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Jason Fry

@jasoncfry.bsky.social

Writer, Mets fan, Star Wars dork, genial malcontent.

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Eric Scott@captainfossil.bsky.social · yesterday

Today is "Soft Rains Day" for those who remember this haunting 1950 Ray Bradbury piece. It's classic Bradbury, eerily accurate w/ its predictions in some respects (looking at you, Alexa), and well worth a few moments of your day to read if you're so inclined.

Lisa Kadonaga@tapirtrouble.bsky.social · yesterday

Soft Rains Day. "Today is August 4, 2026, in the city of Allendale, California. Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills." RIP Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012

There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury In the living room the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o'clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o 'clock! as if it were afraid that nobody would. The morning house lay empty. The clock ticked on, repeating and repeating its sounds into the emptiness. Seven-nine, breakfast time, seven-nine! In the kitchen the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh and ejected from its warm interior eight pieces of perfectly browned toast, eight eggs sunny side up, sixteen slices of bacon, two coffees, and two cool glasses of milk. "Today is August 4, 2026," said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling, "in the city of Allendale, California." It repeated the date three times for memory's sake. "Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills." Source: https://www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_There%20Will%20Come%20Soft%20Rains%20by%20Ray%20Bradbury.pdf
Joe Sheehan@sheehannewsletter.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Today would be a great day to leak the net revenue sharing transfers for the last ten years, so people can understand just how much money some teams are sharing and how much money many owners are just pocketing. MLB protects this information because your ignorance benefits them.

T.J. Rohr@tjrohr.bsky.social · 3d ago

"Sneaking into the playoffs" is all it takes. Sometimes you make a run. Having Skubal would have made that more likely. They blew a 14-game lead last season, but they decided being 2.5 out with 60 to go was unsurmountable. Pathetic.

Sam Lloyd@llamsoyd.bsky.social · 3d ago

everyone's argument is always "it doesn't matter if the Dodgers' high-priced guys flop, they can just sign new ones." but when those guys keep flopping, like they mostly have since November 2024, they stay afloat thanks to guys like Rushing and Wrobleski and Pages and Muncy and Rojas and Eric Lauer.

I'mNotAHRHitter@imnotahrhitter.bsky.social · 3d ago

Again, this was a huge topic of discussion when the Yankees were dominating and revenue sharing was brought up. My biggest problem with revenue sharing back then was "what if the teams getting that money whose owners don't want to win just pocket it?" and GUESS WHAT FUCKING HAPPENED!!

Jason Fry@jasoncfry.bsky.social · 3d ago

Those of you eager to serve wealthy MLB owners as volunteer Pinkertons won’t like to read this, but as usual Joe Sheehan nails the real problem:

Joe Sheehan: This trade is a microcosm of the real problem MLB has faced for decades. It’s not about haves and have-nots, but wants and want-nots. The Dodgers, and teams like them, want to win more than teams like the Tigers do, so they go out and acquire the Tigers’ best pitcher. MLB has built an entire labor strategy and media campaign around demonizing the Dodgers, when in fact it’s the Tigers who are wrecking baseball. You have to be through the looking glass to think the sport’s problem is the team that’s trying to win rather than the team that’s trading Tarik Skubal while sitting 2 1/2 games out of a playoff spot.
CJ Coreschi@cjcoreschi.bsky.social · 3d ago

The Marlins, Pirates, etc. are the problem with MLB. The Dodgers are not. Forcing players to take less than market value doesn't solve the problem literally at all, it just benefits those cheap owners.

CJ Coreschi@cjcoreschi.bsky.social · 3d ago

MLB's propaganda falls apart as soon as you ask, "why did the Tigers need to cash in and trade Skubal now?" Because the answer is they had no chance of resigning him because they refuse to invest in building a contender around him. He wants to win, they don't. That's their fault and nobody else's.

Jason Fry@jasoncfry.bsky.social · 3d ago

Those of you eager to serve wealthy MLB owners as volunteer Pinkertons won’t like to read this, but as usual Joe Sheehan nails the real problem:

Joe Sheehan: This trade is a microcosm of the real problem MLB has faced for decades. It’s not about haves and have-nots, but wants and want-nots. The Dodgers, and teams like them, want to win more than teams like the Tigers do, so they go out and acquire the Tigers’ best pitcher. MLB has built an entire labor strategy and media campaign around demonizing the Dodgers, when in fact it’s the Tigers who are wrecking baseball. You have to be through the looking glass to think the sport’s problem is the team that’s trying to win rather than the team that’s trading Tarik Skubal while sitting 2 1/2 games out of a playoff spot.
Ken Fang -- Very Asian@fangsbites.bsky.social · 4d ago

Turki Al-Sheikh really doesn’t want anyone reading The Athletic’s special report about him

On April 24, 2025, The Athletic published a special report by Jacob Whitehead about Turki Al-Sheikh, the Chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA) and President of the Saudi Boxing Federation. The over-3,500-word profile explores how he became a power broker in global combat sports and details the controversies behind his meteoric rise. Whitehead…

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Jason Fry@jasoncfry.bsky.social · 5d ago

The July edition of Cap Bingo ends with 27 out of 30. Missed CIN (hard but not impossible), SAC (usually not that hard, weird) and TEX (no surprise, hard as hell in NYC).