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Dr Bandon Decker

@bandondecker.com
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Former astronomer (ex-tronomer) who mostly posts about baseball, cricket, and some other sport. Trying to be better about writing about statistics and doing good science with them.

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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 8h
I still hate Manny Machado. This goes back to him losing his rag at a pitch from Yo that was barely off the plate, but there have been plenty of reasons since then too. #Postseason
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 8h
Fans at Yankee Stadium being loud ignorant dumbfucks? That's unusual. #Postseason
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 9h
I assume Contreras has long been banned from using any of the Red Sox challenges. He is as bad as anyone at assuming he's entitled to a call. #Postseason
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 10h
That was either stupid, or gamesmanship to get his pitcher a breather. And if the latter it was stupid of the umpires to fall for it. #Postseason
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 10h
I get that of the 16 Wild Card series before this year, 15 of them have been won by the team who won game one. But by leverage, game two is always going to be more important, and I think it makes more sense to save Hader for those games instead of using him for a longshot here. #Postseason
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 10h
I think Murakami probably /did/ have his foot on the bag, but I didn't see anything clear and convincing on any replay, so I think the call had to stand. #Postseason
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 11h
If I didn't know any better, I'd think the Astros were a .500 team... #Postseason
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 11h
The fact that the home plate umpire does that little clap instead of the actual foul tip sign irrationally annoy me. #Postseason
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 12h
Like, if you're going to credit a self-proclaimed infallible mouthpiece of a supposedly-omnipotent deity for the White Sox making the playoffs, surely you should at least be asking why they don't have enough pitching for a three game series? #Postseason
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 12h
I'm surprised it took two full innings before the first nauseating bit crediting the pope for the White Sox winning 84 games and getting the third Wild Card spot. #Postseason
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 12h
It's not like the #Royals deserved to be in the playoffs, but I can't look at these two teams and think they deserved it /more/. MLB needs to shrink and re-format #postseason qualification.
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 13h
Andrew Benintendi isn't the only reason I was hoping the White Sox would collapse down the stretch, but he's certainly part of it.
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 13h
White Sox should automatically be down 1-0 for wearing alternate uniforms in the postseason. #Postseason
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 13h
Great camera work there on that final out... #Postseason
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 14h
One of the things I dislike about national TV commentators is they always seem pre-occupied trying to make a call that can get replayed. I actually think Matt Vasgersian is pretty good overall, but he was so focussed on making a call for a possible home run he didn't spot it was foul. #Postseason
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 14h
I sorta get this, but not really. Our offence was in the middle third of MLB by most metrics, and it got better over the course of the year. Cags and Carter made huge strides after early struggles, all of which seems like good coaching. #Royals www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/k...
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Alec Zumwalt out as KC Royals hitting coach, reassigned to new role: Reports
The Kansas City Royals made their first significant change this offseason.
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 16h
The little camera on the back of the umpire's helmet makes it look like he has one of those man buns that were popular about ten years ago. #Postseason
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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum @baseballhall.org · 28/09/2026
The 2027 Ford C. Frick Award ballot features 10 broadcasters whose careers concluded prior to the Wild Card Era: 🔹 Buddy Blattner 🔹 Ken Coleman 🔹 Dizzy Dean 🔹 Earl Gillespie 🔹 Merle Harmon 🔹 Ned Martin 🔹 Monte Moore 🔹 Gustavo Lopez Moreno 🔹 Bill O’Donnell 🔹 Jack Quinlan
2027 Ford C. Frick Award Finalists: Buddy Blattner, Ken Coleman, Dizzy Dean, Earl Gillespie, Merle Harmon, Ned Martin, Monte Moore, Gustavo Lopez Moreno, Bill O’Donnell, Jack Quinlan.
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 28/09/2026
Today in 'Tasks that require identically zero cats', #OrionTheHunterOfRattleMice is supervising as I measure the back door to fit a replacement.
Tuxedo cat perched on a fridge, looking at a yellow tape measure alongside a red door in the foreground on the left.
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 28/09/2026
I bought a blanket at the K today, thinking it would be nice to have this winter. Like all blankets in this house though, it now belongs to #OrionTheHunterOfRattleMice.
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 28/09/2026
Belated #HeyHeyHeyHey! We lingered for a while at the ballpark. It was a fun game, but the last game home game always has a bite to it. It's worse this year too, since I can't even say with any confidence when there will be #Royals baseball again. Normally I can look ahead to next spring.
Scoreboard reading 'Thank you fans!' [sic] and the last line score of the season.Visiting scorecard. The Guardians scored two runs, both on solo home runs. They also were saving their starter for Game One of the ALDS, leading to a pair of odd-looking pitching lines, with the starter going three innings and one reliever going five.Royals side of the scorecard. Lynch IV pitched well and Vinnie hit two solo home runs, the second of which was the game winner. Erceg got the save too, which was great to see.
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 27/09/2026
I swear to fucking god, if the Rockies blow the chance to eliminate the White Sox from the division... The only redeeming feature of the last two #Royals games has been that they fucked over the White Sox.
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 27/09/2026
'Lange has been really hurt by the home run ball.' Yes, I'd noticed. #Royals
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 27/09/2026
Who would have thought Alex Lange would give up two home runs? #Royals
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 27/09/2026
Who would have thought Alex Lange would give up a home run? #Royals
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 27/09/2026
I hate the end of the season so much. Seeing players walk off the field for the last time of the year, and sometimes for the last time as a Royal, always sucks so hard. #Royals
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 27/09/2026
Yay for 200 innings for Michael Wacha! Less yay for the three-run deficit. #Royals
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 27/09/2026
Pitchers should definitely be willing and allowed to catch pop ups in the general region of the mound, but sprinting into foul territory is generally not going to be a good idea. We saw Noah Cameron get in the way of other players last week and Bibee was definitely risking an injury there. #Royals
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 27/09/2026
Also, this is where I think the 'unearned' run is poorly defined. Sure, yeah, the inning could have been over, but the error didn't really have any effect on the three extra base hits after two were out. #Royals
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 27/09/2026
I desperately need Isaac Collins to stop diving for stuff he can't catch. #Royals
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 27/09/2026
That's as close as you can get to cheap home run at the K. #Royals
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 27/09/2026
Guardians pitching coach going out like 'You know /we/ actually do need to win this game, right?' #Royals
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 26/09/2026
Salvy hitting it about to Clay County on his bobblehead night was cool though. #Royals
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 26/09/2026
That was the most astounding meltdown I have ever seen in person. #Royals
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 26/09/2026
Tie ballgame! #Royals
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Kansas City Royals @royals.com · 26/09/2026
Forever our voice. Congratulations to Denny Matthews on his 8,000th game called!
A graphic with images of Denny Matthews throught the years and his 8,000 Royals games called. Text on the graphic reads, "Denny, 8,000 games called."
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 26/09/2026
I'm so glad I am here for the tribute to Denny. #Royals
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 26/09/2026
I feel the #Royals should have played fundamentals tonight, just for Denny's sake.
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 26/09/2026
This is the first time I've seen this stat box at the K, and I am sure whoever came up with it was hoping for some better numbers to debut it with. #Royals
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 26/09/2026
Why I got tickets tonight! #Royals
Royals radio booth with a sign bearing a replica of Denny's signature and '8,000'.
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 26/09/2026
It has not /quite/ stopped raining, but it is very light. #Royals
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 25/09/2026
Again, and hopefully for good this time: Suck it, MO Republicans. My vote /will/ actually count.
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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum @baseballhall.org · 25/09/2026
Denny Matthews, the iconic voice of the @royals.com, will call his 8,000th game on Friday night. The 2007 Frick Award recipient has spent his entire 58-year career in Kansas City, starting with the franchise’s first game in 1969. Congrats from all of us in Cooperstown!
Denny Matthews stands behind a Hall of Fame lectern as he speaks during the 2007 Induction Ceremony. (Milo Stewart Jr./National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum)
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 25/09/2026
'If you see it, you own it' at an art gallery is very good news for my finances. Does anyone want to go halfsies on the harder-to-carry pieces?
Construction safety sign starting with 'Obligation: If you see it, you own it' on the construction outside the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art.
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 24/09/2026
And it's not like everyone who was around last time they tried this didn't predict exactly this. #Royals
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 24/09/2026
We've hit 89 home runs at home this year! And we're also trailing 8-1 en route to our 91st loss of the season, so it clearly /hasn't fucking helped/. #Royals
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 24/09/2026
I love how the broadcast is playing up the number of home runs this year, as though we aren't in fucking last place. #Royals
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 24/09/2026
#HeyHeyHeyHey! It should have been easy, but it's still a win! #Royals
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Jake Eisenberg @jakeeisenberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Lucas Erceg averaged 100.3 mph on his sinker & 99.0 mph on his four-seam fastball in his perfect 8th inning to protect a one-run lead. His 100.6 mph sinker to induce a groundout from Randal Grichuk was tied for the fastest pitch of his career.
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Dr Bandon Decker @bandondecker.com · 24/09/2026
Is it too early to say Lucas Erceg is back? #Royals
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