4th/5th grade teacher here. My students have heard of Columbus Day, but don't know anything about it. They've never heard of Indigenous Peoples' Day at all. When I was a kid, we learned the whitewashed version of Columbus. Now it's controversial, so we avoid it altogether. That's not good either!

ALCS Game 1 Preview @baseballprospectus.com Five terms you'll find herein: -Max Scherzer -Yomiuri -kitchen sink -infield hits and bunt singles -a freakin’ home run www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

ALCS Game 1 Preview: Guardians vs. Rays | Baseball Prospectus

Cleveland Guardians (2) at Tampa Bay Rays (1), 5:00 PM ET CLE: Foster Griffin (15-6, 3.60 ERA, 93 DRA-) TB: Drew Rasmussen (16-5, 2.67 ERA, 75 DRA-) Drew Rasmussen isn’t a household-name ace—at least ...

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Dan Quinn and Cam Skattebo in deep thought over a game of chess. One of them is making horsey noises with the pieces, but not the knight, which is lodged in the other's throat. Also they're using a game board from Candyland. The game ends in a tie.

I typed this player's name in a chat with @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com and at first he thought it was Artificial Intelligence Simmons www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/si...

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Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Al Simmons. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-ref...

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost@chaoskat.bsky.social · 23h ago

We need to do something about the AL AI AI Al problem. Is this baseball? A guy named Al? Artificial Intelligence? Allen Iverson? I DON’T KNOW

How the hell did he hit that pitch at all, let alone for a homer

We have a six-way battle to break TWO all-time MLB records in 2027! Hanser Alberto holds the records for pitching appearances (14) and innings (14) by a true position player. Six players could surpass both records next season:

Can we all calm down about MLB's schedule "proposal?" If it was a real proposal, it would be 400 pages and cover a lot more than a reporter could fit in a tweet. This is a PR stunt, nothing more. It's meaningless.

The Yankees are fixable. 1)They have 8 SP who belong in a rotation, + Lagrange makes 9. Trade 2 of Warren, Weathers, Schmidt, & Elmer for 2B, 3B, and RHH C. 2)Get a manager who is less accepting of failure and doesn't let players FA without FO. That's working pretty well across the river for NYG.

These are not feel-good stories

Jaymes@jaymesl.bsky.social · 5d ago

It’s a shame Bluesky is asleep and missing the Jake Bauers “I only kept playing because I needed health insurance” story because boy does that say a lot about Everything

This miserable, hole-riddled patchjob of a lineup that Cashman cobbles together every year deserves this unceremonious exit.

Everything Smoltz says is somehow more wrong than the last thing he said

🎶 Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople 🎵

Daniel Bellingradt@dbellingradt.bsky.social · 5d ago

Wrong answers only. My bet: thanks for all the fish.

My daughter's middle school is having a fundraiser, and AI glasses are one of the prizes. This is not okay.

Vanilla ice cream, olive oil, kosher salt; whiskey, rocks

It's gonna be Shoeless Joe

Chrystal O’Keefe@chrystalok.bsky.social · 6d ago

Who has eyes on the Pope?

Prepare for the Invasion of Aidans. There has never been an MLB player named Aidan, but there were 26 active minor leaguers named Aidan in the 2026 season.

Since 2021, the Yankees have averaged 0.57 errors per game in the regular season and 0.66 errors per game in the postseason.

Erica Block@ericablockparty.bsky.social · 6d ago

Yankees' postseason fielding has been uncomfortable + variable for a few years now Errors made in MLB postseason since 2021: 1) NYY - 23 errors (35 games) 2) LAD - 21 errors (54 games) 3) PHI - 19 errors (41 games) 4) HOU - 19 errors (44 games) 5) CLE - 14 errors (22 games)

The Yankees were scared of the moment and mentally unprepared to face a Rays team that looked professional in every way. I can only describe their performance as "soft." I know that's not analytical, but everyone in the field looked like they were hoping the batter wouldn't hit it to them.

Pinstripe Alley@pinstripealley.bsky.social · 6d ago

It is funny that Boone had postgame quotes about like showing resiliency and rallying when your back is against the wall, but his entire tenure as Yankees manager had been defined by ultimately coming up short in the biggest moments. His teams have the resiliency of a wet newspaper.

Fire Boone. The Yankees looked mentally unprepared and scared of the moment tonight. They've beaten themselves repeatedly in both of these games.

I'mNotAHRHitter@imnotahrhitter.bsky.social · 7d ago

Fire Boone

This is absolutely pathetic from the Yankees. Just a miserable goddamn disaster. Soft.

The Yankees need to take Chisholm out of this game. Immediately, in the middle of the bottom of the first.

Finally the unreleased tracks from the lion king are coming out

Stereogum@stereogum.com · 7d ago

Phil Collins weighs in on "nasty" Donald Trump, has an idea for a song about America called "Fat People With Guns"

Grant Taylor Is Stretching and Flexing at the Same Time by Daniel R. Epstein (@depstein1983.bsky.social) www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

Grant Taylor Is Stretching and Flexing at the Same Time | Baseball Prospectus

Players sometimes announce themselves to the baseball world in the postseason. Last year, Cam Schlittler threw eight shutout innings against Boston in his first postseason outing, giving a sneak…

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Grant Taylor's two playoff outings are the two longest appearances of his MLB career, either by innings or pitches thrown. I broke down the deciding pitch to each of the 13 batters he faced in his four-inning save on Saturday. @baseballprospectus.com www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

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Players sometimes announce themselves to the baseball world in the postseason. Last year, Cam Schlittler threw eight shutout innings against Boston in his first postseason outing, giving a sneak previ...

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I've already started reading it, and I cosign this.

Craig Calcaterra@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · last wk.

Today I reviewed @jcbradbury.com's upcoming book "This One Will Be Different" which stands as the foremost statement about and against public subsidies for professional sports facilities. A must read for those interested and impacted by the topic. jcbradbury.com/towbd/

Grant Taylor's two playoff outings are the two longest appearances of his MLB career, either by innings or pitches thrown. I broke down the deciding pitch to each of the 13 batters he faced in his four-inning save on Saturday. @baseballprospectus.com www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

Grant Taylor Is Stretching and Flexing at the Same Time | Baseball Prospectus

Players sometimes announce themselves to the baseball world in the postseason. Last year, Cam Schlittler threw eight shutout innings against Boston in his first postseason outing, giving a sneak previ...

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Bad news: I missed most of the sports today. Good news: see below.

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4+ inning saves in postseason since saves official (1969): Grant Taylor (CHW), 2026 ALDS G1 Lance McCullers Jr. (HOU), 2017 ALCS G7 Madison Bumgarner (SF), 2014 WS G7 Sammy Stewart (BAL), 1983 ALCS G3 Pedro Borbon (CIN), 1976 NLCS G2 Vida Blue (OAK), 1972 ALCS G5

Imagine walking Austin Hedges