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I am gonna hope there's a fuller quote, but Orioles manager Craig Albernaz with perhaps the worst answer you could possibly give to a question the day after trading Adley Rutschman.

Tweet from Orioles beat writer Jacob Calvin Meyer:

Craig Albernaz said he wasn’t surprised that the Orioles traded Adley Rutschman because:

“Who wouldn’t want Adley Rutschman?”

111 years ago today, the great Luscious “Luke” Easter was born. He played his last Negro League game at age 33. AFTER THAT, he hit over 420 verified home runs, all at the major league, AAA, and winter league levels. There is no telling how many home runs Luke Easter would have hit with no barriers.

Luke Easter with the Cleveland Indians

I know I have a lot of WPBL folks here, and let me be clear as someone who was there live, the performance was… not great. But also worth noting why she was the choice here and remember her greatness. This thread is worth your time.

Jeff Melnick@melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social · 2d ago

I'm so bummed at how many people on the socials are laughing at Martha Reeves' unfortunate performance of the national anthem at the WPBL. Like...show some respect people! She is one of our great ones. So...I'm gonna thread about her, ok? 1/

The only thing I have to look forward to the rest of the way: Jefry Yan doing the macarena on the mound after he strikes out Alec Bohm in a big spot, hopefully inciting a benches clearing incident.

here's a fun lil exercise for cis people: how many articles would a publication have to print calling for your extermination before you would expect people who care about you to stop giving them money? and how would you feel if their excuse for still supporting them is some fuckass crossword puzzle?