Rodger Sherman
@rodger.bsky.social
I write a newsletter about sports! It's called Sports! Link in pinned post
You can see the very obvious throughline from “men could transition and easily dominate women’s sports” to “women’s sports are lesser and shouldn’t be taken seriously” to “women shouldn’t play sports” to “here are the acceptable life choices for women”
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2d ago"It's about protecting women's sports which, by the way, I hate more than anything in the world."
About to hit the road. I added in one more Knicks shirt to the suitcase and I’m also wearing a Knicks shirt while driving
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 4d agoCurrently packing 6 Knicks t shirts for a weeklong trip
Just baseless speculation here but I suspect the pitching is gonna lag behind the hitting in the WPBL as it gets started. Some of the players in the league were elite NCAA softball hitters but there aren’t many opportunities for women to work on baseball pitching
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 4d agoand Denae Benites hits the first home run in Women's Pro Baseball League history!
All-timer of an anthem performance at the first WPBL game last night. Never heard anything like it. Just when you think you’ve figured out what type of Bad Anthem Performance you’re watching she switches it up
Théo@tlpavlich.gay · 4d agoOkay I went back and recorded the WPBL anthem. I haven't seen a clip of it yet and....it needs to never be forgotten.
let's take a moment also to celebrate the first absolute meatball down the middle getting fucking crushed. the first woman in pro baseball league history to get her shit rocked
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 4d agoand Denae Benites hits the first home run in Women's Pro Baseball League history!
8-8 in the bot 7th. Great game cooking here
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 4d agoand Denae Benites hits the first home run in Women's Pro Baseball League history!
Mo'ne Davis scores the first run in WPBL history for the LA Queens (although New York now leads 7-2)
This is how Australian people pronounce the word “no”
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 7d agoNauru officially changes name to Naoero
For The Guardian, I profiled Ayami Sato, who is arguably the best women's baseball player in the world. She will take the mound tomorrow for the WPBL's Los Angeles Queens.
Ayami Sato, the greatest pitcher in women’s baseball, is ready for her American debut
The most decorated pitcher in women’s baseball history begins a new chapter with the Los Angeles Queens as the WPBL launches in the United States
theguardian.com
By popular demand, here is everything you need to know ahead of the Women's Professional Baseball League season that starts tomorrow:
everything you need to know about the WPBL
here's your WPBL-101
thefrankiedlc.news
This is also a newsletter about WOMENS BASEBALL The ultimate reminder that sometimes we make up a sport and then make up another sport and then say “ok only this type of person can play this sport”
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 6d agoI wrote about the Women's National Basketball Association, specifically the part where cool basketball players play basketball
I wrote about the Women's National Basketball Association, specifically the part where cool basketball players play basketball
Today in Sports! O.M.G.
Olivia Miles' ridiculous playmaking is making a really good team even better. PLUS, Team USA is finally dominating the Women's Baseball World Cup, we have a SOCCER SCHISM, and more!
sports.beehiiv.com
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 4mo agook here's my pitch: —you open your inbox —you get an email from me, Rodger, about the biggest sports story of the day —you scroll down a bit and learn about 5-ish sports stories you weren't paying attention to at all —it's free sports.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Good news England has selected a new national anthem and it’s the Planet of the Bass guy’s English rap
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 5d agoSee I told you
Thanks for the recs everybody, here’s my library haul Harlem Shuffle, Colson Whithead Chain Gang All-Stars, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Becky Chambers Looking forward to starting a habit and reading some of the many other books you all suggested
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · last wk.embarrassing admission time it has been a shockingly long time since i read A Book i read so much Online every day, but i have recently realized it may not be an acceptable substitute i would like to read A Book next week on vacation please rec a fav novel released in the last 5-ish years below
I think maybe if Gianni Infantino had simply made a few more appearances at World Cup games looking dour and serious in a fancy box wearing a suit he could’ve pulled this plan off
I wrote about the Women's National Basketball Association, specifically the part where cool basketball players play basketball
Today in Sports! O.M.G.
Olivia Miles' ridiculous playmaking is making a really good team even better. PLUS, Team USA is finally dominating the Women's Baseball World Cup, we have a SOCCER SCHISM, and more!
sports.beehiiv.com
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 4mo agook here's my pitch: —you open your inbox —you get an email from me, Rodger, about the biggest sports story of the day —you scroll down a bit and learn about 5-ish sports stories you weren't paying attention to at all —it's free sports.beehiiv.com/subscribe
FIFA has a funny set-up where every country gets exactly one vote which means small countries are way overrepresented and you can hang on to power by promising little giveaways to those countries and their reps. Thankfully no similar system exists in the United States government, that would be bad
we think of FIFA as the big dog of the soccer world because there was a video game named FIFA and they do the World Cup but UEFA makes more money than FIFA and FIFA can't functionally do the World Cup, its one true moneymaker, without Europe. they have the leverage
lol he still has the FIFA Club World Cup trophy on display because they designed it exactly to his aesthetic
Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 7d agoDeputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted this video of the Oval Office and it somehow looks even more embarrassing than I realized
Good-faith concern on this issue would be going, "hmm, professional sports leagues should probably have some standards in place to ensure trans competitors aren't getting an unfair advantage," googling for 5 minutes, realizing every sports league already has those standards and dropping it.
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 6d agoi don't believe anyone has "good-faith" concerns about trans women in sports in 2026. there's been too much time to hear the actual evidence, the actual people affected, and the role the debate plays in attempts to purge trans people from American life. anybody picking that side has made a choice
i don't believe anyone has "good-faith" concerns about trans women in sports in 2026. there's been too much time to hear the actual evidence, the actual people affected, and the role the debate plays in attempts to purge trans people from American life. anybody picking that side has made a choice
victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27)@dirtbagqueer.rocks · 6d agoenough of this shit
who could've foreseen that Donald Trump might put himself over country and could be out of touch with regular people, there was unfortunately no way to know this from the previous 80 years of his life
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 6d agoTrump absolutely cratering by many metrics in new CNN poll: 66% say he puts himself over country 61% disapprove of ballroom, arch, etc 57% say lacks sharpness to serve (!) 73% say he's out of touch w/regular people (!!) His personalist project is over. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2137...
it is going to take me a while to deal with the fact that after starting a 6-foot-4 quarterback named KJ Jefferson for multiple seasons, Arkansas now has a new 6-foot-4 quarterback named KJ Jackson
I am begging wealthy people affected by various new taxes to continue posting about the specific ways they are affected by them. Get really detailed about it too. Trust me it’s going to win lots of people over to your side
Vince Mancini@vincemancini.bsky.social · last wk.Oh no, not your mom’s pied-a-terre!!!!!!!
Love to see that beautiful line going up, I knew President Trump would fix the economy🫡🇺🇸🦅
Barchart@barchart.com · last wk.JUST IN 🚨: 30-Year Treasury Yield soars to highest level since the run-up to the Global Financial Crisis 📈 📈
