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Mike Bertels
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Luckily this aged poorly immediately after you posted it
September 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
You’ve been listening to too much Andrew Bird, if that’s even possible!
September 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It’s the only offensive thing we have going right now
August 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I think WAR is great, but is it the only metric you look at to determine a player’s worth? It’s not a perfect science.
August 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
He probably thought it was a ball. The Clemens Defense
August 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Doesn’t he know that’s a rally killer ?
August 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
How long have you been sitting on this just waiting?
July 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Obviously he’s not obligated. I’m saying, if it’s a close call, the smart thing to do is to call it a ball - no swing, and let them appeal to someone with a better view of the swing.
July 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If the home plate ump calls it a ball, the catcher can appeal to the 1st or 3rd base umpires. What are you talking about?
July 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Seems close enough to allow for an appeal to take place. What’s the big deal?
July 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
That is the dream
July 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
🚨Blyleven Alert! 🚨

cc @joeposnanski.com
July 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
One of my most memorable nights at the ballpark, for sure. And to cap it off with fireworks with the family is always good summer fun!
June 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
That's fair. "Terrible" was overstatement due to a lifetime of emotional trauma caused by watching the Reds waffle between horrible and average.

Dietrich had roughly average to slightly above average metrics in 2019, so not terrible for a platoon bat on a team that lost 12 more games than it won.
June 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
He was terrible, and so was that team. Reds fans always look back on it with such fondness, for some reason.
June 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Did people finally realize after six seasons that you shouldn’t throw him meatballs middle-middle?
June 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Can’t wait for the Joe Blogs
June 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I don’t think they ended up being annoyed too much by having to play the Heat
April 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I think Pete Stevens should play Brad Buttigieg
April 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🎵theres a red. moon. risin. 🎵 on the cuyahoga river. 🎵 rolling into cleveland to the lake 🎵
April 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
30+ years of going to ball games and never got a ball hit to me. Then, in 2018, I got a Votto home run ball, and then less than two weeks later got a Wilmer Flores home run ball.
March 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM