodgers
2016 (#4): RHP Riley Pint
2017 (#11): Forfeited - Ian Desmond signing
2018 (#22): LHP Ryan Rolison
2019 (#23): 1B Michael Toglia
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
In the past 12 months, the Colorado Rockies have said goodbye to four 1st Round picks from 2015-19.
2015 (#3): 2B Brendan Rodgers
2016 (#4): RHP Riley Pint
2017 (#11): Forfeited - Ian Desmond signing
2018 (#22): LHP Ryan Rolison
2019 (#23): 1B Michael Toglia
2015 (#3): 2B Brendan Rodgers
2016 (#4): RHP Riley Pint
2017 (#11): Forfeited - Ian Desmond signing
2018 (#22): LHP Ryan Rolison
2019 (#23): 1B Michael Toglia
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Rolison is a more interesting addition than his numbers suggest. No guarantees he sticks on the roster all winter, but underlying traits suggest he should be able to add more swing-and-miss to his game. Landing with an org that has a better handle on that stuff should help.
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Rolison is a more interesting addition than his numbers suggest. No guarantees he sticks on the roster all winter, but underlying traits suggest he should be able to add more swing-and-miss to his game. Landing with an org that has a better handle on that stuff should help.
I’m interested in how things turn out for Toglia.
He’s good defensively and has power at the plate, but his BA is embarrassing and he strikes out far too much.
My questions:
Is he open to coaching?
Can he find a hitting coach who can fix things?
I don’t know the answer to either question.
He’s good defensively and has power at the plate, but his BA is embarrassing and he strikes out far too much.
My questions:
Is he open to coaching?
Can he find a hitting coach who can fix things?
I don’t know the answer to either question.
Colorado Rockies make a flurry of roster moves
Rockies DFA Ryan Rolison and Michael Toglia to make space on the 40-man roster.
www.purplerow.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I’m interested in how things turn out for Toglia.
He’s good defensively and has power at the plate, but his BA is embarrassing and he strikes out far too much.
My questions:
Is he open to coaching?
Can he find a hitting coach who can fix things?
I don’t know the answer to either question.
He’s good defensively and has power at the plate, but his BA is embarrassing and he strikes out far too much.
My questions:
Is he open to coaching?
Can he find a hitting coach who can fix things?
I don’t know the answer to either question.
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What a terrible indictment of the quality of life for women in America.
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
What a terrible indictment of the quality of life for women in America.
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They took the best week Dems have had in a long time…and put it in the wood chipper. Truly remarkable
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
They took the best week Dems have had in a long time…and put it in the wood chipper. Truly remarkable
So are they all, all honorable men.
Thus do all traitors
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
So are they all, all honorable men.
I’ve been alive and following politics for a relatively long time. What the Senate Ds are doing tonight is the stupidest political move I’ve ever seen.
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I’ve been alive and following politics for a relatively long time. What the Senate Ds are doing tonight is the stupidest political move I’ve ever seen.
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All of us in America who are sports fans are wildly, totally, completely unprepared for the scale & magnitude of the sports betting/rigging scandals that are going to come out in the next decade. It's going to be on par with the baseball steroid/cycling doping era when it's done. Sigh.
Literally coordinating mid-game by phone to rig pitches
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
All of us in America who are sports fans are wildly, totally, completely unprepared for the scale & magnitude of the sports betting/rigging scandals that are going to come out in the next decade. It's going to be on par with the baseball steroid/cycling doping era when it's done. Sigh.
Embrace the weirdness.
Here are my initial thoughts about the Paul DePodesta rumors.
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The Colorado Rockies have (apparently) hired Paul DePodesta. Now what?
Let the speculation begin.
www.rockiespitch.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Embrace the weirdness.
Well deserved! Good for Hunter.
Will Smith, who missed 22 of the last 23 games of the regular season with a hand injury, did not win a Silver Slugger Award. Hunter Goodman of the Rockies did at catcher in the National League
Voted on by managers and coaches
Voted on by managers and coaches
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Well deserved! Good for Hunter.
I’ll keep an open mind.
DePodesta is, undeniably, a trailblazer directly responsible for the modern executive. He has a whale of a challenge in front of him—modernizing that Rockies organization; solving Coors Field; and so on. Tall task for anyone, let alone somebody nearly a decade removed from an MLB front office.
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I’ll keep an open mind.
Well . . . Ok. I’ll be going back to Japan soon and watch from there. My ties to the Rox are threadbare now. What a wasted opportunity.
November 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Well . . . Ok. I’ll be going back to Japan soon and watch from there. My ties to the Rox are threadbare now. What a wasted opportunity.
Ok, Blue Jays. It’s victory time.
November 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Ok, Blue Jays. It’s victory time.
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto in two WS wins:
15 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB. 14 K.
In this postseason: 4-1, 1.56 in five starts.
15 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB. 14 K.
In this postseason: 4-1, 1.56 in five starts.
November 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Yoshinobu Yamamoto in two WS wins:
15 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB. 14 K.
In this postseason: 4-1, 1.56 in five starts.
15 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB. 14 K.
In this postseason: 4-1, 1.56 in five starts.
The baseball gods are inscrutable.
But I’m pretty sure a few of them are pissed off at a few of the others tonight.
We’ll see how they sort it out.
But I’m pretty sure a few of them are pissed off at a few of the others tonight.
We’ll see how they sort it out.
November 1, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The baseball gods are inscrutable.
But I’m pretty sure a few of them are pissed off at a few of the others tonight.
We’ll see how they sort it out.
But I’m pretty sure a few of them are pissed off at a few of the others tonight.
We’ll see how they sort it out.
My Japanese wife in Tokyo is now texting me nonstop updates to the WS game, as if I’m not watching it myself.
She’s a Dodgers fan (guess why).
She’s a Dodgers fan (guess why).
November 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
My Japanese wife in Tokyo is now texting me nonstop updates to the WS game, as if I’m not watching it myself.
She’s a Dodgers fan (guess why).
She’s a Dodgers fan (guess why).