SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL, PH.D.
@djmosfett.bsky.social
Baltimore's finest professional anteater. Formerly a member of the Borg. Flying the PhillieDrone flag.
Why does Mattingly insist on constantly warming up everyone in the bullpen every game. Can his son explain to him that we don’t do that anymore? I don’t care if it is the one that is the GM or the teenage one.
I would like to keep an open mind about the deal but uhhhh. trying to think of things that have gotten better after selling to the Saudis and PE and not coming up with much of anything
Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 18h agoEA officially goes private tonight, meaning: - EA will no longer trade on the NASDAQ for the first time in 36 years - All stockholders of EA (including many employees) will receive $210/share - EA will take on $18 billion (!) in debt, putting it on the hook to pay ~$1.8 billion/year in interest
There's a cruel irony that every player in the organization—and probably every staffer in the warehouse too—is subject to performance-based metrics assessments that determine their worth solely by data, except for the GM and his own staff, who are never dispensable no matter how many times they fail
Andy Kostka@afkostka.bsky.social · 2d ago.@kylegoon.bsky.social asked Mike Elias why the fans should believe in him to lead the Orioles out of this current mire. "Baseball is very, very humbling and it doesn't go linearly," Elias said. Elias' answer, below:
A dullard answer from a dullard who thinks he can outrun being a dullard. Thank god Baltimore sports reporters like Kyle and Andy press him so he can remove all doubt.
Andy Kostka@afkostka.bsky.social · 2d ago.@kylegoon.bsky.social asked Mike Elias why the fans should believe in him to lead the Orioles out of this current mire. "Baseball is very, very humbling and it doesn't go linearly," Elias said. Elias' answer, below:
“….in the What If Sports dynasty I run with our roster. Not on the field though.”
Andy Kostka@afkostka.bsky.social · 2d agoMike Elias said the Orioles "have a lot more talent in our organization" based on the moves made today, such as trading away Adley Rutschman. "I really believe this was the right move ... with the goal of sustaining a high-caliber level of play over many seasons."
gotta get to a high-caliber level of play before you can sustain it over many seasons, big dog
Andy Kostka@afkostka.bsky.social · 2d agoMike Elias said the Orioles "have a lot more talent in our organization" based on the moves made today, such as trading away Adley Rutschman. "I really believe this was the right move ... with the goal of sustaining a high-caliber level of play over many seasons."
It is the average mph of the top 5% of throws, and those represents peak and does not reflect time needed to throw, conditions of the throw (set, on the move, etc), or their average throw. It is the equivalent of raw power watching batting practice.
Jesus Zoidberg: 40s is the new 20s.@jesuszoidberg.bsky.social · 2d agoFrom Baseball Savant's arm strength page
you’re saying the seat is too nasty to touch your ass, but also that you have contempt for anyone who has to use the toilet after you. it’s so hateful
even with all the bad stuff that’s happened for basically my entire adult life, nothing puts a dent in my sense of optimism like someone just pissing all over a public toilet seat and leaving it like that. except maybe the people who leave the ring of toilet paper around the seat
The more the Dodgers spendover the cap, the more cheap small market teams get in revenue sharing. Ask yourself why it isn't out there on the field. Also ask yourselfhow bad competitive blame can be when almost every team is still in the race.
Infield Fly Girl@infieldflygrl.online · 3d agoRemember, MLB wants you to be mad at the Dodgers for getting all the good players so you'll support a lockout and a salary cap that only benefits the owners of clubs that didn't want to pay the money YOU spend on baseball for players to play on YOUR team
Thought to consider: Many of Andrew Friedman’s acolytes are dutifully following his spending blueprint from the Rays, and he and the Dodgers get to sweep the table. Almost like a cult!
they also don't understand the dichotomy between mental health (something about which we all have to care) and mental illness (which requires intervention across different modalities, e.g. meds, psychotherapy, and skills-based therapy)
so many people also fundamentally misunderstand both the mechanism and the reality of psychiatric suffering. they think it's just being sad or anxious because of definable triggers. they don't understand the feeling of being in total freefall in ways that are beyond their control
if you can make your life more livable in unlivable times i think that's good actually
MLB is going to absolutely use this to justify this to justify shitty things and the Brewers ownership will rally owners to their cause to the sport worse because they are cheap assholes who want to ruin this all to save a rounding error in their fortunes
This deal is brought you by the Dodgers being good at acquisition and dev. No changes to the CBA is doing anything about that.
For the love of CHRIST stop trading with the Dodgers
Watching The Prisoner because they put it on Critereon and this shit rocks dude.
let's take a moment also to celebrate the first absolute meatball down the middle getting fucking crushed. the first woman in pro baseball league history to get her shit rocked
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 4d agoand Denae Benites hits the first home run in Women's Pro Baseball League history!
