Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 10hIs this the '25 or '26 MLB postseason? - #4 NYY over #5 BOS in ALWC - #1 ALE team over #4 NYY in ALDS - 2x ALC + 1x ALW in other side of AL bracket; #2 wins ALDS in five - SD-CHC in NLWC won by #4, which loses NLDS to #1 MIL - NLCS: MIL vs LAD, 4-0 sweep w/no wins by 5+ Trick question, it's both! 000 0
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Faced with this evidence, the conclusion is obvious: Oklahoma State was a far more successful program until someone (most likely an OU fan) cursed their teams to travel five years back in time. 000 0
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 16/10/2026In 2027, the College Football Playoff is expected to expand from 12 teams to 24. This comes four years after Oklahoma State finished #20, missing the playoff by sixteen spots. Under the new format, they would have been in. 100 0
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 16/10/2026In 2027, men's March Madness will expand from 68 teams to 76. This comes four years after Oklahoma State finished as the first team in the first four out, missing the tournament by one spot. Under the new format, they would have been in. 100 0
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 16/10/2026In 2024, the College Football Playoff expanded from four teams to twelve. This came three years after Oklahoma State finished #9, missing the playoff by five spots. Under the new format, they would have been in. 100 0
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 16/10/2026In 2014, the two-team BCS National Championship Game was replaced by the four-team College Football Playoff. This came three years after Oklahoma State finished #3, missing the championship by one spot. Under the new format, they would have been in. 100 0
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 16/10/2026In 2011, men's March Madness expanded from 64 teams to 68. This came four years after Oklahoma State finished 22-13, missing the tournament while another team from the same conference received a bid with fewer wins. Under the new format, they might have been in. 100 0
Reposted by Preston PackPreston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 11/06/2026October 17, 2026: ULM and LA Tech will finally, ACTUALLY play football. Definitely. Hopefully. The game is in Monroe, where fans have been waiting for Tech to get over itself for a quarter-century. Given everything that's happened since the last time these teams played...should be a fun one! 011 0
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026By the way, the official ULL twitter called LA Tech "Ruston", "La Jech", "LPI", and "Ruston Poly" in its score updates during this game. I wonder if that account is run by an actual University of Louisiana at Lafayette employee? 020 0
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Needless to say, the owners would really like to see that ATL-LAD winner win out. Would anyone really buy the narrative that spending is required to win and a salary cap is needed...if the reigning WS champs heading into the lockout are the White Sox, Rays, or Brewers? 031 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026He's one of two players to hit three 425+ foot home runs this month, alongside Elly De La Cruz. Notably, this month is also *the entirety of his MLB career*. He debuted on September 1! 000 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026the only thing I still care about in this mariners season 010 0
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 0
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Yeah, this being an acceptable loss for Oregon is really more a downside of going from 4 to 12, not from 12 to 24. But tbf, going from 4 to 12 also comes with the upside that Oklahoma State gets to dream of making the playoff after this! 000 0
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 0
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I've seen enough, booking my tickets for the WMU-Tulsa natty 020 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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. 382130586 0
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 0
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 4052156 0
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 0
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 22/08/2026the fact that he was clearly, immediately upset with *himself* over a mental lapse in a 19-0 ballgame really should've deterred anyone from complaining about it imo 030 0
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 0
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026the trademark feature of this era of Mariners baseball is not just ripping your heart out, but doing it so suddenly you get whiplash 020 0
Preston Pack @maladroit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026whenever I doubt myself I just remember Dan Wilson is still employed 110 0
