"I plan to give you reasons for your jumpy fits and facial tics" | https://xitter.cf/t.co/EHZ60w5aoo | 2025-26 Pulliam Fellow | [email protected] | he.

Joined January 2009
In conjunction with Dr. Meredith Wills, Insider found evidence MLB used three distinct baseballs in 2022. The balls show up in distinct places in our sample. Oh! A player got a stern warning from the league for trying to help. Balls don't lie, Part 2: insider.com/mlb-used-two-bal…
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The Brewers are probably the most interesting case study in this research to me. Across 330 MLB team-seasons, the offensive profiles most consistently associated with outperforming talent were pretty clear (trigger warning for doomers) chase less, pull the baseball, and keep it off the ground. Yet Milwaukee has now put together consecutive seasons significantly outperforming its estimated offensive talent (+17 R+ in 2025, +20 in 2026) while leaning into an opposite-field, ground-ball-heavy approach. Are the Brewers actually finding a repeatable way to extract more offensive production from their players through coaching, approach, and deployment? Or are we observing something that works with this particular roster but isn't necessarily sustainable across multiple roster cycles? I think we spend a lot of time identifying what successful organizations do differently, but not nearly enough time separating what is genuinely repeatable from what is simply working right now. Two seasons of overperformance are worth paying attention to. But if we're trying to identify a sustainable organizational advantage, I'd want to see whether that production continues as the roster changes, and whether newly acquired hitters consistently outperform their own historical baselines. Regardless, super cool to see what Milwaukee has accomplished!
I was extremely curious whether having a clear offensive identity and building a roster around it actually translates to quantifiable offensive success. More importantly, how much of that identity is a product of player development vs acquisition?
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In 2018, Capital One was sued by NAACP and LULAC for allegedly discriminating against Black and Latino customers by systematically removing their banks out of their neighborhoods and into predominantly white areas. 2018!
Congratulations to Francisco Lindor of the New York Mets, winner of the 2026 Roberto Clemente Award presented by Capital One! 👏
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it's an American bank, so finding allegations of the company doing a racism is first page Google easy xitter.cf/BLaw/status/2057894319…
A Black former manager sued Capital One Financial Corp., alleging race and age discrimination were at play when he and other employees were terminated following the company’s implementation of a “forced ranking” performance review method. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…
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said so plainly by someone likely more informed about the business of baseball than many of us
Replying to @AndrewPetcash
The post went bananas on LinkedIn: - 600,000 impressions - 900+ likes and 70+ comments Interesting comment from one of their shareholders:
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ok now it's time to cut it out
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I still remember when everyone was doing the Foghorn Leghorn voice over memes and Eric Bauza joined in on the fun to roast Vegeta I’m gonna miss him
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That’s Congressional Award Recipient Chris Brown to you!
Chris Brown has been sentenced to eight months in prison (suspended for 12 months) in relation to a “vicious and unprovoked” attack at a London nightclub in 2023. In July, Brown pleaded guilty to a count of affray at London’s Southwark Crown Court for attacking a music producer with a tequila bottle on the head. variety.com/2026/music/globa…
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more than twice what I paid for gas in Austin in, like, February
A big pro-Talarico sign at San Felipe and 610
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when I say "Sponsored by Vicodin" I'm kidding but only a little readeyeblack.com/p/big-pharm…
at some point you gotta just stick to blogging three takeaways from Game 1 of the World Series Sponsored By Camping World Sponsored By Vicodin Sponsored By Polymarket and leave the media crit to people who aren’t paid to share your boss’s opinions
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If you work for MLB and have been informed, chastised or disciplined because you chose to “voice [an] opinion” about baseball interpreted as critical of ownership or the commissioner’s office, I’d like to hear from you. [email protected] or DM me. Can gladly talk off record.
Replying to @BWDBWDBWD
We do. And I understand you don't respect my opinion. But this platform is a conduit to fans, and I'll continue to use it as I wish and voice my opinion whenever I choose. Shit all over it if you want. I can't stop you. Hope to meet you at a ballpark sometime.
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THE CURSE (2024, created by Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie)
I want to buy all the women all the houses
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If you work for MLB and have been informed, chastised or disciplined because you chose to “voice [an] opinion” about baseball interpreted as critical of ownership or the commissioner’s office, I’d like to hear from you. [email protected] or DM me. Can gladly talk off record.
Replying to @BWDBWDBWD
We do. And I understand you don't respect my opinion. But this platform is a conduit to fans, and I'll continue to use it as I wish and voice my opinion whenever I choose. Shit all over it if you want. I can't stop you. Hope to meet you at a ballpark sometime.
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at some point you gotta just stick to blogging three takeaways from Game 1 of the World Series Sponsored By Camping World Sponsored By Vicodin Sponsored By Polymarket and leave the media crit to people who aren’t paid to share your boss’s opinions
Replying to @castrovince
Yesterday's Athletic piece glossed over its own data that, over a 5-year period, the correlation between payroll and wins is 31%. Anyway, now I think I'll read this piece from the same publication about how much money matters in college football. nytimes.com/athletic/interac…
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"See, we don't need a salary cap!"
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NEWS: the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders have unionized and the Cowboys have agreed to recognize the union
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Watch our conversation with @BWDBWDBWD about the state of sports journalism today and his vital reporting on YouTube the way it was meant to be seen. youtu.be/tnTlaMr34KU?si=kQIP…
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