Patrick Dubuque
@euqubud.baseballprospectus.com
bbwaa // writer with a thrift store degree // managing editor @ baseball prospectus
Instead of wasting the afternoon before White Sox / Guardians ALDS Game 5, spend that time reading my preview @baseballprospectus.com. Come for the analysis, stay for the video of Sam Antonacci’s rippling buttcheek. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
ALDS Game 5 Preview: White Sox vs. Guardians | Baseball Prospectus
Both teams are playing like there's no tomorrow, and one of them will be right.
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I have never been able to find the video game baseball I grew up on. Well, played first. It was an Atari 400 game that cut to the individual fielder on balls it play, and you had to move them with a joystick to intercept the ball
Eric Stephen@ericstephen.bsky.social · 2d agothis is the video game baseball i grew up on (shout out to the lovely ladies)
Then I wrote about one moment in Tampa's series-clinching Game 3 victory, and the eight years of moments, mostly uncatalogued, that got Victor Mesa Jr. there:
What Matters Most is Getting There | Baseball Prospectus
First, some numbers. 225: The number of words that have been written about Victor Mesa Jr. over five editions of the BP Annual, more than 10% of which were his own name. All five appearances were end-...
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It's funny: part of MLB's proposal is letting high-seeded teams choose their own playoff opponents, and I wrote a proposal for just that, five years and one day ago. Obviously with the expanded playoffs, avoiding division-related imbalance is a big reason, but I also argued that it's just fun.
Freedom of Choice | Baseball Prospectus
Baseball players are at their best when they feel disrespected, which is why we need to make it easier to disrespect them.
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Once when I was teaching English overseas, the bosses of our hagwon approached us saying they were reorganizing and asked if we were interested in having Saturdays off. We said sure, sounds great, and then they did it and were like "OK great now we're going to pay you less"
MLB Trade Rumors@mlbtraderumors.bsky.social · 2d agoGuess I should share what I worked on last night. First of all, a preview of tonight's Game 4, looking at how the White Sox have gotten away from what makes them great.
ALDS Game 4 Preview: Guardians vs. White Sox | Baseball Prospectus
Cleveland Guardians (2) at Chicago White Sox (6), 8:00 PM ET CLE: Parker Messick (12-9, 2.56 ERA, 77 DRA-) CHW: Hagen Smith (3-3, 1.29 ERA, 79 DRA-) Messick returns to the mound on four days’ rest, lo...
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Griffin Jax trying to prove himself here, convince teams to just let him be a reliever
A bunch of teams hastily sending out last-minute National Fritters Day cards for December 2
Evan Drellich@evandrellich.bsky.social · 3d agoNews: MLB sent a 34-page memo to owners and high-ranking officials across the league detailing what to expect — and how to act — during the lockout. MLB’s official website will again be scrubbed of player images. And no holiday cards for players after Dec. 2. www.nytimes.com/athletic/767...
ESPN ticker just spelled the poor guy's name Tyler Mahley, and now I wonder if that's his nickname and whether it's pronounced slightly differently than his real name
Max Fried with the shutdown inning, helping keep the crowd in it, really keeping that momentum going, turning the tide, really helping the hitters smell blood in the metaphorical water,
It's not that they look bad but it just feels wrong to see these Tampa Bay jerseys in a playoff game. They represent the opposite of playoff games
the hell they can, three straight yamamoto splitters and khamenei's back in the dugout before he knows what happened
Please enjoy this review of the 2026 Houston Astros, written in the style of an obituary published in a local newspaper. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
Please enjoy this review of the 2026 Houston Astros, written in the style of an obituary published in a local newspaper. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
ICYMI: Today for @baseballprospectus.com I wrote an obituary for the Houston Astros.
Requiem for a Team: Houston Astros | Baseball Prospectus
The Houston Astros, age 64, of Houston, Texas, passed away peacefully in their home on September 30, 2026, due to long-term complications related to exposure from the American League West. It was a lo...
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I get it. It's a baseball bat, they make them that way on purpose, it feels good to swing them. But maybe don't?
I wrote about baby bears and the power of ripping your opponents' heads off. Also, the Cubs were there. @baseballprospectus.com www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
Requiem for a Team: Chicago Cubs | Baseball Prospectus
The Cubs season via the lifecycle of a bear.
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It's time to bother you with this again. Now available for preorder, which saves you a few bucks. To be published in January. Includes poems/prose excursions on players like Ichiro, Aaron Judge, Adrian Beltré, Dave Parker, Craig Kimbrel, Dock Ellis, Derek Bell (Operation Shutdown!), & many others.
Dayn Perry@daynperry.bsky.social · 4w agoPardon the crass self-promotion, but "The Great Wheel of Mountain Stone" is now available for pre-order from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social. finishinglinepress.com/product/the-...
The ad man kicked up his feet and leaned back with a grimy smirk. "Everyone loves muppets," he said. "But what if we created one that everyone hates?"
Good morning. Some more shortform recap writing from me this morning, touring through all four games yesterday. Nearly every run we witnessed came from a home run, and with next to no warning. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
Good morning. Some more shortform recap writing from me this morning, touring through all four games yesterday. Nearly every run we witnessed came from a home run, and with next to no warning. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
I think we can all agree that if that home run had been allowed to land it would have hit a small child and sent it to the hospital, we're all lucky for the universe we live in
I wrote a short recap of tonight's action, all 20 or so seconds of it. I'm not going to run it now, though, that'd be irresponsible. It's late, turn off your phone, go to bed
I think we can all agree that if that home run had been allowed to land it would have hit a small child and sent it to the hospital, we're all lucky for the universe we live in
Imagine if Liberty Mutual used all that advertising money to just, like… lower its rates
It’s cool how commercials went from “here’s a thing we think you’ll want to give us money for” to “here’s a thing we’re going to automatically install on your phone next month, and which you’ll have to cancel out of every time you want to use it”
I like how the stadium puts a spotlight on the starting pitcher as the players take the field. They should have a shadow on him when it’s an opener
One more afternoon bump for these pieces from yesterday. I landed around 800 words for each, but with practice I think I can get them to 500. Together we can invent recaps that are less, well, recappy.
Patrick Dubuque@euqubud.baseballprospectus.com · last wk.Good morning. My goal this month is to use the postseason to do a little more shortform writing. First, I wrote a little about the White Sox, who were the better team Wednesday just often enough:
