Mark Kreidler
@markkreidler.bsky.social
Writer, author, dad, hub. Reformed Baseball HOF voter. markkreidler.substack.com
At this rate, Philip Rivers could work his way backwards into some serious NIL money. Just a thought.
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Never Too Late.*
*It is absolutely too late
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December 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
At this rate, Philip Rivers could work his way backwards into some serious NIL money. Just a thought.
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According to The Athletic, a number of NFL scouts are convinced most of the top crop of college QBs should stay in school another year. The goofy but lucrative NIL landscape, of all things, might encourage that. A rare win-win.
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NFL to QBs: Stay in School.
It's possible NIL money will do some good
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December 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
According to The Athletic, a number of NFL scouts are convinced most of the top crop of college QBs should stay in school another year. The goofy but lucrative NIL landscape, of all things, might encourage that. A rare win-win.
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It won't be Trump Stadium, no. But, look, it's gotta be *something.*
(* = unserious suggestions only)
Free read.
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(* = unserious suggestions only)
Free read.
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My Building Needs a Name*.
*Unserious suggestions only
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November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It won't be Trump Stadium, no. But, look, it's gotta be *something.*
(* = unserious suggestions only)
Free read.
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(* = unserious suggestions only)
Free read.
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Went a week without ESPN. Came out just fine. This has to be ESPN's nightmare scenario.
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A Week Without ESPN: Do-able.
And that's...surprising
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November 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Went a week without ESPN. Came out just fine. This has to be ESPN's nightmare scenario.
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Lost in the SNAP conversation: We have the ability to get millions and millions of people off food stamps: Pay them a decent wage.
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Congress Could Get Millions of People Off of SNAP by Raising the Minimum Wage, but It Hasn’t — for 16 Years
1 in 8 people rely on federal food aid that has become a pawn in the government shutdown.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Lost in the SNAP conversation: We have the ability to get millions and millions of people off food stamps: Pay them a decent wage.
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Raiders' last six seasons in Oakland: 39-57.
Raiders' first six seasons in Vegas: 38-55.
But, hey -- profit.
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Raiders' first six seasons in Vegas: 38-55.
But, hey -- profit.
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
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I'll Take Generational Wealth for $200, Alex.
The Raiders got better, just not on the field
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November 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Raiders' last six seasons in Oakland: 39-57.
Raiders' first six seasons in Vegas: 38-55.
But, hey -- profit.
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
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Raiders' first six seasons in Vegas: 38-55.
But, hey -- profit.
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
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All you have to do is ask the sports books: The bill *always* comes due. The NBA's magical thinking won't make it otherwise. You don't get to scrape gambling profits without taking on gambling problems.
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The Call Is Coming From Inside the House.
If only we could have bet on this outcome
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October 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
All you have to do is ask the sports books: The bill *always* comes due. The NBA's magical thinking won't make it otherwise. You don't get to scrape gambling profits without taking on gambling problems.
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One-year deal for Kurt Suzuki in Anaheim. I guess I understand why the @angels.com couldn't come to terms with Albert Pujols.
October 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
One-year deal for Kurt Suzuki in Anaheim. I guess I understand why the @angels.com couldn't come to terms with Albert Pujols.
So it's a Giants rebuild. But you knew that! Buster Posey told you at the trade deadline.
October 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
So it's a Giants rebuild. But you knew that! Buster Posey told you at the trade deadline.
Oldheads win. Fine week for so many.
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Solid Week For the Nutrafol Crowd.
Oldheads unite. We can still play
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October 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Oldheads win. Fine week for so many.
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Penn State is paying its football coach upward of $50 million to be fired, while spending about $700 million to renovate its stadium. Thank goodness! For a minute there, I thought NCAA schools said they're worried about paying their athletes.
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Don't *Ever* Poor-Mouth Again.
You're sitting on the fattest $tacks
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October 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Penn State is paying its football coach upward of $50 million to be fired, while spending about $700 million to renovate its stadium. Thank goodness! For a minute there, I thought NCAA schools said they're worried about paying their athletes.
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The NLRB is paralyzed in Washington.
However, California appears poised to become one of the first states in the nation to take over the job of protecting workers — a role the Trump administration has essentially abdicated. New column by @markkreidler.bsky.social
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However, California appears poised to become one of the first states in the nation to take over the job of protecting workers — a role the Trump administration has essentially abdicated. New column by @markkreidler.bsky.social
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California Joins New York in Trying to Fill a Void on Worker Protections
The National Labor Relations Board is unable to meet due to inaction in Washington. The Golden State is pushing an alternative for its workers.
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October 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The NLRB is paralyzed in Washington.
However, California appears poised to become one of the first states in the nation to take over the job of protecting workers — a role the Trump administration has essentially abdicated. New column by @markkreidler.bsky.social
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However, California appears poised to become one of the first states in the nation to take over the job of protecting workers — a role the Trump administration has essentially abdicated. New column by @markkreidler.bsky.social
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Give Jerry Jones this: He's figured out that in the current climate, blatantly lying about something that everyone can see with their own eyes is strategy, not buffoonery. (I'm only partially sure about that last part.)
October 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Give Jerry Jones this: He's figured out that in the current climate, blatantly lying about something that everyone can see with their own eyes is strategy, not buffoonery. (I'm only partially sure about that last part.)
Harvey Dent in "The Dark Knight:" You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
Bill Belichick is making that trip.
(P.S. UNC just backed out of the much-touted Hulu documentary on the program this season.)
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Bill Belichick is making that trip.
(P.S. UNC just backed out of the much-touted Hulu documentary on the program this season.)
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Everybody Hates Bill.
Life after epic triumph
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October 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Harvey Dent in "The Dark Knight:" You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
Bill Belichick is making that trip.
(P.S. UNC just backed out of the much-touted Hulu documentary on the program this season.)
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Bill Belichick is making that trip.
(P.S. UNC just backed out of the much-touted Hulu documentary on the program this season.)
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The ABS system *can* address the kind of terrible miss on strike 3 to Bogaerts that wrecked the Padres in the 9th vs. Cubs. But ABS isn't some perfect solution. No matter how critical the call, no matter how late, your team won't be able to appeal if it's already used up its challenges. #nextyear
October 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The ABS system *can* address the kind of terrible miss on strike 3 to Bogaerts that wrecked the Padres in the 9th vs. Cubs. But ABS isn't some perfect solution. No matter how critical the call, no matter how late, your team won't be able to appeal if it's already used up its challenges. #nextyear
Nobody can hit in MLB. It's just too hard.
Oh! Also: We're about to see home run history.
Don't yell at me, I only work here.
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Oh! Also: We're about to see home run history.
Don't yell at me, I only work here.
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Baseball's Weirdest!
Nobody can hit -- except we're about to see a HR record
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September 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Nobody can hit in MLB. It's just too hard.
Oh! Also: We're about to see home run history.
Don't yell at me, I only work here.
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Oh! Also: We're about to see home run history.
Don't yell at me, I only work here.
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Check out the incredible #RSV package from @sciam.bsky.social. Articles from me, @lizszabo.bsky.social @markkreidler.bsky.social, Suzette Brewer & editing frm @emilybazar.bsky.social. All editorially independent reporting. www.scientificamerican.com/report/innov... (we didn't know who sponsors were)
Innovations In: RSV
The prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has seen incredible advancement in the past few years. In this editorially independent package, Scientific American explores breakthroughs in immuni...
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September 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Check out the incredible #RSV package from @sciam.bsky.social. Articles from me, @lizszabo.bsky.social @markkreidler.bsky.social, Suzette Brewer & editing frm @emilybazar.bsky.social. All editorially independent reporting. www.scientificamerican.com/report/innov... (we didn't know who sponsors were)
MLB games with huge playoff implications tonight --Rays at Blue Jays, Tigers at Red Sox -- safely locked away behind Apple TV+ paywall. But, hey, thanks so much for your season-long MLB.TV payments! Tough one about the potential Friday clinchers
September 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
MLB games with huge playoff implications tonight --Rays at Blue Jays, Tigers at Red Sox -- safely locked away behind Apple TV+ paywall. But, hey, thanks so much for your season-long MLB.TV payments! Tough one about the potential Friday clinchers
So Anthropic paying a $1.5 billion settlement for illegally pirating writers' original works to train Claude is just a speed bump. Maybe buy the books next time
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Exclusive: Growing tech firm Anthropic expands S.F. presence with large office lease in SoMa
The move comes after Anthropic, a front runner in the artificial intelligence arms race, raised a staggering $13 billion and tripled its valuation.
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September 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
So Anthropic paying a $1.5 billion settlement for illegally pirating writers' original works to train Claude is just a speed bump. Maybe buy the books next time
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Robert Redford made some really good sports movies. (They weren't about sports.) They constitute a small part of the larger body of his work, but they resonate all the same.
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Natural.
Robert Redford and sports worked, but not because of sports
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September 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Robert Redford made some really good sports movies. (They weren't about sports.) They constitute a small part of the larger body of his work, but they resonate all the same.
markkreidler.substack.com/p/natural
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The Kawhi Leonard story is so old school! This is a very 1970s flavor of side-stepping the rules (allegedly). No-show job -- such a throwback.
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The Pro Game Goes Old-School!
College, that is: Under the table
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September 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Kawhi Leonard story is so old school! This is a very 1970s flavor of side-stepping the rules (allegedly). No-show job -- such a throwback.
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Across the country, union representation has been falling for decades. But in California, it remains at 16.3%—five points higher than the national average. It shows that the labor movement remains strong in the state. From @markkreidler.bsky.social for @capitalandmain.bsky.social:
Unions Are Shrinking Nationwide—But Not in California
Organizing in the Golden State is holding strong, showing what’s possible even as Trump 2.0 makes the fight harder.
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September 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Across the country, union representation has been falling for decades. But in California, it remains at 16.3%—five points higher than the national average. It shows that the labor movement remains strong in the state. From @markkreidler.bsky.social for @capitalandmain.bsky.social:
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This piece by @markkreidler.bsky.social in @capitalandmain.bsky.social does a great job of putting our State of the Unions report in context. A must read as we enter Labor Day weekend.
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Unions Are Shrinking Nationwide — But Not in California
Organizing here is holding strong, showing what’s possible even as Trump 2.0 makes the fight harder.
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August 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This piece by @markkreidler.bsky.social in @capitalandmain.bsky.social does a great job of putting our State of the Unions report in context. A must read as we enter Labor Day weekend.
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Roger Clemens played golf with Donald Trump, after which Trump demanded that Clemens be inducted into the Hall of Fame. *After* which, Clemens posted their foursome's scorecard. (DJT dead last.) That's just plain solid strategy right there.
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Roger Clemens (or Serenity) Now!
The Prez goes medium tantrum on HOF
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August 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Roger Clemens played golf with Donald Trump, after which Trump demanded that Clemens be inducted into the Hall of Fame. *After* which, Clemens posted their foursome's scorecard. (DJT dead last.) That's just plain solid strategy right there.
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