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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Junior Caminero after tagging Austin Wells out:

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Maryland‘s pivot to October: we’re doing football crimes, you in?

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The White Sox have won three straight playoff games. Good time to fire Mike Elias.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"A Night at the Opera" and "Duck Soup" were instrumental films in my childhood so much so that I was Harpo for halloween in kindergarten. Groucho is the first face on Mount Rushmore of American comedy. An icon.

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"A Night at the Opera" (1935) - Stateroom scene

YouTube video by Michael T. Hayes (some stuff I like)

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Example of the bad information echosystem lotta folks live in: I got this email from SoFi (a company that has my money) linking to an article from a freelance finance writer based on what you would do with sudden influx of cash... like say that 'plan' President Trump floated of $5,000 to everyone

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"We don't have to go through the whole Deshaun Watson thing blah blah blah sexual assault." - Al Michaels.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mike Vaccaro and The New York Post did the Boss Baby vibes tweet.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Time for MLB to embrace tradition: No divisions, just the American League and the National League. Take the top four (at most!) from each league, and that’s your playoffs. Best-of-five opening round, best-of-seven for pennant, and best-of-seven World Series.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mike is right about this because the most annoying aspect of the "baseball needs runs" idea is that the solution is always to move fences in. Now we no longer have power alleys. Average doubles and triples have declined since the 2000s. Bring back power alleys! Need roomier ballparks!

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just texted my wife, an architect, the video becuase I feel like Mike Tomlin learning what he needs to fix to make his Minecraft boutique hotel ADA complaint would be a fun project for him.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Some players said there was a lack of fire at times... that can galvanize a team through difficult stretches. Blaze Alexander: "... I feel like we were all waiting for it to happen, waiting for all of us to figure it out, instead of coming together, naming the issues and addressing it from there."

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Adley Rutschman, who went 2-for-20 in his five postseason games with the Orioles, singles on the 10th pitch of his first at-bat for the Red Sox. Please, David M. Rubenstein, author of "Inside the Owner's Box: Conversations on Power and Leadership in Sports," fire people and start over.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yeah. It’s really really bad stuff.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This was my fourth Mets season as a freelancer at SNY. It was eventful! Bo Bichette had the proper reaction to seeing my name in the credits of the season's final broadcast.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I've said this before but: Chris Sale pitches the way I trench coat moves on a wire hanger. There's something Inspector Gadget-y about it.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Looking at how weak the American League is and the looming lockout, man, it is hard to come away with anything but utter disgust at how the last four seasons of Orioles baseball turned out. When you talk about missing the moment, that's Mike Elias in Baltimore. Crushing.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The number of seats in American sports stadiums being converted to "social spaces" is so alarming to me. And the writing is on the wall that the long-term health of sports in this country is very bad. Prognosis negative.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A fella moves to Brooklyn and becomes a big enthusiast of effective, reliable, affordable mass transit. Many such cases.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There honestly might be a non-insignificant subset of people in and around football who would advocate punting on every 3rd-and-long because it might become 4th-and-longer, or you might turn it over by being risky trying to get all those yards on one play.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Buck Showalter comparing himself to Andy Rooney is perfect. Baseball "60 Minutes" would absolutely slap. Gonna spend the rest of the night thinking about correspondents for this: Buck, Tim Kurkjian, Joe Posnanski. A 12-minute segment on the 4-6-3 double-play.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Man, that's such a bad call on a game-changing defensive pass interference wiping away an interception called from the official behind the play. Rough.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mike Tirico laying out for that DOINK like an absolute pro.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Safe to say, Tyler Loop with the biggest kick in the history of the Maracanã.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Massachusetts lesbian bar discourse reminded me of how much this song is an absolute capital-T tune: Well, the first bar, things were alright But in this bar, things were Friday night!

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I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar

Jonathan Richman · I, Jonathan · Song · 1992

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Jayden Daniels, who presumably will need season-ending elbow surgery, didn't even make it to the Commanders' home opener in his comeback season. Washington's franchise QB may go (at least) 679 days between home starts. Brutal for those fans.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

To put a bow on this: The Orioles were 76-81 on the day owner David M. Rubenstein's book "Inside the Owner's Box: Conversations on Power and Leadership in Sports" was released. O's are 36-31 since my post. Pete Alonso: 22 HR, 50 RBI, .283/.382/.578 .960 OPS in those 67 games!

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Let the firings begin!!!! The Orioles should let Pete Alonso serve as player-manager for the final three games of the season.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So, the Orioles are still (somehow) alive for the 3rd AL Wild Card spot. Baltimore's really unlikely path is pretty much: O's go 3-0 at Yankees White Sox go 0-4 (1 at KC, 3 vs COL) AND Rangers go 2-2 or worse (1 vs Mets, 3 at Twins), or Astros lose at least 2 (winning at SEA right now, 4 at A's)

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Some of the players were in the tunnel, and the manager had to remind them to come onto the field to thank the fans after the final home game? YIKES. That's not the team spirit you want. But good on the skipper and Pete Alonso for doing this. Boy, is Alonso the exact leader the Orioles needed

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Former Maryland WR Torrey Smith sounds like Uncle Baby Billy telling Terps fans they can't complain about another meh Mike Locksley season loading cause these NIL coffers are running dry. You can't get the salvation of a winning season unless you call the number on your screen right now.

Torrey Smith post on social media:

Maryland fans need to make your expectations for program match the NIL budget.

We are lucky that relationships kept the talented guys that we do have.

The emotions are completely overboard for one loss.

Chill out and stop asking stupid questions

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sean Manaea is wearing a "New York Is Love" Mets Pride shirt after pitching six solid innings to beat the Texas Rangers, the MLB's only team without a Pride night. Perhaps coincidence, perhaps not.

Image of Sean Manaea wearing a "New York Is Love" Mets Pride shirt.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

BREAKING: The Mets have signed Andy Green to a three-year deal to be the team's manager, per SNY's @chelseajanes.bsky.social. From interim skipper to full-time.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So we're 13 days into the season, Jaxson Dart and Jayden Daniels are (more than) likely out for the year, and the Bears are starting Case Keenum for his first NFL action in 1,009 days? Ooof.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I would like to apologize to the Giants and Jaxson Dart for absolutely taking out their season with the BK Jinx yesterday in the SNY slack channel:

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My dad put this together recently: Orioles’ record each year from age 5-18 for me, my brother and him. Especially brutal for me: 1997-2010, one winning season and 13 losers. With today’s loss the years since make it 8 winning and 8 losing, but with just 1 playoff series win in that time

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

You really need to fire folks when this kinda thing happens as a deterrent. What the hell kinda managing is Craig Albarnez doing?

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Looking at Sophie Cunningham's WNBA stats, it is no surprise that her podcast career is like her basketball one: She's a professional point misser.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Saw this a few days ago and was shocked to learn that there is a Browns linebacker named Justin Jefferson who wears No. 17, but... he was a 5th-round pick and he was inactive for Cleveland's Week 1 loss. So, still pretty sure this ad is some kinda AI hallucination deal.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Sean Manaea on Pete Alonso's game-tying, 9th-inning 300th home run curtain call: "To have that kinda reaction to an opposing player, could be anybody, is crazy to me.” Kodai Senga, who gave up HR, on Mets fan reaction: "If it wasn't Pete Alonso.... because it is him, it didn't bother me."

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Pete Alonso thanks Mets fans after 300th home run curtain call: 'I appreciate all the support'

After Pete Alonso hit his 300th home run, a game-tying solo home run in the top of the ninth inning on Tuesday night, the Citi Field crowd’s raucous reaction got the ex-Mets slugger out of the visitor...

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Keith Hernandez in real life spent tonight's Mets broadcast eating steak, creamed spinach, and chocolate cake and just crushing television through 11 innings of a wild, wild game.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Pete Alonso looks at three straight pitches and doesn't use a challenge on strike three, which is well below the zone. (Nobody on and one out in the sixth, but still, Pete, that isn't even close to a strike...)

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It was a liner off the right elbow (as Andy later noted) that knocked out Shane Baz.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Interesting to see this take from the data side, the commentary from the Liverpool community has been that Szoboszlai has been pretty poor in midfield so far this season.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"And that's gonna be a forward pass no matter where it lands." That's the most NFL sentence imaginable. That's just absurd. I can't believe it was said with a straight face.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There is an incredible abundance of dumb going on in the NFL in Week 1.

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“Dear Dr Spaceman, thank you for your submission, the New England Journal of Medicine does not publish x-rated cartoons.”

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