A promising prospect in the minor leagues but only lasted two losing seasons in the bigs before getting DFA’d.
Technical appreciator@whatahellofawaytodad.com · 16h agoNext order in the store gets the Saddam rookie card
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University of Reading (UK) PhD student studying naval strategy and amphibious warfare. Author of books On Tactics and On Operations. Occasional blogger: https://bafriedman.substack.com/
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The U.S. committed to it in the 1778 treaty with France, in 1780 treaty with the Dutch Republic, and supported Russia’s First League of Armed Neutrality.
Goldstein@goldstein.latinsky.app · 2d ago250 years? Really? What was the first time the US committed to freedom of navigation? (Sorry, I'm a trivia nerd)
Ok this is way over the line to hyperbole. It's expended a bunch of exquisite, high end munitions that are key specific scenarios. It's far from "demilitarized." The reason Iran is only doing stand-off strikes is because that's all they can do.
Phillips OBrien@phillipspobrien.bsky.social · yesterdayDonald Trump stands out historically in one way. He has demilitarized the US military more quickly than any other political leader in US history. A full blown pacifist would have struggled to throw away weapons faster than he has.
Adam Smith right now.
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Joey Politano🏳️🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · yesterdayDSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...
OK but MacArthur was only in charge during the disasterclass defense of the Philippines because Marshall put him there and then protected him from a corruption investigation after Eisenhower found out about MacArthur embezzling funds. MacArthur was horrible but only because Marshall protected him.
Zach Dorfman@zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 2d agoContinuing my Korean War/Halberstam posting: It’s hard to convey how malignant Douglas MacArthur was, how anti-democratic, what a persistent threat to civil-military relations. Conversely, George Marshall was a man of towering integrity and wisdom.
If Baseball Is Ruined, Show Me The Ruins "It is both borderline incomprehensible and self-evidently true that other teams...did not outbid the Dodgers' winning offer...It is equally strange that the Detroit Tigers did not shop more rigorously around the league for a higher return."
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The Los Angeles Dodgers got Tarik Skubal, damn them. Damn them for having money; damn them for being too damn good; damn them for ruining baseball. That they got Skubal, the hottest commodity on the s...
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Things aren't looking good for a trade before the deadline at 6 PM EST, even with the Mets fire sale.
Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 2d ago⚠️ Reuters: Iran says NO talks are underway or planned, contradicting Trump’s claims.
"Well, if they'd send us more guys and maybe bomb the hell out of the North, they might, uh, they might give up."
Ian TB@iantb.bsky.social · 2d agoWell, crowdsourcing a war plan is certainly a first: www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...
AL Central ownership net worth by team: Detroit: 6-7.6 Billion Cleveland: combined 8 billion Minnesota: 3-4.2 billion Chicago White Sox: 3-3.2 billion Kansas City: 1.2-1.3 billion Actual Dodgers total player salary as of 2026: $413 million Stop believing ownership bullshit.
Blue States Secede 📎@lidice42.bsky.social · 3d agoThe dodgers have like $2 billion in committed contracts. Maybe 1 of the 10 central division teams has a revenue stream that could command a $500 million dollar commitment. You’re right, they can run their organization any way they want. Their rotation is now made up of former aces they’ve acquired.
One like does NOT equal one Marine Corps story because you’ll never catch me, NCIS.
Mike Black@mikeblack114.bsky.social · 3d agoOne like one random AF story
This this this. Every owner is ridiculously wealthy. Every team can act like the Dodgers. Twenty-nine of them just won’t.
Jason Fry@jasoncfry.bsky.social · 3d agoThose of you eager to serve wealthy MLB owners as volunteer Pinkertons won’t like to read this, but as usual Joe Sheehan nails the real problem:
When you give the US access, basing, and overflight permissions but you want people to think you didn’t.
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 3d agoBehind the scenes, Gulf countries are frustrated with what they see as a lack of a clear strategy from the U.S. as the war drags on, subjecting their territories to frequent Iranian attacks, people familiar with the matter said.
Based on MLB Pipeline rankings, the Dodgers gave up only their 5th, 7th, and 17th best prospects for Skubal. Plus, they'll pay him roughly $11 million. Other teams were gutless, that's all it is.
Periodic reminder all 29 other teams can run their organizations exactly like the Dodgers, they just refuse to do so.
MLB Trade Rumors@mlbtraderumors.bsky.social · 3d ago
Mo'ne Davis scores the first run in WPBL history for the LA Queens (although New York now leads 7-2)
It’s pretty funny how whenever Nintendo has the most successful console, everyone just kinda pretends it doesn’t count as a real video game system.
IGN@ign.com · 5d agoThe $500 console is dead. Even after the RAM crisis ends, the era of affordable gaming hardware is gone for good. https://bit.ly/3ROAvpc
The planner in CENTCOM that had been forgetting to add the word “decisive” to the CONOP slides this whole time.
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Holy crap the new Shaboozey album slaps. It’s like if the Wu Tang Klan made a country album.
Remember when the NSS said we were going to put economics first?
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George Pearkes@peark.es · 7d ago*US FORCES BEGAN LAUNCHING STRIKES AGAINST IRAN AT 8PM ET
I can tell you my love for ore will still be strong, after the boys of Sumer are gone.
"The German generals of WWII were some of the best..." They lost. "The noble soldiers of the Confederacy were..." They also lost. "The Spartans..." Dude they lost so bad their city spent the rest of it's existence as a Roman tourist trap.
the hyperfixation on drones may have led everyone to overlook an interesting fact: the world is entering an unprecedented age of ballistic missile proliferation (a free link for you, the people) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A New Dawn of Missiles Shapes Battlefields From Ukraine to Iran
The world is on the cusp of a third missile age, with conventional ballistic weapons proliferating at unprecedented speed in the wake of widespread, battlefield-warping deployment in Iran and Ukraine.
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