Michael Baumann

Armond White’s You Can See Everything review is an instant classic vincemancini.substack.com/p/armond-whi...

Very high on my priority list on my return to the Trop was to see if this guy had survived the hurricane. I am pleased to report in the affirmative

high praise from NLCS MVP Jake Bauers:

Last night, Junior Caminero made a weird defensive choice, Christian Yelich hustled, Pat Murphy made a smart challenge, Cam Booser threw a lot of really hittable pitches, and the Brewers jumped all over him. My Game 3 story, just in time for you to read it before Game 4

Yesterday I walked to the park and arrived a sweaty mess. Today I took something called an "bus" and for $2 a chauffeur drove me, along with several fellow citizens, to my destination in air conditioned comfort. These things are great! We should have them everywhere!

"You can't block someone just for being annoying!" Those are actually the most important people to block

What it's like being in a group chat with @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com

Assuming the Brewers close this out, 2026 will be the first time since 1986 that the team with the better record wins every playoff series, and just the fifth time it's happened in the division era (1969- ).

Most of my jokes and headlines are off the cuff but I've had this one in the hopper for a few days

In 12 pitches over five minutes and 57 seconds, the Brewers took the World Series from competitive to basically over. My story on the most important half-inning in Brewers history.

One of the most important financial stories out there if you want to know how and why the same five evil guys wind up owning everything.

I don't think you could look anymore serious if you were trying to catch a human baby

After Game 3 Rout, the World Series Is (97.67%) Over blogs.fangraphs.com/after-game-3...

UPDATE: Brandon Woodruff To Pitch Ninth Inning of World Series Game 3

Oh wait Scientology HQ is the next town over this is probably less fun than I initially thought

Tom Cruise plays one oil baron and all of a sudden he's turning up in the middle of Florida

This is beyond BABIP Hell. I'm having an out-of-body experience.

The Beer Pong offense.

This is full Angels in the Outfield shit. From out of the inning down 2-0 to down 8-0 and on the second pitching change of the inning in the span of what felt like 45 seconds. Booser was out of the game before they read Peralta's line over the press box PA

2014 Postseason Madison Bumgarner: 1.03 ERA, opponents hit .153/.188/.219 2026 Postseason Robert Gasser: 0.69 ERA, opponents hit .152/.204/.152

This thing just did a lap of the field. This is a quantum technological leap in combined arms t-shirt warfare. This is the MiG-15 to the Phanatic's Hot Dog Technical's P-51

Nick Fortes to the plate, or if you're a musician, Nick ff

What a photo

Chandler Simpson is a teeny little guy but he took a big ol' pile of inertia directly into that fence.

If only somebody had done a deep dive into Simpson's dives literally earlier today...

Carly Pearce delivers the first anthem since the Army band in Game 2 of the NLCS that started in the right time signature and stayed there the whole song. It should not be this hard to do The Star-Spangled Banner in 3/4, and finally we get someone who proved it

Notes from Rays player intros: 1) South Jersey icon Caden Bodine's up to hang out with the big club 2) Big pop from the crowd for pitching coach Kyle Snyder. Rays fans know how important he is. If you don't, but would like to learn, read here:

Rays pregame hype video is being narrated by Jon Gruden. I'm a little bummed they didn't go for Stephen Garcia

Shoresy: That bottle of Sprite is gonna have to wait until the first of the month Jonesy's mom already used up all her minutes texting thirst to me my phone's got more pictures in a bathroom mirror than The Royal Tenenbaums

new @fangraphs.com: The bad send by the Rays third base coach was a Game 2 lowlight, but Liam Hicks has done a very good job on both sides of the ball for the Rays. he's just the second Wild Card era catcher to be traded in midseason and start regularly for a World Series team

What sets the Brewers and Rays apart from other teams is not just their scouting and use of analytics: It’s their ability to develop talent at the big league level. The coaches aren’t just tacticians, they’re educators, writes @baumann.bsky.social

I will concede it's more like twice a mile a half of fertile ground anymore

In Xanadu, did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree.

I think Rizzo would be one of the best GMs you could hire for the kind of org Jim Crane seems to want to run since he let Click go