Acceptable World Series Title Winners: 1. Padres 2. Brewers 3. Rays 4. Guardians 5. White Sox 6. Braves 7. Dodgers [large gap] [chasm] [black hole] [endless gaping maw] 8. no one

This is what happens when you nickel and dime an offense. Remember the 2008 Red Sox that came back from 7-0 down in the seventh vs. the Rays to send the ALCS back to Tampa? Their lineup featured Coco, Pedroia, Ortiz, Youkilis, Drew, Bay and Varitek. That's an offense. This is a prayer.

I can’t believe I need to say this but if you are tied or losing in the late innings of an elimination game you throw your relievers in order of how good they are. Or, I guess, you *could* throw Erik Miller against a guy who mashes sliders and then a guy who hasn’t pitched since April.

Cody Bellinger’s home run had an expected batting average of .090 and would’ve been a home run in 1 out of 30 parks.

The guy we wanted to call up to replace the guy who had been injured all year and then injured himself again was injured, so we had to call up a guy who got injured in his second at bat and is now hopefully no longer injured.

Hahahaha they were so sure they were holding aces. You’ll never find a dumber or more incompetent bunch of fuckups.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12h ago

Chuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol.

The whole point of living entirely on X is you can be a total fucking moron but never have to see anyone call you a total fucking moron

Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 12h ago

I like that these articles always say “could” — as if a massive corporate merger ever did anything but raise prices.

🧵 The real problem with the Red Sox is that they're cheap. In the past 5-7 years they've ignored good FA pitchers and signed injury rehab projects: Liam Hendricks: $10m -- 13.2 IP, 6.59 ERA Walker Buehler: $21m -- 112 IP, 5.45 ERA, -1.0 WAR Patrick Sandoval: $18.25m -- 70 IP, 5.12 ERA, -0.6 WAR

I'm very obviously mad and you can alert whatever media outlets you'd like

Chris Towers Missed The Playoffs@cptowers.bsky.social · yesterday

Don’t worry, we’ll make sure nobody puts in the newspaper that you got mad

The sad thing is that Boone absolutely screwed up by leaving Schlittler in too long and instead of biting him on the ass it somehow worked out

Here are the pitch locations of the balls Ben RIce doubled, homered, and singled on. And you know what? Next at bat, I say throw him a fastball middle up! He'll never expect it!

"The Gang Tries for a Three-Inning Save"

Don Mattingly is a bad manager and makes bad decisions and it’s weird that teams keep hiring him.

if you know anything about senator schmitt's monumental fuck up in the jack smith hearing, i implore you to reach out. can be anonymous. signal: marisakabas.04 email: marisa@thehandbasket.co

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d ago

renaissance painting when the renaissance is really fucking stupid

Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...

Sometimes you can’t predict the future, and other times you see with blinding clarity that Rahm will bomb in the first debate, say 10 dumb things about reaching across the aisle, poll at one percent, get dunked on relentlessly, drop out, and run for senate as a centrist Republican.

Huge bummer when you’re just innocently trying to join and promote a movement that hates Black people, immigrants, and Jews — but then you discover that they have a dark side. apple.news/A9g-feRPSTme...

Well guess what

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 3d ago

Ken Paxton: The criticism has been that I let a child predator out after one day. Well guess what? They served 60 days.

Is this what they mean by “The Singularity”

My “Involved in Human Trafficking“ shirt has a lot of people asking questions that are making me want to stop wearing my shirt rather than reconsider my involvement in human trafficking

Jeremy Wallace@jeremywallace.bsky.social · 3d ago

My son started his own sports podcast, The Flynn 50. I joined him to talk MLB playoffs, but mostly to try to make a deal with the universe that allows the Sox to beat the Yankees next week. Like and subscribe! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Will and his Dad Make a Deal with the Universe: A MLB Playoffs Preview

Podcast Episode · The Flynn 50 · September 27 · 43m

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Sometimes when you’re evil you’re actually good. Sometimes when you’re swimming you’re actually flying. Once I was eating a gyro but I was actually winning the 1928 Olympic medal in figure skating. Oftentimes when a person poops they are in fact actually tailoring a suit.

Brayan Bello ERA per month. Gotta be the first ever 14.40 ---> 0.66 in MLB history.

Two of Hollywood’s oldest and greatest companies (and the jobs of tens of thousands of people who work for them) are now completely dependent on the personal stock holdings of one guy who has made an enormous bet on AI data centers. What could go wrong?

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d ago

“Oracle officers and directors are forbidden from pledging company shares as collateral for personal loans, with one exception, Larry Ellison… The total stock pledged now represents about 36% of Ellison’s total holdings of 1.16 billion shares.”

So the Sox have to fly down to Tampa, play a meaningless game, then fly back to NY and one day later play best of 3 in the playoffs. Cool cool cool great plan.

Jen McCaffrey@jcmccaffrey.bsky.social · 6d ago

MLB announces Red Sox and Cubs will officially play the third game of this series on Sunday in Tampa at 3:05 pm

Is it because he is very obviously one of the three best players in the NBA?

Leadership!

The A.V. Club@avclub.com · 6d ago

MS NOW was also denied access to the state dinner welcoming Xi Jinping. www.avclub.com/david-elliso...

you guys broke watergate

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 6d ago

Is asking someone to leave the beverages at home for an interview as fussy as reminding a lady to wear pantyhose or a gentleman to ask before lighting a cigarette? We assembled a team of Post staffers across the newsroom — and commenters — to find out: https://wapo.st/4dwx0LS

This guy was one of the world’s biggest and must successful race-baiting grifters. I am so glad he has suddenly decided to stop being a grifter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!This is a wonderful turn of events!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I will literally believe anything anyone tells me!!!!!

Steve Inskeep@steveinskeep.bsky.social · 7d ago

On NPR’s Newsmakers, Tucker Carlson says Trump should be removed from office, and also speaks with regret about his own long career as a TV partisan. youtu.be/pHhJM3Fg9jw?...