Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 3mCalling a shit ruler "poorly-advised" is the oldest propaganda trick in the coward's book. It, quite literally, is the reason that an English king from the early 11th century was called "Æthelred the Unready" which translated to "Æthelred the poorly advised." He actually just sucked! 0100
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 25mBig fan B.O. but anyway go get messed up at The Lexington in Woodbridge. My buddy Dave owns it. bsky.app/profile/bara... 130
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 56mI'd say "Sherlock" but thankfully it ceased production after the first three series and never did a gimmicky period piece exercise or completely skid off the road in some horrible Series 4 that absolutely never happened, thank god. bsky.app/profile/nevf... 4300
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 3hToday's newsletter: The Sox go up 2-0, the Yankees bumble their way to an 0-2 hole to Tampa Bay, A Few Notes on Fandom, Dennis Hastert's obit, the plague, and his own personal Jesus. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...cupofcoffeenews.comCup of Coffee: October 6, 2026The Sox go up 2-0, the Yankees bumble their way to an 0-2 hole to Tampa Bay, A Few Notes on Fandom, Dennis Hastert's obit, the plague, and his own personal Jesus 060
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 6hLike no one would've found 'em anyway. bsky.app/profile/nyti... 3110
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 6hToday's newsletter is out! Inside: The Sox go up 2-0 on Cleveland, the Yankees bumble their way to an 0-2 hole to Tampa Bay, A Few Notes on Fandom, Dennis Hastert's obit, the plague, and his own personal Jesus www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...cupofcoffeenews.comCup of Coffee: October 6, 2026The Sox go up 2-0, the Yankees bumble their way to an 0-2 hole to Tampa Bay, A Few Notes on Fandom, Dennis Hastert's obit, the plague, and his own personal Jesus 091
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 14hI'm not a vlogger, exactly, but "A Simple Favor" takes considerable liberties with the level of excitement that attaches to the life of your average online content creator. bsky.app/profile/soph... 1201
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 15hAgree or disagree you have to admire his passion. bsky.app/profile/mudr... 11717
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 18hI like the New Balance commercials because it reminds me of when Ohtani made contact 3542
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 18hFantastic advertisement for Substack too. bsky.app/profile/anth... 1585
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 19hI think the hardest thing about being an umpire would be not going "aw, shit, dude!" or "what the hell was that?!" when someone throws a ball away or something. 6393
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 21hI find it fucked up that the Chicago Tribune's obit of Hastert, while leading with his infamy, then seamlessly transitions into a standard political obit that's likely been in the can for 20 years. Absolutely no effort made to talk about power and abuse in light of the horrors of the current age. 79614
Reposted by Craig CalcaterraLeezus H. Christ 🏳️⚧️ @langhuck.bsky.social · 12/08/2026the maddest I've ever had anyone get in my Twitter mentions was when I made this joke about Blake Snell: 838563
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Today I reviewed @jcbradbury.com's upcoming book "This One Will Be Different" which stands as the foremost statement about and against public subsidies for professional sports facilities. A must read for those interested and impacted by the topic. jcbradbury.com/towbd/jcbradbury.comThis One Will Be DifferentFalse Promises and Fiscal Realities of Publicly Funded Stadiums, by economist J.C. Bradbury. 16310
Reposted by Craig CalcaterraDayn Perry @daynperry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It's time to bother you with this again. Now available for preorder, which saves you a few bucks. To be published in January. Includes poems/prose excursions on players like Ichiro, Aaron Judge, Adrian Beltré, Dave Parker, Craig Kimbrel, Dock Ellis, Derek Bell (Operation Shutdown!), & many others. 3154
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In today's newsletter I wrote about the funk I've been in and how I think I may be coming out of it. For me it's always about the weather. Even when it's really other shit. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe... 5432
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If someone breaks laws and you choose not to hold them accountable, you have effectively rescinded said laws. That applies to constitutions as well. This is an immutable, non-negotiable fact. Any analysis of what Democrats should do once they regain power that does not acknowledge this is worthless 47460128
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026As a 53 year-old I have chosen to write-off childhood for these purposes and assume that the proper span of measurement is from the age of 18-death. Which means that if I live to 88, I'm exactly at middle age right now. bsky.app/profile/luke... 6492
Reposted by Craig CalcaterraJ.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 05/10/2026To post this pseudo-economics drivel on a government website as some sort of reasonable estimate of the financial return to taxpayers is at best negligence. At worst it's duplicitous malfeasance. In this case, it's the latter. KC officials are fully aware this is concocted BS. 1153
Reposted by Craig CalcaterraJ.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 05/10/2026Again: No method exists for projecting the economic impacts of sports stadiums. What we do know is that no stadium has ever generated enough new tax revenue to pay for itself. There's a reason you have to hire a paid consultant to come of with these numbers: they're bogus. @gpropheter.bsky.social: 45523
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is technically accurate but referring to Hastert as a guy guilty in a hush money case certainly buries the lede. It's like calling Al Capone a tax cheat or O.J. Simpson a memorabilia thief on first reference. bsky.app/profile/phil... 515823
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Today's newsletter: The weekend action, the Sex Pistols, J.C. Bradbury's "This One Will Be Different," some actual good news about the end of the universe, and some words about my mental state now that the weather has broken www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...cupofcoffeenews.comCup of Coffee: October 5, 2026The weekend action, the Sex Pistols, J.C. Bradbury's "This One Will Be Different," some actual good news about the end of the universe, and some words about my mental state now that the weather has… 1122
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The early internet didn't suck up my life's work without permission or compensation, use it for its own profit, condition people to accuse me of aping the style of the thief, and then yell at me and call me a luddite when I objected to it. bsky.app/profile/gold... 013016
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Today's newsletter is out! Inside: The weekend action, the Sex Pistols, J.C. Bradbury's "This One Will Be Different," some actual good news about the end of the universe, and some words about my mental state now that the weather has broken. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...cupofcoffeenews.comCup of Coffee: October 5, 2026The weekend action, the Sex Pistols, J.C. Bradbury's "This One Will Be Different," some actual good news about the end of the universe, and some words about my mental state now that the weather has br... 1110
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I went to see the Sex Pistols tonight instead of watching the Dodgers game and absolutely everything about that box score suggests that I made the right call. Blake Snell starts should be outlawed by the Geneva Convention 10581
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Padres 2026 seasonstatic.klipy.comTom's Soul Leaving BodyAlt: Tom's Soul Leaving Body 112813
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A two-run walkoff homer here would fastrack my Mason-Miller-Becomes-Rod-Beck idea. He'd feel like he has no choice. 6200
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Watched the episode where they pitched Heinz Ketchup in my Mad Men rewatch the other night and I cannot imagine how quickly both Don and Ted would've rejected anyone pitching that gross-ass scrambled egg/"All of Me" Heinz commercial they just showed. 4211
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Ilya Rozanov: "What the fuck is Megill?" 0120
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Trying to imagine what Mason Miller is gonna be like when he ages a bit and gets a big guy pitcher ass. He's gonna be even more unhittable then than he is now. 4441
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Shy, Bookish Umpire Actually Really Beautiful When He Takes Mask Off — theonion.com/shy-bookish-...theonion.comShy, Bookish Umpire Actually Really Beautiful When He Takes Mask Off 1787
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 04/10/2026There has been some great defense in this game. And some not great defense in this game. 3170
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This game feels like the pitch clock isn’t on 4271
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Running with our tail between our legs from a UK airbase? We're so totally winning! bsky.app/profile/nyti... 5718
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I lauded the ~long shadows~ at Progressive Field the other day, but Miller Park has some excellent ~long shadows~ too 2260
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 04/10/2026In light of that Atlantic article going around featuring the traumatized truck driver who hit Pierre Damas Bel, I'll re-up what I wrote a month ago. craigcalcaterra.com/blog/there-i...craigcalcaterra.comBlood on J.D. Vance’s handsA young Haitian man walked in front of a truck. His blood is on J.D. Vance’s hands 9572164
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Don’t tease me like this www.404media.co/our-solar-sy...404media.coOur Solar System Is Terminally Unstable and Will Be Completely Destroyed, Study FindsThe estimated lifespan of the outer solar system has been downgraded from 100 billion years to just a few billion years, according to a study that probed “terminal instability” during the Sun’s death. 2293
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My daughter texts. She and her friends are going to the bar down the street from me and she's stopping in for a minute first. Allison: Why do they want to go there on Saturday night? It's crazy. Me: They're 22. They're the reason we don't go out on Saturday night. 51062
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Dylan Dodd, have yourself a fucking day 1130
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Only the best umps make the postseason 7476
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026That was definitely a "let's all just get out of here" appeal to third 2421
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Progressive Field has the best afternoon ~baseball long shadows~ in the game. 1442
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Been so long since I've seen successful framing in a ballgame. 090
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Whenever I see previews for CBS procedurals I think "god, I'd ever watch that" while simultaneously getting a weird nostalgia for the monoculture. 0230
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Today I woke up after my longest-night's sleep in a year, met up with a childhood friend and watched his kid's hockey game, I'm now on the couch watching a ballgame with a nice beer in-hand and chili in the crockpot, and it's absolutely perfect fall weather. If this isn't nice I don't know what is. 91790
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I cannot see the AT&T commercials with the guy who played Jaimé on "Broad City" and not think of Jaimé from "Broad City." 2160
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Why are they praising the third base coach for a play on which the runner had about a 95% chance of being out? 7320