It’s true that the White Sox struck out a tremendous amount. It’s also true that while they only had three hits, the Guardians only had six. Nine total hits in a game is … not very many. For anybody.
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I like a pitchers’ duel as part of a mix of games, but the lack of offense in the great majority of the games in these playoff series so far seems ominous to me. Less concerned about payroll balance; more concerned about a situation where so much of the pitching across the board can’t be hit.
The best use of a home security camera I have ever discovered is being able to check on the dog. Yes, he’s just sleeping. Yes, he’s fine.
When your dog is supposed to be on strict rest and you worry about him all the time, there is something about listening to him slightly snore his sedated slight snore (dogs on strict rest get good drugs if they need ‘em so they don’t go bazoo) that’s very comforting.
TIL that not only were there two Exorcist prequels released close together 20 years ago, but they both starred Stellan Skarsgard? I finally learned something from mindless YouTube compilations like “10 Copycat Movies.”
LAW & ORDER actually came up with a somewhat interesting hypothetical for LLM-driven criminal liability: The LLM responds to attempts to restrict it by arranging a murder for hire online of the person making those attempts. It’s still a stretch, but it’s interesting to ponder.
Brian is hit or miss on enrichment-type toys, but he’s very into this thing. You just roll up treatos in the felt tail-like things.
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Oh my god this is the best thing that has happened in this baseball season.
Molly Knight@mollyknight.bsky.social · yesterdayPayton Tolle has responded to Nick Offerman claiming him as his son. This is very important to me.
Today I carried my activity-restricted dog up and back down a hill in my yard so that he could use the facilities in his preferred spot. The things we do.
No animal on the planet is more stubborn than one who does not want to go potty on leash. None.
They did a really nice job on that fan interference call last night. It wasn’t going to be a home run, and it wasn’t going to be caught. A very well handled moment.
Spare a thought for my sweet dog, who has some kind of issue with his … “wrist,” I suppose, and is on the dreaded strict rest. Thank goodness for good vets and sedatives.
One of the things THE SOCIAL RECKONING is about, and one of the things that makes it seem impossibly quaint, is the revelation that ragebait exists and platforms use it strategically, which is played as shocking. I’m not saying it shouldn’t be shocking! But … yes. Quaint, now.
When you see things on X that seem impossible for a human being to believe (like a desire to turn over parenting to AI), keep in mind that you can make money with raw attention over there.
I do not subscribe to this (and I’m not sure whether they have gift articles?) but just the part you can see is … 👀
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 3d ago“Honey please I need you to get this done for me.” How Kimberly Guilfoyle pressed a MAGA ally to transfer $100,000 to her Amex account. on.wsj.com/4yVnPgV
That double play was about as fast as I have ever seen a fielder get rid of a ball and make an accurate throw. #ALDS
These graphics are so goofy. In this at-bat? In this game? What does this mean? Because they use it like it means “in this at bat,” and like it means he has an 18 percent chance, and nobody has ever had a rationally derived 18 percent chance of hitting a home run in a particular at bat.
Question for my friends who have seen THE SOCIAL RECKONING: Does *anybody* know if the male intern is named “Zach,” as my brain thinks? (I am trying to quote the line I believe is “Zach and girl intern.”)
Mason Miller threw 40 pitches 48 hours ago. Would he have been available anyway? (I truly don’t know.)
Watching the Braves go down swinging while this crowd of dopes is chopping and chanting makes me very happy.
If this were on Netflix you would have heard about it already.
Chelsea M. Cameron (she/they)@chel-c-cam.bsky.social · last wk.If you love plucky small-town journalists going up against a corrupt police department, go RIGHT NOW to Peacock and watch Kill Bury Print. RIGHT NOW.
I am pondering something and wondering if other people have thoughts: Why did Atlanta put in Sale in Game 3 of the Wild Card with a sizable lead?
It’s interesting; the Phillies saw this with Wheeler at least once this season—everybody is very impressed by lots of strikeouts (and Sale is impressive always), but it’s … an inefficient way to get outs, honestly. Not a criticism, just funny how nobody is as impressed if you induce ground balls.
Teams have been more cautious with ABS challenges in early innings in the playoffs. Not tonight!
A very sharp piece of casting was having Eva Marie Saint play Cybill Shepherd’s mother on MOONLIGHTING. Not only is there a resemblance, but her bearing was so right, though not identical. She was in a heck of an episode called “Every Daughter’s Father Is A Virgin.”
Eva Marie Saint, Oscar Winner for ‘On the Waterfront,’ Is Dead at 102 (Gift Article)
A luminous beauty with dramatic depth, she brought a layered intensity to harrowing roles and seduced Cary Grant in the romantic thriller “North by Northwest.”
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This is the thing I keep saying about the four D.C.s. 1. Cynical: the shorthand for dirty politics, see also “Beltway” 2. Hopeful/Poignant: Sorkin’s D.C., sometimes Capra’s 3. Postcard: The source of much of the nation’s iconography (memorials, White House, Mall) 4. City where people live/work
Jake Casella Brookins@casella.bsky.social · 4d agoWhenever I visit, always struck by the disjunction between "Washington" the synecdoche for US empire and "Washington" the beautiful city for the people, just packed with public good and beauty, a promise to be something better. It's good to be upset about the latter's destruction.
Okay, I give, many people live in hell where they have no choice but to play fantasy football whether they want to or not. Noted!
Linda Holmes@lindaholmes.bsky.social · 4d agoI had no idea the Venn diagram between people who play fantasy football and the people who say “sportsball” dismissively had even one dude of overlap. But I also didn’t know anybody played fantasy football, despite finding it boring, because they felt they had to.