Wrigley isn’t booing this man. They must be saying “Skuuuuuub.”
Linda Ge
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screenwriter (kung fu, vampire academy) currently available for staffing
today would be more fun if Skubs to Dodgers hadn't been announced yet yeah I already call him Skubs
not to toot my own horn but I'm pretty sure I am extremely good at pitching when muttering it out loud to myself half asleep in the middle of the night
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:
You do not get to do the whole "baseball is ruined" thing because the Dodgers gave up two serious prospects, one of whom is 100 years old, for a two-month rental. On this particular thing, your team literally could have done it if they wanted
This was a prospect trade situation, not a highest $$$$ situation. Other teams like the brewers could have beaten the dodgers’ offer and gone all in on trying to win this year with Miz and Skubal but chose not to.
Linda Holmes@lindaholmes.bsky.social · 4d agoI am begging you not to believe gazillionaire baseball owners when they tell you Skubal going to the Dodgers means we need a salary cap. Competitive balance is not the reason they want a salary cap. They just want to spend less, and with more predictability, on total payroll. That is all.
Teams with higher payrolls stink. Teams with lower payrolls are right in it. The fact that the Dodgers are VERY good and have a VERY high payroll is going to be used deceptively, in bad faith, to try to pit fans against the union.
I am begging you not to believe gazillionaire baseball owners when they tell you Skubal going to the Dodgers means we need a salary cap. Competitive balance is not the reason they want a salary cap. They just want to spend less, and with more predictability, on total payroll. That is all.
is a salary cap gonna make other teams play better defense in big games 🥹
Is the salary cap also going to make the Dodgers have a bad farm system?
all this to distract from this little losing streak we're on!!!!
is it just me or is there so much more general *awareness* of the trade deadline this year? Ovations for pitchers being taken out, teams publicly announcing scratches in anticipation of the deadline...
Keegan Matheson@keeganmatheson.bsky.social · 4d agoJohn Schneider comes out to remove Kevin Gausman with two outs in the sixth inning, allowing him to walk off to a standing ovation. Walking off, he patted his hand to his heart, looking up at the crowd. #BlueJays
Roki is deliberately using a slightly bigger glove every outing so we think we're going crazy. Gaslighting us like slow-boiling frogs.
but I need to know Barack Obama's take on YESTERYEAR.
Barack Obama@barackobama.bsky.social · last wk.It’s that time of year again: here are some of the books I’ve enjoyed this summer. If you’ve read any good ones, let me know!
Final day 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 (Be sure to make your posts “scientific” or else they will just toss them…)
Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨@kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 3w agoPlease blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development
everyone should read WHEN IT ALL BURNS by Jordan Thomas for some (US-centric, but applicable) historical context on how we got here . Spoiler alert: It's capitalism.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last wk.Firefighters in France and Spain are racing to contain historic fires that have burned hundreds of thousands of acres and forced more than 300,000 people from their homes, ahead of yet another heat wave in a punishing summer for the continent.
First time watch: HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER. This is the kind of revisionist Western I love. Bleak and unflinching and uncomfortable and somehow timely. Creepy, and could have gone even creepier. Oh hey Mono Lake!!!
