John Hollinger
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The Athletic NBA columnist PER creator - Former Grizzlies VP Basketball Ops - Former ESPN Wahoowa - Commanders - Brewers - Timbers - huh? Atlanta/a hotel
trading Henderson for Skubal would have been a mistake IMHO. Trading a mid-tier prospect for literally anyone who can hit would not have been.
Curt Hogg@cyrthogg.bsky.social · 16h agoFinal: Brewers 4, Pirates 2 Keeping Logan Henderson around was a pretty solid idea. He delivers six innings of two-run ball with 8 Ks and the Brewers have reached 70 wins faster than any team in franchise history. The record: 70-43
Need to get Contreras a VR headset this winter and have him do a thousand practice ABS challenges a day.
First thing I thought of... Also a missed pbp opportunity to honor Uecker with "juuuuuust a bit outside"
@jpauter.bsky.social · 2d agoChad Patrick just missed the zone so badly that it hit the 96 on the "96 calories" sign on the fly.
Any time you can have your best player sac bunt with no outs and a 2-0 count, that's definitely the play.
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Sadly am forced by karma to re-ask same question today
John Hollinger@johnhollinger.bsky.social · last wk.does the National League have a 10-run rule? Asking for a friend.
does the National League have a 10-run rule? Asking for a friend.
let's gooooooooooo!!!!!!! #RCTID
Tom Bogert@tombogert.bsky.social · last wk.🇳🇱🟢 BREAKING: The Portland Timbers to sign Dutch forward Vincent Jannsen, per sources Jannsen, 32, won't be a DP. Joins as a free agent after leaving Royal Antwerp this summer. Was captain & had 13g/7a last season Former Tottenham, Monterrey forward www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...
One option for Sixers to create room under first apron for KCP is to stretch Johni Broome's 2.1 million cap hit over seven years, basically vaporizing it down to 300k a pop, which they can do because he has two nonguaranteed years after this one.
somebody tell MLB we made a pitching change after the 5th
11 strikeouts from Jacob Misiorowski. That's tied for the most by any pitcher through four innings in the pitch tracking era. All but one on the heater. This is bonkers.
12 up, 12 down, 11 Ks thru 4, 104 mph punchout to end the inning #Miz
Also true about more or less everything else in the last decade or so.
Dorian Lynskey@dorianlynskey.bsky.social · last wk.The decision of so many people to keep using X in its race-war phase has made me a bit more cynical overall about the ability to draw moral red lines. It’s beyond disappointing.
Nine up, nine down, one batted ball in play, 103 mph K to end the 3rd. This guy is insane.
John Hollinger@johnhollinger.bsky.social · last wk.Miz has struck out the first 7 batters #leaguepassalert
Miz has struck out the first 7 batters #leaguepassalert
Also, having a guy's contract expire in midseason is some wack-ass stuff, it's exactly why MLS needs to ditch the summer format and align with all the other leagues.
John Hollinger@johnhollinger.bsky.social · 2w agoFelipe Mora getting two buckets in his last game as a Timber is wild #RCTID
Pretty interesting note about the end of Game 4 in this Karl-Anthony Towns interview www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/m...
As we know, every team that's won (which is all Dundon says he cares about) also treats their radio broadcasters like this. Clear on-court benefits that the jealous haters just don't want to admit. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/25/s...
NBA has come a long way, but anything pre-2000 is still pretty sus and anything before about 1975 forget it.
Jon Bois@jonbois.bsky.social · last wk.baseball historical data: we at retrosheet have found that on august 2nd, 1911, bricky sticks did not in fact advance to third on a fielder's choice. we regret the error nfl historical data: in 2023 a center snapped the ball to himself and scored a -109 yard field goal. what a play by [NULL]
Pipe scoring exactly two goals was peak Timbers
@ticeman42.bsky.social · 2w agoAnd then pulled before he got the chance for the hat trick, a Timbers tradition... 😅
Felipe Mora getting two buckets in his last game as a Timber is wild #RCTID
Stumptown Footy@stumptownfooty.bsky.social · 2w ago72’ Mora and Chara off for Aravena and Caicedo. It was going to happen… I’m sure of it… #RCTID
Grizzlies did this exact thing to Sonics in 2002 to get Earl Watson. Time is a flat circle.
Greg@gwiss.bsky.social · 2w agoIt would be pretty funny if OKC waited for Denver to match Spencer Jones and then signed Peyton Watson to an offer sheet
Since post-Vegas is the time where we typically turn the page, want to thank all my readers, listeners and followers once again for a great year, and for making this wonderful job possible. I'll be laying low for a couple weeks and then start cooking for '27.
John Hollinger@johnhollinger.bsky.social · 2w agoICYMI, here is the most important thing that was written about the NBA yesterday www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...
I love offer sheets! More of this! Stop being fraidycats with restricted free agents!
ICYMI, here is the most important thing that was written about the NBA yesterday www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...
NBA Summer League disappointments: Darryn Peterson, Keaton Wagler, the Thunder and more (Gift Article)
Some of these guys weren't "bad," but they fell short of expectations. What happened? And what might it mean?
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