We Didn’t Joe Start the Fire
@joestart4hof
“Start was immense at 1st base — in fact, he was Joe Start, and that is perfection.” Brooklyn Eagle, November 7, 1865. #sabr Author Page:
Very cool to see a depiction of “fibbing” in the bottom left corner. I haven’t seen that before.
I’ve tabulated the home run totals for every member of the 1865 Atlantics and the results fit quite nicely with the theme of this account.
I haven't forgotten about my Fashion Course Series blog. Soon I'll be posting a recap of game one, complete with helpful scoreboard widgets to help the reader follow along!
Every inch we cede to conservatives on trans issues is a moral failure. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is why a leader’s personality is just as important as the legislation they advocate for. Countries mirror their leaders. Decency erodes.
Just discovered this new factoid about John Goldie: he played in a fly game held back in 1859. His name is misspelled in the box score but unlike in most cases, his name was also misspelled in the recap: "Goldin batted well, and with two or three exceptions, played first base admirably."
The only thing I would change about the baseball Hall of Fame is they should readjust the Eckford trophy ball case a quarter turn clockwise to center the trophy ball from their 8-3 win over the Brooklyn Atlantics in 1862. I am telling this to the internet so I don’t accost any of the staff.
A couple of renderings of Jefferson Street, courtesy of the OOTP modding community.
Twitter’s ability to rot brains is so incredible; it took one of our greatest literary minds and turned her into a Chapo-style rant poster. She’s completely correct, btw, but still!
Here's a story about a cool fire truck published in the New York Clipper on July 20, 1858.
Remember, an individual’s political beliefs normally complex and non-binary. To help you remember that, I’ve provided this screenshot of a Facebook commenter, whose views on homelessness: “They’re all drug addicts.” Bad! “And I’m jealous.” …okay, sure!
It feels like Ohtani could get around on a pitch that was thrown behind him
Has anybody seen this photo before? It appears to be Joe Start with a moustache, printed in the Providence Evening Journal of June 19, 1928. Presumably, it was taken for the 1883 season. I don't know if there's an 1883 Greys team photo floating around? I found the 1882 photo -- no moustache.
No follow-up in 10+ hours. Starting to worry that our decades-long friendship was a ruse and he’s been a cop this whole time.
Just a reminder that Globe Life went from a top 5 hitter park in 2023 to a Seattle-tier pitcher park this year.
Just watched McGwire’s 62nd homer for the first time in forever and I felt bad for Steve Trachsel because this was actually a really good pitch.
Tired: "1-2-3 inning" Wired: "Went out on the rotary principle."
Lmao they’re letting me speak at the Baseball Hall of Fame
Nobody does melancholic romance better than the Symposium. It makes me think of characters inside of Brontë novels dying of tuberculosis. Billy Corgan hit on this feeling about 10% of the time and these boys are putting up Hugh Duffy numbers.
Release the Jim Downey/Jack Handey fake attorney files.
Vuckovich won the Cy Young in 1982, the year with the torn rotator cuff. He was 29 years old. Here is the remainder of his career, spanning ‘83-‘86: 8-16, 4.96 ERA, 0.3 bWAR They weren’t built different. They were built the same and treated with all the concern of an old mule.
They never tell you the part where Vuckovich only pitched three games in the next two years and his career was effectively over.