Steven Goldman
@stevengoldman.bsky.social
Casey Stengel biographer. Shanty Hogan chronicler. Infinite Inning podcast host. Baseball Prospectus author and Consulting Editor. Collector of far too many books. | https://www.baseballprospectus.com/show/the-infinite-inning/
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Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · 3d agoCombine 2 Film Titles 2 make a New Film.
This has always been the weird inconsistentcy of antisemitism. Jews are simultaneously inferior subhumans AND so sneaky and clever that they secretly control everything.
Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 2d agoThe discourse on antisemitism in the country is such that Mike Rogers can simultaneously attack Abdul El-Sayed *as* antisemitic, as a scary foreign Muslim critic of Israel, and also *with* antisemitism, as a tool of the foreign-born Jewish puppeteer.
🧵 Attention, Fellow SFF Artists and Authors -- here is my response to Must Read Magazines, after they presented an Asimov's art contract expecting me to waive all Moral Rights and Copyright to my art. And, I would strongly advise the following to my fellow pros…. 1/
AI doesn't think much of my back-catalogue, but that's not really what this is about. Rather, it's about the things seen during the game that are distractions from the game itself-and also Sam Fuller's tribute to ye olde newspaper biz, now captured/domesticated/marked for extinction.
Baseball Prospectus@baseballprospectus.com · 3d agoYou Could Look It Up: Dread in the Postseason by Steven Goldman (@stevengoldman.bsky.social) www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
Arthur Brisbane (1864-1936). As distinct from just being down on yourself and getting depressed. Of course, some of us have mastered doing both at the same time.
I had the same thought! "Oh, hello, America 2026, intruding on baseball as usual! Will the announcers duck the implications?" (They ducked the implications.)
Jaymes@jaymesl.bsky.social · 3d agoIt’s a shame Bluesky is asleep and missing the Jake Bauers “I only kept playing because I needed health insurance” story because boy does that say a lot about Everything
One of only a few Dylan albums where "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You" wouldn't sound like a threat or an imposition. Sure, he's lit, but it's a mellow high.
Elizabeth Nelson@paranoiacs.bsky.social · 3d ago'Nashville Skyline' is the unique situation when Bob Dylan acts like it's perfectly normal that his new LP is a wildly horny 28-minute Country & Western album wherein he sings like a particularly hash-drunk Dean Martin. Eventually, we agree that it's utterly flawless. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZhL...
The rationalization for the Yankees ia going to be, "Well, we didn't have Judge" when the question all season long has been, "Why didn't you have anyone else?"
He's a Wander Franco reference away from hitting the trifecta.
I believe this. I also just gave my credit card and social security number to a stranger on the subway.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoTrump: "We will pass a truly great healthcare plan"
This is the vice president's guy, no? This should be every headline, it should lead every newscast and EVERY REPUBLICAN SHOULD BE ASKED ABOUT IT.
Justin@sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 4d agoare you fucking kidding me
I was there multiple times because my father was obsessed with poker. The Taj was the armpit of Atlantic City. Trump's Castle was also drab and depressing.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d agoI've played poker at dozens of casinos in my life, from the fanciest palaces in Las Vegas to crappy riverboats in the Midwest, and I can say that the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City was -- by a fucking mile -- the dirtiest, dingiest, cruddiest casino I have ever experienced in my life.
The Yankees fan shouting "What are you doing?" at Grisham as he strikes out: Yeah, you sure told him, pal. He'll know better next time.
A reminder that Roger Clemens groomed Mindy McCready when she was underage. So, yeah, this tracks.
New York Post Sports@nypostsports.bsky.social · 4d agoTrump reveals Roger Clemens will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Curtis Yarvin? The intellectual guru for the Vice President of the United States?
The media's dilemma: should we cover that a guy contemplating how to dispose of Jews is cited by the VP as an intellectual influence or write another piece about vague connections between Democrats and Hassan Piker? 🤔
Justin@sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 4d agoare you fucking kidding me
Why the hell is the Athletic pushing out notifications re Ronald Acuna promoting a prediction market? Mid-Braves game, no less, as if he has more important things on his mind than not going home for the winter (in about 15 minutes). It's beneath everyone involved... except the prediction market.
Every time Freddy Peralta pitches well, additional Mets personnel should be assigned to some sort of baseball-affiliated community service group performing acts of contrition throughout the nation. You should see them on highway shoulders picking up litter and holding up big signs saying, "Sorry!"
Abe Stark says, "Hit ring, win suit!" (An $11 value! Live it up!)
Classy guy, our Fuhrer, and such a frightened little man. Imagine if he thought he or his fellow travelers could win an election on the merits. Then again, he'd still talk like this because he's a small-minded bigot.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoTrump: "Annie 'Trannie' Andrews is running against our wonderful Darline Graham for the Senate in South Carolina ... Trannie is not for South Carolina, and South Carolina must show, in the upcoming Election, that it is not for her."
Can one politician or journalist tell him he's disgusting, to his face, on camera? One. (1).
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoTrump: "Annie 'Trannie' Andrews is running against our wonderful Darline Graham for the Senate in South Carolina ... Trannie is not for South Carolina, and South Carolina must show, in the upcoming Election, that it is not for her."
"That would have been a home run at Yankee Stadium." (IYKYK)
FS1 just flashed "There are three active 'captains' in baseball-Salvy Perez, Judge, Yelich." As described in the new Infinite Inning ep, it was only this week I realized the Cardinals' team captain in the 1940s was a convicted sex offender. No one cared/I will never think of "captains" the same way.
Every time they say "Cade Smith" I hear "Kate Smith" and duck because I think they're about to play her godawful "God Bless America."
Was trying to think of an analogy for the way the White Sox are using their pitching staff today, and what came to mind was, "Some restaurants around here used to have really good salad bars."
The Union Army was yanking just-arrived Irish immigrants off the docks in New York, handing them a uniform and a gun, and throwing them onto the front lines.
Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · last wk.Bovino thinks America belongs to people whose ancestors fought at Gettysburg, which is funny because Bovino’s first American ancestor arrived here in 1909. bsky.app/profile/seth...
