@whyilikebb

Migrating over to Bluesky at @whyilikebaseball.bsky.social ! Publications director SABR since 2011. Typical polymath baseball nerd/comma jockey.

 Boston area
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Here’s what it’s like here when the Yankees win. Loudest rendition of “New York, New York” I’ve heard in a long time – at Bronx, NY
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I'm a wee bit surprised Javier "El Mago" Baez "stealing" first base didn't make the list but it's a fantastic list :D
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“Baseball Is The Best!” – Sarah Langs Where else but in our great game can you see things like this? Here are the Top 10 “Baseball Is The Best” Moments as chosen by our very own @SlangsOnSports. #250for250
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An Angels employee emailed me in ‘26, offering ticket packages b/c I previously bought tickets for LAD@LAA in ‘25. I replied, refusing to buy any more LAA tickets as long as Moreno was owner. Today, I received this follow-up email. It’s as if they were liberated from a dictator.
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Baseball Ops Network
@BaseballOpsNetSep 2
The @Yankees 2027 Associate for Baseball Operations is now accepting applications 👇🏼 teamworkonline.com/baseball-…

Associate, Baseball Operations - New York Yankees

 Associate, Baseball Operations Department: Baseball OperationsReports To: Manager, Baseball Operations Job Status: Full Time, Non-Exempt Description:  Built upon our storied legacy, the Yankees look...

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Scott Bush@scott_bushSep 2
If you can get to Billings, MT tonight, you could bear witness to baseball history. The Red Pocket Mobiles have lost 38 consecutive games and would set a new record for the longest losing streak in professional baseball history if they fall to the Billings Mustangs.
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Erica Block@EricaDaleBlockSep 1
After Chris wrote this, I shared a story: In 2018 I was an inexperienced reporter--the only woman--covering Dbacks spring training. In the clubhouse Jazz saw I felt out of place & made a point to approach me to ask about my article & chat. His bad rap in MIA was puzzling to me
Chris Kirschner
@ChrisKirschnerAug 31
If you want to know more about Jazz Chisholm Jr. and some of the comments he's dealt with in the baseball world, I wrote a profile on him last year. It gets into race, being personable in a sport that largely doesn't celebrate that and more. Free ⬇️ nytimes.com/athletic/6230899…

Jazz Chisholm is unapologetically himself. The Yankees seem to be just fine with that (Gift Article)

To understand why the Yankees second baseman has fit in so well in New York, it requires a full accounting of his whole self.

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IWBC@IWBC4MeSep 2
Thank you Lake County Women's Coalition for recently hosting our own Dr. Cathy Headley, presenting "Tales From The Peach Orchard: Where Women's Baseball History Was Made." #BeyerStadium #CradleofBaseball #APlaceofTheirOwn
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Scott Bush@scott_bushSep 2
Yes. DYK: There were minor leagues prior to the creation of the farm system? And independent teams competing against affiliated teams into the '90s? If you can coach it doesn't matter whether you got paid by the Lincoln Saltdogs or the Los Angeles Dodgers when you played.
Bryan Morgado
@CoachMorgadoSep 1
Serious question: Can you call yourself a “professional baseball player” if you only played independent ball? Using “I played pro ball” as a marketing tool can be very misleading. Thoughts
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jen ramos-eisen@jenramoseAug 19
the #WPBL has offered so many women the opportunity to play pro — but alongside that is a lot that has yet to be remedied. my latest for Defector defector.com/the-new-womens-…

The New Women's Pro Baseball League Offers Hope—And Frustrations | Defector

For most women who play baseball in the United States, playing America’s pastime in a professional league has been little more than a dream. Yet for a select group of women, that dream is becoming a...

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Max Kelton@alldaykeltAug 16
“Anything you can do, I can do BETTER”- @KelsieWhitmore (probably) #WPBL
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J.P. Hoornstra@jphoornstraAug 12
32 years ago today
Montreal Expos
@Montreal_ExposAug 12
The Expos were 74-40 when a strike shut down the 1994 season. Here’s Montreal Sports Anchor Ron Reusch predicting everything that would happen next like he’s NOSTRADAMUS.
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Sweeny Murti@SweenyMurtiAug 12
“It sounds like a room deodorizer!” The man who wrote & directed “Field of Dreams” HATED the title and was desperate to change it. Good thing for us, he lost the fight. A big part of why the movie endures is the title. Here’s how it came to be. mlb.com/news/how-field-of-dr…

The inside story of how 'Field of Dreams' got its iconic title

Would “Field of Dreams” be as iconic as it is today if it wasn’t called “Field of Dreams?” Believe it or not, the man who made one of the greatest baseball movies ever hated the title when he first...

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Nice job by @alldaykelt on the @wpbl_official broadcast. He gets excited! Reminds me of the best of Tom Hamilton and John Sterling rolled into one.
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katiebakes@katiebakesAug 6
so when I interviewed Kevin Smith about MALLRATS this topic kinda came up but then it went in a direction I did NOT expect—
Ashley Rindsberg
@AshleyRindsbergAug 5
But who actually wrote "Good Will Hunting"? Sure, Damon and Affleck wrote some part of it, some draft. But the idea that these two guys wrote an Oscar-winning screenplay—a true original—on their first try, at age 20 or whatever, then went on to write....nothing of consequence beggars belief.
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Tyler Kepner@TylerKepnerAug 5
This is like the coolest thing ever
Ty Daubert@TyDaubertAug 4
The Phillies will have four “phantom ballplayers” who spent time on the roster but never appeared in a game throw out first pitches on Sunday.
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And yes we already tried talking to the @Yankees and were told with no smart phone he’s shit out of luck. There is no accommodation for people without smart phones. Flip phone users are dead to MLB, apparently @MLBFanSupport @MLB_PR
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Meredith Turits
@meredithturitsAug 6
theoretically, eye black is a utility product; realistically, it's an almost primitive battle cry from pro sports down to youth leagues. i wrote about the superstition, ritual, and big business of eye black at @FOS: frontofficesports.com/how-ey…

How Eye Black Became ‘War Paint’ on the Field

The greasy stick can help with visibility in bright conditions, but for most athletes, eye black is now more of a battle cry.

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Jessica Brand
@JessicaDBrandAug 6
Fun! Because let's consider the opposite side of the coin here... The Red Sox have won nine straight series for the first time for the first time in 114 years, per Elias/Nightengale. Naturally, these two teams will play each other this weekend, at Fenway. Absolutely incredible.
Ben Ross@BenRossTweetsAug 6
The A’s have now lost 12 straight series for the first time in 110 years (not a typo)
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I have an elderly friend who loves the @Yankees and really wants to go to Old Timers Day. But he doesn’t have a smartphone. I have season tickets and want to give him one. The Yankees tell me they have NO accommodations for people without smartphones. So he can’t go. 😡
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They’re like “can’t you find someone to go with him?” So now I’m looking for a rando with a smartphone who won’t scalp my tickets and will instead meet my friend to get him inside. Not ideal.
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