and you thought his career .285 OBP was a fraud

The only sensible thing to do with Trump's 'Gettysburg, Wow' speech in Pennsylvania was to make a one-minute documentary film of it. These are all his real words. I added some 'bing bongs' at the start. 'Never fight uphill, me boys! Never fight uphill.' #FunWithPhotoshop

Did anyone else’s audio for YES Network go out? Or is my tv just doing weird things?

Every once in a while, a reasonable conservative commentator will say it's crazy major news orgs have no one on staff to earnestly represent MAGA conservatism.

It sounds like a reasonable critique. MAGA is ~25-40% of America! How can you cover a country without somebody to…

chatting at 2 pm ET. let's talk some <squints at notes> base ball?

An indelible part of baseball when I was growing up. RIP.

This is wonderful. 96-year-old Carl Erskine, the last surviving 'Boy of Summer,' is being honored by the Hall of Fame for his work on behalf of special needs athletes.

A true mensch who not only helped the Dodgers to five pennants and their 1955 championship but became “a fierce champion of human rights, racial equality and, when his late son Jimmy was born with Down syndrome, became immersed in fighting for people with special needs.”

'An Annual Tradition: The Astros Are Off to a Slow Start' by Jay Jaffe for FanGraphs Baseball: As a result of extremes on both sides of the... buff.ly/3VZPFb6

“Dear Rachel...”

This Jackie Robinson Day, we remember Jackie and also honor the contributions of Rachel Robinson and the impact she’s had on the world.  #Jackie42

Hayes: I mean, I feel like if you call your opponent sleepy Joe, you have one job.

“It is high! It is far! It is gone!”

Angels broadcaster Wayne Randazzo with a nod to John Sterling on this Mike Trout home run call

nice typo — let's call it a tribute to John Sterling ('I don't know who fangrah is')?

Very sorry to hear about the passing of Ken Holtzman, who died Sunday at 78. He was a huge part of Oakland's dynasty, even if overshadowed by Hunter and Blue in that supreme rotation. Without Holtzman, the A's don't win three straight World Series.

cbssports.com/mlb/news/ken-h…

never seen a more succinct explanation for why sports gambling sucks. player does fun/goofy thing in a basically decided game and a bunch of twerps start screaming at him for risking their precious parlays

Good stuff from ⁦Sweeny Murti⁩ mlb.com/news/why-jacki…

Jay Jaffe's 'Jackie Robinson and the Integration Advantage' is one of my favorite pieces on the subject of MLB's integration and the marked advantage teams had when they invested in Black talent: blogs.fangraphs.com/jackie-robinso…

Can’t believe it’s been 11 years since I wrote this. Missed my chance to visit the Jackie plaque today, but will make a point to do it later this week.

new Matt Barnett: Even given their recent difficulties getting into gear, this Astros team isn't in a great place right now.

Today is Jackie Robinson Day, and it needs some Vin Scully