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The best hitter in the NL got snubbed from the All-Star Game. Smh
July 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The best hitter in the NL got snubbed from the All-Star Game. Smh
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How did Mick Jagger not say "Please allow me to introduce myself"?
March 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
How did Mick Jagger not say "Please allow me to introduce myself"?
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There should be a tribute to David Lynch, where they just show 60 seconds of a static shot of a steam filled underground corridor, with a flickering fluorescent light backed with ominous washing and a distant scream
March 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
There should be a tribute to David Lynch, where they just show 60 seconds of a static shot of a steam filled underground corridor, with a flickering fluorescent light backed with ominous washing and a distant scream
'Twas the night before TGFBI, and all through the house,
The only sound to be heard was the clicking of a mouse.
Queues were being set in draft rooms with care,
In the hopes that an auto-pick soon would be there.
1/4
The only sound to be heard was the clicking of a mouse.
Queues were being set in draft rooms with care,
In the hopes that an auto-pick soon would be there.
1/4
March 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
'Twas the night before TGFBI, and all through the house,
The only sound to be heard was the clicking of a mouse.
Queues were being set in draft rooms with care,
In the hopes that an auto-pick soon would be there.
1/4
The only sound to be heard was the clicking of a mouse.
Queues were being set in draft rooms with care,
In the hopes that an auto-pick soon would be there.
1/4
Overcast outside so I'll be celebrating the 'planetary parade' the way it's truly meant to be done- by watching Disney's Hercules.
Seven planets will align on Friday for the last time until 2040. Here’s how to see it in Toronto.
The planetary parade won’t happen again until 2040 — and you don’t even need to leave the city to see it.
The planetary parade won’t happen again until 2040 — and you don’t even need to leave the city to see it.
Seven planets will align on Friday for the last time until 2040. Here’s how to see it in Toronto
It won’t happen again until 2040 — and you don’t even need to leave the city to see it.
www.thestar.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Overcast outside so I'll be celebrating the 'planetary parade' the way it's truly meant to be done- by watching Disney's Hercules.
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Six man rotations are like the Fellowship of the Ring.
It begins with many men and grand ambitions only to end with two dudes barely surviving.
It begins with many men and grand ambitions only to end with two dudes barely surviving.
February 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Six man rotations are like the Fellowship of the Ring.
It begins with many men and grand ambitions only to end with two dudes barely surviving.
It begins with many men and grand ambitions only to end with two dudes barely surviving.
Why is it that there's major baseball news every time I have a major Exercise Physiology test the next morning?
Mark down March 19th & April 16th on your calendars folks. My prognostication skills say there will be major scoops breaking on both of those days.
Mark down March 19th & April 16th on your calendars folks. My prognostication skills say there will be major scoops breaking on both of those days.
February 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Why is it that there's major baseball news every time I have a major Exercise Physiology test the next morning?
Mark down March 19th & April 16th on your calendars folks. My prognostication skills say there will be major scoops breaking on both of those days.
Mark down March 19th & April 16th on your calendars folks. My prognostication skills say there will be major scoops breaking on both of those days.
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Alex Bregman is the only player to be 94th percentile or better in whiff rate each season since the start of 2018
February 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Alex Bregman is the only player to be 94th percentile or better in whiff rate each season since the start of 2018
If we’re gonna play this game then I am unilaterally renaming the Apex Regional Landfill, the Donald Trump Sr. Presidential Library.
Please adjust your style guides accordingly.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Please adjust your style guides accordingly.
apnews.com/article/trum...
White House bars AP reporter from Oval Office because of AP style policy on 'Gulf of America'
The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from attending an event in the Oval Office after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has ...
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February 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
If we’re gonna play this game then I am unilaterally renaming the Apex Regional Landfill, the Donald Trump Sr. Presidential Library.
Please adjust your style guides accordingly.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Please adjust your style guides accordingly.
apnews.com/article/trum...
For anyone else with midterms starting this week, remember:
You could show up an hour late, misspell your own name, eat the Scantron sheet and still outperform KC's offense in the Super Bowl.
You could show up an hour late, misspell your own name, eat the Scantron sheet and still outperform KC's offense in the Super Bowl.
February 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
For anyone else with midterms starting this week, remember:
You could show up an hour late, misspell your own name, eat the Scantron sheet and still outperform KC's offense in the Super Bowl.
You could show up an hour late, misspell your own name, eat the Scantron sheet and still outperform KC's offense in the Super Bowl.
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Doing the racist chant sarcastically is still doing it
February 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Doing the racist chant sarcastically is still doing it
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Patrick Mahomes is getting hit more than Mike Foltynewicz in a Game 5
February 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Patrick Mahomes is getting hit more than Mike Foltynewicz in a Game 5
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I'm getting pumped for #PitchCon 2025! Starts this Thursday, 1/30 @ 11:00am ET.
Pitcher List's sixth annual ALS fundraiser where we host baseball panels and presentations across FOUR DAYS.
Check out the full schedule below 👇
Which are you looking forward to the most?
Pitcher List's sixth annual ALS fundraiser where we host baseball panels and presentations across FOUR DAYS.
Check out the full schedule below 👇
Which are you looking forward to the most?
January 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I'm getting pumped for #PitchCon 2025! Starts this Thursday, 1/30 @ 11:00am ET.
Pitcher List's sixth annual ALS fundraiser where we host baseball panels and presentations across FOUR DAYS.
Check out the full schedule below 👇
Which are you looking forward to the most?
Pitcher List's sixth annual ALS fundraiser where we host baseball panels and presentations across FOUR DAYS.
Check out the full schedule below 👇
Which are you looking forward to the most?
I had a dream last night that the #BlueJays got Andrés Giménez to restructure his contract to an $8M AAV (don't ask how/why).
Two key takeaways:
1) I have weird dreams.
2) Today is #PitchCon!
Two key takeaways:
1) I have weird dreams.
2) Today is #PitchCon!
I'm thrilled to announce that our annual ALS Fundraiser PITCHCON begins January 30th!
#PitchCon is a four-day online baseball conference hosting over 40 panels and presentations from 100+ baseball analysts. 44 Hours of baseball.
Here's what you can expect at PitchCon '25 🧵
#PitchCon is a four-day online baseball conference hosting over 40 panels and presentations from 100+ baseball analysts. 44 Hours of baseball.
Here's what you can expect at PitchCon '25 🧵
January 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I typed "What if Al Gore was GM of the Blue Jays?" into ChatGPT in September and it successfully predicted this offseason.
January 18, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I typed "What if Al Gore was GM of the Blue Jays?" into ChatGPT in September and it successfully predicted this offseason.
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The goal is to raise $10,000 toward ALS research through community contributions. Pitcher List does not take a cut of any contribution, and we ensure 100% of what we raise goes to the cause.
We've raised over $45,000 since our first PitchCon and are excited to eclipse $50,000!
We've raised over $45,000 since our first PitchCon and are excited to eclipse $50,000!
January 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The goal is to raise $10,000 toward ALS research through community contributions. Pitcher List does not take a cut of any contribution, and we ensure 100% of what we raise goes to the cause.
We've raised over $45,000 since our first PitchCon and are excited to eclipse $50,000!
We've raised over $45,000 since our first PitchCon and are excited to eclipse $50,000!
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I'm thrilled to announce that our annual ALS Fundraiser PITCHCON begins January 30th!
#PitchCon is a four-day online baseball conference hosting over 40 panels and presentations from 100+ baseball analysts. 44 Hours of baseball.
Here's what you can expect at PitchCon '25 🧵
#PitchCon is a four-day online baseball conference hosting over 40 panels and presentations from 100+ baseball analysts. 44 Hours of baseball.
Here's what you can expect at PitchCon '25 🧵
January 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I'm thrilled to announce that our annual ALS Fundraiser PITCHCON begins January 30th!
#PitchCon is a four-day online baseball conference hosting over 40 panels and presentations from 100+ baseball analysts. 44 Hours of baseball.
Here's what you can expect at PitchCon '25 🧵
#PitchCon is a four-day online baseball conference hosting over 40 panels and presentations from 100+ baseball analysts. 44 Hours of baseball.
Here's what you can expect at PitchCon '25 🧵
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What a great metaphor since America already plans on cutting funding to:
- Every group represented by the members of The Village People, except the cop
- YMCA programming
- The LGBTQ+ community
- Greenwich Village, in general
- Any curriculum that teaches the letters of the alphabet
- Every group represented by the members of The Village People, except the cop
- YMCA programming
- The LGBTQ+ community
- Greenwich Village, in general
- Any curriculum that teaches the letters of the alphabet
This is the only remaining original member of the Village People, if that explains anything.
Village People front man says ‘YMCA’ isn’t a gay anthem – and he’ll sue anyone who disagrees | CNN
The Village People’s lyricist and lead singer has hit out at the “false assumption” that the band’s biggest hit, “YMCA,” is a “gay anthem.”
www.cnn.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
What a great metaphor since America already plans on cutting funding to:
- Every group represented by the members of The Village People, except the cop
- YMCA programming
- The LGBTQ+ community
- Greenwich Village, in general
- Any curriculum that teaches the letters of the alphabet
- Every group represented by the members of The Village People, except the cop
- YMCA programming
- The LGBTQ+ community
- Greenwich Village, in general
- Any curriculum that teaches the letters of the alphabet
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Hopefully, this illustrates why context can make a difference, even when two players appear to have broadly similar profiles.
This is also why I'm bullish on Paredes going into 2025: he's a Pulled FB machine, which is going to play up in the best park for Pulled HR from right-handed hitters (5/5)
This is also why I'm bullish on Paredes going into 2025: he's a Pulled FB machine, which is going to play up in the best park for Pulled HR from right-handed hitters (5/5)
December 16, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Hopefully, this illustrates why context can make a difference, even when two players appear to have broadly similar profiles.
This is also why I'm bullish on Paredes going into 2025: he's a Pulled FB machine, which is going to play up in the best park for Pulled HR from right-handed hitters (5/5)
This is also why I'm bullish on Paredes going into 2025: he's a Pulled FB machine, which is going to play up in the best park for Pulled HR from right-handed hitters (5/5)
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Compare that to Paredes' uber-efficient profile: he hits FB/LD *which are also pulled*, a TON (especially down the line). That's a more valuable profile, as shown by our 3-yr xwOBAcon for him of .371, despite having below average exit velo on those FB/LD (89.4mph; lg avg is 92.8). (4/5)
December 16, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Compare that to Paredes' uber-efficient profile: he hits FB/LD *which are also pulled*, a TON (especially down the line). That's a more valuable profile, as shown by our 3-yr xwOBAcon for him of .371, despite having below average exit velo on those FB/LD (89.4mph; lg avg is 92.8). (4/5)
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Varsho hits a ton of fly balls and pulls a ton of balls, but the he doesn't do *both* as often or pull them down the line. This is why our xwOBAcon calc (which includes spray) has Varsho at a merely ok .361 across the last 3 seasons (lg avg is .367). He hits a few too many Oppo FB & Pulled GB (3/5)
December 16, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Varsho hits a ton of fly balls and pulls a ton of balls, but the he doesn't do *both* as often or pull them down the line. This is why our xwOBAcon calc (which includes spray) has Varsho at a merely ok .361 across the last 3 seasons (lg avg is .367). He hits a few too many Oppo FB & Pulled GB (3/5)
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Daulton Varsho seems to be a better bet for power than Paredes, given those profiles: he has a higher avg bat speed (73.7mph vs 68.2), avg Exit Velo (86.1mph vs 85), *AND* barrel rate (6.2% vs 4.5%). The issue is Varsho's more granular batted-ball profile isn't optimized like Paredes' is (2/5)
December 16, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Daulton Varsho seems to be a better bet for power than Paredes, given those profiles: he has a higher avg bat speed (73.7mph vs 68.2), avg Exit Velo (86.1mph vs 85), *AND* barrel rate (6.2% vs 4.5%). The issue is Varsho's more granular batted-ball profile isn't optimized like Paredes' is (2/5)
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Talked with @justinhavelock.bsky.social last night about how Isaac Paredes (1st pic) and Daulton Varsho (2nd) have surprisingly similar batted ball profiles if you only look at Pull/Cent/Oppo and LD/FB bins. Both hitters have run a 45+% Pull-rate and a 40+% FB-rate across the last 3 seasons (1/5)
December 16, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Talked with @justinhavelock.bsky.social last night about how Isaac Paredes (1st pic) and Daulton Varsho (2nd) have surprisingly similar batted ball profiles if you only look at Pull/Cent/Oppo and LD/FB bins. Both hitters have run a 45+% Pull-rate and a 40+% FB-rate across the last 3 seasons (1/5)
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I was thinking about this when I watched RETURN OF THE KING this week. How absolutely INSANE the discourse would be around the “I am no man” line from Eowyn if it came out today.
it’s depressing to realize that if you did the metroid gender reveal today it would cause riots of grown men
December 14, 2024 at 7:45 PM
I was thinking about this when I watched RETURN OF THE KING this week. How absolutely INSANE the discourse would be around the “I am no man” line from Eowyn if it came out today.