Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 06/10/2026MLB playoff standings with payroll ranks: #24 CHW up 2-0 on #30 CLE #28 TB up 2-0 on #3 NYY #6 ATL tied 1-1 with #2 LAD #19 MIL up 2-0 on #9 SD If neither the Yankees nor the Padres reverse sweep, the winner of ATL-LAD will be the only team in the ALCS or NLCS with a payroll above league average. 130
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A reminder that "ranked OOC wins" are not a useful metric of conference strength right now. Here are the current totals: SEC: 1 (OSU) B1G: 1 (BSU) B12: 1 (Oregon) All others: 0 The entire top 25 only has fourteen losses right now. That's not enough for any league to have a lot of OOC ranked wins! 000
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 06/10/20262027 MLB postseason prediction: AL wild card: the Yankees dominate the Red Sox ALDS: some other AL East team dominates the Yankees 010
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Team A: - went 7-6 last season - wins over SP+ #63, #101, #39, and FCS (all by 29+) - one-score loss at #35 Team B: - went 7-6 last season - wins over FCS, #84, #30 (all by 16+) - one-score loss at #3 Team A is #10 LSU. Team B is unranked Northwestern. 092
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Mizzou fans in my mentions thinking this is all about them for some reason Y'all, it's also because Clemson got blown out by 28, Louisville dropped to 2-3, and SMU struggled with Boston College. These nine teams' resumes *all* depend heavily on each other, and half of 'em looked terrible this week. 020
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It may be time to consider the possibility that literally all of Clemson, LSU, Ole Miss, Louisville, Wake Forest, SMU, Florida, Texas A&M, and Mizzou are mid 100
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Recently learned that a rivalry has finally been named for the Continental Divide, between the NWSL's Utah Royals and Denver Summit but they called it the Continental Divide *Rivalry*, which you don't need the extra word! that's what "Divide" already means!! that's why the name is cool!!! smh smh 110
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Eli Drinkwitz could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and Mizzou would still be a respectable #24 in the AP Poll the next week 010
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Mets and the Blue Jays, both already eliminated from the playoffs, each have a larger payroll than the AL #1 seed Rays and the NL #1 seed Brewers combined. 020
Reposted by Preston PackStaceyActually @socialistchi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026PLEASE SHARE THIS!!! The new Drexel University President, Antonio Merlo, just closed the Oldest Natural Science Museum in the US, with alleged plans to liquidate some of the most important natural science artifects to private donors and collectors. www.nbcphiladelphia.com/video/news/l...nbcphiladelphia.comAcademy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University closes museum after nearly 200 yearsThe Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia will officially close its museum on Sept. 30, 2026. NBC10’s Johnny Archer has the story and reactions from people who visited the museum. 1108
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The UFL is cutting its teams in - Birmingham (68% Black population) - Houston (25%) and replacing them with teams in - Colorado Springs (6%) - Providence (16%) - Salt Lake City (3%) - Oklahoma City (14%) ...hm. 120
Reposted by Preston PackBryan Knowles @brykno.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The 49ers are on pace to go 17-0 and lose 34 wide receivers. Who will Brock Purdy be throwing to in Week 18?lateral-thinking.ghost.ioThe Full, Extended 49ers Wide Receiver Depth ChartThe 49ers are on pace to go 17-0 and lose 34 wide receivers. Who will Brock Purdy be throwing to in Week 18? 4326
Reposted by Preston PackJohn Thorn @johnthorn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Bonehead Play, in 1908: ourgame.mlblogs.com/the-merkle-b...ourgame.mlblogs.comThe Merkle Blunder: A Kaleidoscopic ViewWhat really happened? 3153
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Florida (one winning season since 2021) beat Auburn (five straight losing seasons), which beat Baylor (one winning season since 2022). Meanwhile, Duke (8+ wins in four straight seasons) beat Illinois (back-to-back 9+ win seasons). The AP gave Florida 269 votes and #21, and gave Duke...20 votes. 000
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Ohio State fell five spots (#1 to #6) for losing at Texas, which was ranked #4 before that game and #1 after. LSU fell only three spots (#7 to #10) for losing at Ole Miss, which was ranked #7 before that game and #10 after. 000
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Given their schedule, it is basically impossible for LSU to prove anything meaningful over the next six weeks. How many spots do they rise to be a quality win for Alabama, Texas, and Tennessee immediately afterward? 001
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026congrats in advance to Ole Miss on their ranked win at 3:30 on ABC next week, over a Florida team that will finish 6-6 020
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The current state of Boston College football: BC itself is up just 6 on Maine, which went 6-6 in FCS last season, in the 4th quarter Cincy, which opened the season with a dominant win over BC, is also down 21 against Miami (OH), which went 7-7 in the MAC last season, near halftime 001
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Players averaging 430+ feet of distance on HRs this season (min. 3 HR): Lázaro Montes, end of list Players with HRs on over 2.5% of all pitches seen this season (min. 3 HR): Lázaro Montes, end of list I'm starting to think Lázaro Montes might be pretty good 100
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Aaron Judge's regular season is over, and he finishes with 2.0 fWAR over 66 games. Cal Raleigh, currently on 1.9 fWAR over 118 games, could catch or pass him over his last nine games. They finished 1st and 2nd in fWAR among batters last year; they currently stand 123rd and 129th this year. 000
Reposted by Preston PackReuters @reuters.com · 17/09/2026New cat species identified in Bolivia, first in over a century reut.rs/4yIJjwOreut.rsNew cat species identified in Bolivia, first in over a centuryA diminutive wild cat that inhabits Bolivia's cloud forest has been identified as a previously unknown species, marking the first time a new living cat species has been formally named and described in more than a century. 201469611
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026the only thing I still care about in this mariners season 010
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Naturally, the scores of Oklahoma State's first two games (loss to Tulsa by 14, win over Oregon by 8) do not fully reflect their actual performance. They actually should've been outscored against Tulsa by another 6 points, and they should've outscored Oregon by another 9. College football! 020
Reposted by Preston Packvictoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 12/09/2026whatever’s happening in stillwater has been forsaken by god and man alike!!!!! 1391
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I've seen enough, booking my tickets for the WMU-Tulsa natty 020
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Genuine question: would 2026 Rutgers be a top 25 FCS team? Villanova is #18 in FCS, and has at least put up a bit of a fight against Louisville, likely one of the best teams in the ACC. Rutgers, meanwhile, is getting beat up by Boston College, which is almost certainly the worst team in the ACC. 001
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026June-August 2026: Americans make fun of soccer for the arbitrariness and inconsistency of letting a ref decide when the game ends based on a clock nobody else can look at September 2026: 020
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026a horribly officiated Hail Mary thrown by a team trailing 12-7 at home as time expired? I feel like I've seen this before... 010
Reposted by Preston PackKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Arte Moreno bought the Angels in 2003 (the year after they won the Series) for $184 million. He then spent 23 years running them into the ground, let the stadium decay, wasted Trout and Ohtani, and sold for $4 billion. And the owners are crying poverty and threatening to kill baseball next year. 382131586
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The Dodgers, Braves, Cubs, and Yankees are all currently in the top five of the MLB standings; each team is at least 18 games over .500. They are also currently in 23-24, 37-35, 51-48, and 33-33 stretches, respectively. 000
Reposted by Preston PackND Stevenson @gingerhaze.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I love to bake but find cooking really hard and my friends are like “oh but baking’s hard for me!” I don’t believe you!! Baking recipes tell you EXACTLY what to do down to the grain of flour! Meanwhile cooking recipes are like “cook til done. Flavor to taste” WHAT DO YOU MEEEEEEAN 4051956
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Five of the seven qualified hitters batting over .300, or 71%, have a Z in their last name: Arraez Alvarez (Simpson) Lopez Gonzales Diaz (Freeman) Only ten of the other 131 qualified hitters (7.6%) have Z's (Suzuki, Arozarena, De La Cruz, Kurtz, Rodríguez, Giménez, Bazzana, Ramírez, Perez, Nuñez). 000
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 22/08/2026lsu-clemson on gameday is fascinating because, yes it's two teams that went 7-6 last year, but at least one of them might be good now, it kinda makes sense to do their game but then they're on gameday again in week 3 so now you're really just there for an unranked clemson that we all know is mid 000
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026whenever I doubt myself I just remember Dan Wilson is still employed 110
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026as a fan of both Jesse Winker and the Seattle Mariners it is both extremely validating and extremely aggravating to see just how stupid our medical staff really is our whole strat is just "play through injury it'll be fine" and it keeps derailing careers and nobody ever learns 020
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Seattle is now a season-low 7 games under .500 1-5 since the deadline: two L's by 8+ vs DET (#16 rec. in MLB) + a sweep by 5 total runs vs TB (#2) The next 15 games: @ NYY (#6), @ HOU (#12, leads ALW), @ MIL (#1), vs CHC (#5), vs PHI (#8) Any sensible team goes to an interim manager here, right? 110
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 08/08/2026anybody else noticing that The Team That Is Ruining Baseball has lost seven straight, hasn't won since the trade deadline, has fallen to the fourth-best record in MLB, and wouldn't even get a postseason bye if the season ended today 110
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Can't approve of Cignetti's scheduling but I will say: It's very funny that between one of CFB's biggest bluebloods and biggest historical bottom-feeders, Texas is the one that keeps whining about disrespect and blustering about cancelling OOC games, and Indiana is the one willing to actually do it 010
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 01/08/2026so did ESPN forget they're broadcasting the WPBL, or www.espn.com/wpblespn.com 040
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Dodgers over Mariners is gonna be the most understandable sweep ever - LAD probably coming in with five straight Ws + a day of rest, SEA potentially with six straight Ls after four games vs Texas - Dodgers give out 2025 WS rings for game 1, get Edwin Diaz back on his own bobblehead night for game 2 000
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 21/07/2026No team has held sole possession of first place in MLB for more than 29 days this season. (High in previous five seasons: 63, 34, 92, 65, 55). No team has held sole possession of last place in MLB for more than 25 days this season. (High in previous five seasons: 158, 135, 80, 84, 74). 210
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 15/07/2026The playbook is very obvious at this point. - MLB makes proposal to do [popular thing] - proposal contains [unacceptable poison pill] - MLBPA denies proposal - MLB leaks proposal, using [popular thing] to cast the MLBPA as unreasonable Doesn't work, of course, when the press calls them out on it: 030
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Preseason FPI/final record: Auburn '21: #15 → 6-7 '22: #11 → 5-7 '23: #39 → 6-7 '24: #19 → 5-7 '25: #21 → 5-7 '26: #22 Florida '21: #11 → 6-7 '22: #29 → 6-7 '23: #18 → 5-7 '24: #20 → 8-5 '25: #13 → 4-8 '26: #18 Texas '21: #7 → 5-7 '22: #7 → 8-5 '23: #5 → 12-2 '24: #3 → 13-3 '25: #1 → 10-3 '26: #2 100
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 09/07/2026MLB leaders in batting average: 2023: contact hitter playing middle infield in Miami (Luis Arraez, .354) 2024: perennial AL MVP contender (Bobby Witt Jr., .332) 2025: perennial AL MVP contender (Aaron Judge, .331) 2026: contact hitter playing middle infield in Miami (Otto Lopez, .345) 000
