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But what a fool believes he sees
No wise man has the power to reason away
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Cover just dropped. Coming in 2026 from Oxford University Press.
November 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK SP+ PICKS

Ohio State 26, Indiana 25
Dawgs 27, Tide 24
Texas Tech 33, BYU 21
UVA 33, Duke 25
North Texas 37, Tulane 29
JMU 37, Troy 17
UNLV 30.4, Boise State 30.0
Kennesaw State 31, Jax State 30
Miami-OH 24, WMU 23

Full list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
November 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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I started by noticing that #Brewers’ Jackson Chourio hit the crap out of offspeed stuff last year, and ended up deepening my own understanding of what swing tracking data tells us and how it works. Hope it has the same effect for you: brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/...
What Jackson Chourio's Obliteration of Offspeed Stuff Teaches Us About Swing Paths
After a third-place finish in National League Rookie of the Year balloting in 2024, Jackson Chourio had a slightly less impressive sophomore campaign. Plagued by some erratic swing decisions and a ham...
brewerfanatic.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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It’s book launch day for Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, my first book. I hope you’ll read it or listen to it. a.co/d/43dbybC
October 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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The juiced ball.
Sticky stuff.
Rule changes.

MLB has finally settled into a new era

And for fantasy baseball, that means one thing:

We finally have a macro edge again.

Live now - my favorite piece of the year

brendantuma.substack.com/p/no-stat-is...
No Stat Is Free: What MLB's New Normal Reveals About 2026 Draft Strategy
Back in June, I wrote about developing a year-round mind for fantasy baseball.
brendantuma.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Dynasty players are gonna want to read this one! We're breaking down the traits of sleepers to give you that fantasy edge. Everybody knows about the Basallos and Mades of the world, but how about the Bergollas and the Areinamos?
Five Empirically-Evidenced Edicts for Dynasty Monarchs
Turning a season of research into actionable dynasty fantasy baseball insights
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The “ahistorical doctrine of ‘separation of church and state’” they deride:
June 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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June 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Shohei Ohtani struck out at least 156 batters and hit at least 34 home runs in 2021, 2022, and 2023.

Babe Ruth never struck out more than 3 batters in any season where he hit 30+ home runs. No, seriously.

Stop saying "since Babe Ruth". Shohei Ohtani is one of a kind.
June 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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June 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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STUDY:

We wanted to see how strong of a correlation existed between a quarterback’s accuracy in college and in the NFL.

To give it more specificity, we compared on-target percentage between college and the NFL at three specific depths.

Results:
www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2025/04/08/s...
Evaluating How A Quarterback’s College Accuracy Projects To The NFL
Accuracy on intermediate throws had the strongest correlation with a quarterback’s overall performance when compared to deep or short passes. We share the details.
www.sportsinfosolutions.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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A 🧵of what’s coming in 2025 at Pitcher List

1. PL Fantasy Baseball Pro Dashboard

- Beta launches April '25.
- 1.0 release 2026
- Sync all your leagues (ESPN, Yahoo, Fantrax, NFBC, CBS)
- Widgets & Projections curated for your team
- All PLV Apps
- One home for all your teams
March 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Not my idea, but I love it
February 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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January 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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going into 2025 with this energy
December 29, 2024 at 12:29 AM
@wagesofwins.bsky.social Still no update on Box Score Geeks?
December 25, 2024 at 4:38 PM
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This is Sara, my daughter and the love of my life. She is a beautiful soul, sensible and generous, with a passion for helping and serving.

As such, she earned a spot as a voluntary in an international program, meaning she should cross the Atlantic on January as part of (1/7)
December 18, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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Omg I’m dying 😂
December 14, 2024 at 4:26 AM
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The source of the Biden-Burisma hoax, which has been mentioned thousands of times on Fox News as actual fact, has pled guilty and admitted he made it up. https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/politics/david-weiss-fbi-informant-alexander-smirnov-plea/index.html
FBI informant accused of lying about Joe and Hunter Biden pleads guilty | CNN Politics
An FBI informant accused of lying about the Biden family has cut a plea deal with special counsel David Weiss, the prosecutor who led the criminal probe into Hunter Biden.
www.cnn.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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21. Slade Caldwell (ARI/OF)
22. Jurrangelo Cijntje (SEA/SP)
23. Vance Honeycutt (BAL/OF)
24. Braylon Payne (MIL/OF)
25. Trey Yesavage (TOR/SP)
*Bonus 26. Josuar de Jesús González (SFG/SS)
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 PM