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Jay Jaffe

@jayjaffe.bsky.social

Senior writer at @FanGraphs.com, formerly SI.com and Baseball Prospectus, creator of JAWS, author of The Cooperstown Casebook (2017). Not sticking to sports or paying $8.

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Jay Jaffe@jayjaffe.bsky.social · 7h ago

A rite-of-passage sushi dinner at Sugar Fish with the kiddo — well-earned for academic achievement — included a sudden breakthrough in using real chopsticks.

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Ken Tremendous@kentremendous.bsky.social · 2d ago

That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Jay Jaffe@jayjaffe.bsky.social · 2d ago

Sweet fancy Moses! Bohm may be better at 1B than 3B but his 77 wRC+ doesn't merit continued play. The others here are having lousy seasons defensively, business as usual for the Phillies, whose defense rated as the worst defense among contenders a month ago blogs.fangraphs.com/the-worst-te...

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Jon Heyman@jonheyman.bsky.social · 2d ago

Luis Arraez will play 2B for Phillies. First choice appears to be: Stott to 3rd. Bohm to 1st. Harper to RF. Bryce has said he’s willing to go back to the OF. @MattGelb on Arraez/2B

the Mountain Goats@themountaingoats.bsky.social · 3d ago

I agree strongly with this -- in that difficult moment, the possibility of collective effort was conceivable. Not everybody felt it, but many did. I think the political class did not like this one bit.

Dave Andress@davidandress.bsky.social · 4d ago

Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.

Chris Towers is Overreacting To Small Sample Sizes@cptowers.bsky.social · 3d ago

I am old enough to remember when the Tigers used to do stuff like trade for David Price when they already had Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander making a ton of money. because they used to have an owner who prioritized winning a World Series over maximizing profits. They can do that, in fact!

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.
Jay Jaffe@jayjaffe.bsky.social · 4d ago

My first piece of paid writing (1993) was about this release from a Providence band I saw and covered regularly, one whose evolution led to a great expansion of my own listening.

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Stop Calling Me Frank@stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 5d ago

You have a month to write a 33 1/3 book about the album of your choice. Which record are you going to write about? (No previously covered albums allowed; new shit must come to light: see below.) (For all books in the series: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_1/3) (H/t @monostich.bsky.social