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Anyone trying to watch the Mets on SNY on the app and getting Red Sox-Angels? MLB app people - if you're out there, please fix!

@rocinante.bsky.social hey!

Here are the Defensive Runs Saved leaders entering today 1B. Matt Olson 2B. Nico Hoerner 3B. Ryan McMahon SS. Taylor Walls LF. Steven Kwan CF. Ceddanne Rafaela RF. Fernando Tatis Jr., Adolis García C. Patrick Bailey P. Max Fried, Luis Severino, Logan Webb, David Peterson fieldingbible.com

We've been naming MLB Defensive Player(s) of the Month since 2012 Check out our announcement of this month's winners: www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2025/06/03/d...

Tanner Scott is like 1986 Dave Smith, the gift that keeps on giving to the Mets

@andrewdeck.bsky.social Good story today on AI in political cartooning. I'm not a fan of its use, but I appreciate the point about speed in debunking I just worry the hill we're going down ... if he did this, then why can't i do this? and if so, why can't I do this. etc

I feel like the Knicks have a good finishing kick in them tonight, to borrow a running analogy

Anyone else have the experience with Seatgeek of purchasing something and then after you enter a coupon code, they tell you the price has changed mid-order and it's now something like $40 more than it appeared to be?

Some counterintuitive numbers: Angels when Mike Trout starts in 2025 .214 BA, .660 OPS, 3.7 runs per game Angels when he doesn't start .235 BA, .721 OPS, 4.5 runs per game

When do we get to the part where Patrick Ewing says "See you on Monday"? (some of you may remember "see you on Sunday")

Technically speaking, Landry Shamet was part of a 4-team trade and two 3-team trades. The first one, he was 15 - he wasn't traded ... a pick 6 years hence that became him was

@sarahscire.com great get to get Strickbine!

New journalist interview: Roberto Camacho (@robcamachosd.bsky.social) Roberto talked about living the freelancer life in San Diego, empowering underrepresented communities, and how he writes stories that center those closest to the harm being perpetrated pod.link/journalismsalute

What is Jalen Brunson on paint fadeaways this postseason? Seems like he never misses one

Jared Young ties Bobby Abreu and Bartolo Colon (who weren't young Mets when they homered) on the Mets all-time HR list Also tied José Oquendo, who was only 20 when he hit his first and only Mets HR And many others, such as Gavin Cecchini, Chris Jelic, Bill Sudakis, and Ty Kelly

New article: Yankees are a Top-5 team in Defensive Runs Saved and one of the reasons is ... their pitchers? Yep! READ: www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2025/05/27/t...

The White Sox have lost 13 straight games in which John Libka was the home plate umpire One of the gems you can find if you click on the @baseball-reference.com splits pages enough times

@discontinuedfoods.bsky.social What happened to Bubblicious orange-flavored gum? I chewed it through my entire Little League career and then suddenly it disappeared while other flavors stayed.

Keep going!

May 24, 1973, Mets and Dodgers played 19 innings in LA Game ended at 4:44am

Give the pacers credit. They earned it tonight

NPB Total Runs Leaderboard 1. Naoki Yoshikawa 2. Koji Chikamoto and Takumu Nakano 4. Teruaki Sato 5. Manaya Nishikawa and Sandro Fabian 7. Ryo Ohta and Shugo Maki 9. Takuya Kai 10. Kazuma Okamoto and Shota Morishita Total Runs = Hitting+ Baserunning + Fielding + Pitching + Value of Position Played

The MLB ERA for left-handed pitchers this season is 3.61 For right-handed pitchers, it's 4.20 That's a gap of more than half a run. Looking at the last 4 seasons, the biggest gap between the two was 0.05 (2024- lefties 4.04, righties 4.09)

The development of “worst Knicks losses ever” would be interesting Presumably starts with Game 7 of 1971 conference finals when Bill Bradley misses tying shot at buzzer at MSG? Plus I know there’s a “Dr. J dunk at buzzer keeps Knicks from making playoffs” game And then the many ones from 1990s

New baseball podcast episode! - 2024 Rays Minor League Defensive Player of the Year Tanner Murray - Daniel Álvarez-Montes of El Extra Base on Venezuelan baseball standouts - @marksimon.bsky.social + colleague, Evan Butler on MLB ballpark observations LISTEN:

If you want to read the best best best feature writing, read up on all the SFJ Award winners and check out their stories. I have 30 pages of printouts I'm going through right now to find things I want to read.

It occurs to me after bringing this same thing up in our staff meeting that maybe some of you don't remember the time Jets coach Pete Carroll and his terribly timed choke sign to Pete Stoyanovich that came back to haunt him a few minutes later. Worked out fine for Pete Carroll but badly for Jets

New podcast episode: - Rays minor league Defensive Player of the Year Tanner Murray on his defensive excellence - Writer Daniel Álvarez-Montes of El Extra Base on Venezuela's stars in the field - Plus: Musings on baseball stadiums (a la the old "Baseball Today" LISTEN:

If you know an aspiring journalist who wants to be a journalist but isn't sure they want to be at the front of the reporting line asking questions, this interview shows another path you can take.

New podcast episode: - Rays minor league Defensive Player of the Year Tanner Murray on his defensive excellence - Writer Daniel Álvarez-Montes of El Extra Base on Venezuela's stars in the field - Plus: Musings on baseball stadiums (a la the old "Baseball Today" LISTEN:

Appropo of nothing and everything May 6 & 7, 1995 - Mets blew an 11-4 8th-inning lead to Reds - Rangers blew 4-2 3rd-period lead to Quebec in playoffs - Reggie Miller scored 8 points in 9 seconds to beat Knicks The craziest/worst 48 hours in NY sports history?

Make it 994-1. Pacers win 138-135

1993 Knicks Game 5 conference finals loss to Bulls was worse than this one Charles Smith + 20-of-35 on free throws But I will say ... this one was insane

I would like for Hailburton to say after the game that he wasn't impersonating Reggie Miller's choke sign, but Pete Carroll's

I'm glad this isn't the 1990s when my teenage and young adult well-being was attached to the Knicks

Last Knicks conference finals game the teams combined for 173 points Tonight 177 through 3 quarters!

When Mitchell Robinson is on the court, it's like the Knicks have a power play on offense. They just pepper you with shot after shot.

@mikepetriello.bsky.social Bottom 3- SNY booth just paid tribute to your Ted Williams story

Dave Flemming and Jon Miller talking about the bizarre nature of Giants-Royals today. Giants being outhit 14-5 but have a higher expected BA as of the 8th inning @tangotiger.com does this happen often?