Levi Weaver, but for baseball
@threetwoeephus
Ok I will talk about baseball here instead. I co-write The Windup with Ken Rosenthal on The Athletic. It’s a newsletter.
33 years after the last one retired, the Rangers have FINALLY filled the position of “guy named Nolan” on the roster.
The takeaway here is that if I pick a favorite, there will be a takeaway
McKenzie Gore just hit these two batters in a row, which seems like something I would do as a bit
Tonight vs. the Rays. Dominguez again challenges a call on a "strike" that appears to be below the zone. Does it immediately, no delay. But yet again, the umpire just... ignores it? But let's not get conspiratorial. This time, the home plate umpire was … Oh no.
Was waiting for this to update this morning. The additional strike “hot” zones at eye height are really funny to me! (To Jimenez’s credit, he did have an otherwise-pretty-good game)
This one almost hit Caminero! This ump scorecard is going to be an all-timer
I get it that it’s an 8-0 no-hitter, but Emil Jimenez is stretching that position-player strike zone by … a lot. Like… c’mon
It is July 24 and I literally JUST NOW realized the Marlins were only sponsored by a home security company, not ADT *AND* e-cigarette company
Two months in this thing is honestly probably part of the reason I’m so motivated now (shown here in February publicly forgiving my assailant)
Those are the Competent Dad things I’ve done. But I think the one Idiot Dad thing I did in January outpaces them: went sledding with my daughter, went headfirst and on my back, and hit a yield sign with my head, fracturing my C7 spinous process and top rib.
[Billy Joel voice] Ah, but workin' too hard can give you a heart att—
i can't be the first person who has done this but i'm not gonna go searching around like it's 2018 twitter. it's not AI and I think that's where the bar is these days. i had an idea and so i stole these photos off the internet all on my own.
It took me way too long but I finally figured out who Mackenzie Gore reminds me of: Johnny Dogs from Peaky Blinders
I somehow did this with Ray Williams as my shooting guard
Also someone else’s name will be on it this week BUT that’s just because I’m taking a little PTO. Wanna see what I’ve been working on?!? Here it is anyway. Still need some more donated supplies from my sandlot brethren to finish it but here’s a progress report:
First time to ever block a PR email from my work account, and it’s only because I would probably get in trouble if I replied with the verbiage I wanted to. Get blocked into the absolute deepest of hellspace with this garbage.
I am not taking credit for this but i *am* saying it is a nice feeling to have a very specific (but accurate) gripe and then log on one day and it’s fixed. What a day www.nytimes.com/athletic/720...
Height, weight, age and birthplace all up to speed. Good work, MLB The Show!
Image one: a screen grab from my phone, a faded Hyundai ad on the mound. Image two, same pitch: a photo of my TV where it appears the mound has been given a skin graft. No idea why
Honoring Jackie Robinson by looking like you forgot your team socks but found some old ones in your bag.
It’s not how I would have gone about it but I guess good on MLB for using Jackie Robinson Day to show us just how stupid the “I don’t see color” argument is.
I stand by my initial statement that I like the new Royals City Connect jerseys, but I think these helmets look like a rodeo clown barrel.