Congratulations to baseball for its 17th consecutive successful season.

I want nothing more than for the Yankees to lose by one run because of the fan interference call.

Where were you when both CAQ and the Yankees' ability to field a simple ground ball got yeeted to shadow realm at the same time?

In happy place, gray sky edition.

Amazing that they had that Trop roof ground rules graphic locked and loaded.

Harper vs. Sale is legitimately the worst I have ever seen a good hitter look against a particular pitcher. The slider had him in such a spin cycle he didn't even think it was possible to reach base.

Replay review to see if Altuve's feet is in on the grass (making him in violation of anti-shift rules) is the most baseball-in-2026 thing this season.

Would the record please show that I never doubted Austin Riley.

I care a lot about the ecological fallacy except when it's funny enough to ignore it.

Phil Klinkner@pklinkne.bsky.social · 2w ago

I really love this chart. I'm guess that the correlation here (.85) is about as big as you would find for any other variable. Also, a less serious scholar than @tesler.bsky.social (namely me) would have made a crude Freudian reference to the slope of the line.

Reminds me of the old Chris Hayes blog post about the 2004 election when someone switched from Kerry to Bush because Bush supported stem cell research. (yes I wrote that right) newrepublic.com/article/1867...

Decision Makers

For those who follow politics, there are few things more mysterious, more inscrutable, more maddening than the mind of the undecided voter. In this year’s election, when the choice was so stark and th...

newrepublic.com

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2w ago

Honey that's what we had in school in the '80s.

@jonbois.bsky.social watching baseball

Chad Moriyama@chadmoriyama.bsky.social · 3w ago

Seth Halvorsen loses his footing and rolls the ball to the plate, but the ball is live and goes for a HBP, lmfao.

wheeeee!

The Onion was on this in 2016: theonion.com/after-obama-...

After Obama Victory, Shrieking White-Hot Sphere Of Pure Rage Early GOP Front-Runner For 2016

Sources say the screaming orb might be the only potential candidate that would tap into Republicans’ deep-seated, seething fury after this election.

theonion.com

Lincoln Michel@thelincoln.bsky.social · last mo.

"Lake America" is another Trumpism that conservatives/centrists pretend makes him an aberration but actually shows he's the natural endpoint of the GOP. Have people already forgotten "Freedom Fries"?

Is there a "Ones Who Walk Away from Ornelas" joke in here somewhere? I enjoy a joke that depends on poor kerning to function.

MLB Trade Rumors@mlbtraderumors.bsky.social · last mo.

At this moment my thoughts are with the person I saw trying to get through security at the Ottawa airport with a full-sized bottle of Kraft Thousand Island Dressing. I'm not sure what decisions led that person to that moment, but whatever they were I support them.

oh yeah, now the conference is starting

This is THE skeet for educators everywhere.

Pamela Zabala Ortiz@pamelazabalaortiz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If Sunday scaries were a month, they would be August.

Well Scott Norwood would have tied the game with his missed FG under CFL rules so....

Christopher Crawford@myohwhy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

There is a Canadian aura about them, which makes sense since Buffalo is basically in Canada in my brain.

Hey Mr. Nolan, are you at all interested in a film adaptation of trends in American congregations' political activities in the 21st century? Asking for a friend.

Ignacio GHOULlup-Diaz@igallupd.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.” “West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.”

Visiting the States and just picked up my new prized possession.

Generational ball don't lie game.

And people said the US would never become a proper footballing nation.

Ben Jacobs@jacobsben.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨 Exclusive: The White House made a direct call to FIFA to ask Gianni Infantino to review Folarin Balogun’s red card. FIFA approached for comment and referred to the findings of its independent committee.

Dropped a new preprint today called "Spiritual But Not Religious Folks Are Just Less Religious (and Less Spiritual, Too)" I enjoy a good title that precludes further description of the key findings. Anyways, check it out here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

This checks out since BIH is mirror-verse Italy this tournament.

Ella Brockway@ellabrockway.bsky.social · 3mo ago

What a day for World Cup trivia facts: Folarin Balogun is the first player with a goal and a red card in a knockout game since Zinedine Zidane in the 2006 final

I love giant stoppage time games because even the most hard core fans realize that they don't have 90 actual minutes of football in them.

A red card for Canada Day! Americans just showing some love north of the border.

So this is what it feels like when there are congresspeople younger than you.

Polling USA@usapolling.bsky.social · 3mo ago

DSA candidate, Melat Kiros, has defeated a 29-year incumbent in her primary for Colorado's 1st House She will head to congress in November as the seat is a safe Democratic seat

On some days the goal is just smaller.

we have truly reached Maximum Muncy

Mike Branom@mikebranom.com · 3mo ago

There we go.

Cabo Verde out here fighting the US hegemony by advancing to the knockout stage through three draws.