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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 10h

Lots of things to like about the NY Rangers so far. I think my favorite thing is that they don't sit on leads. They attack. As one of my friends just texted "Who is this team" that does that? So far, pretty good.

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 12h

So excited to interview 'How I Met Your Mother co-creator Craig Thomas (@himymcraig.bsky.social) about his intense 1986 Mets fandom We covered Amazin' autograph stories (Hojo, Strawberry), his love of Teufel & Sisk + why Ted had to be a Mets fan 1986-mets-rewatch.beehiiv.com/p/35-1986-me...

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#35- 1986 Mets Rewatch: An Interview with How I Met Your Mother Co-Creator Craig Thomas

He's a huge Mets fan with great stories about Darryl Strawberry and Howard Johnson

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Sports Info Solutions @sportsinfosolutions.com · 21h

The Fielding Bible Awards will be announced here on October 22 at 2pm ET We're talking to some past winners in the meantime. @marksimon.bsky.social caught up with former A's standout Daric Barton to reminiscence about his season of defensive excellence www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2026/10/06/f...

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Fielding Bible Awards Flashback: Daric Barton Beat Out The Best

The former A’s first baseman reminisces about a 2010 season in which everything came together just right at the plate and in the field.

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What's the intersection between New York Mets fans and How I Met Your Mother fans? If you fall within the Venn diagram I think you'll enjoy my interview with the show's co-creator about his 1986 Mets fandom 1986-mets-rewatch.beehiiv.com/p/35-1986-me...

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#35- 1986 Mets Rewatch: An Interview with How I Met Your Mother Co-Creator Craig Thomas

He's a huge Mets fan with great stories about Darryl Strawberry and Howard Johnson

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Jazz Chisholm: -6 Runs Saved this season and bad numbers turning double plays. On display tonight

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What's gonna happen when he plays 2 or 3 other good ones and Korpisalo comes back?

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sometimes in sports stuff just works out Dylan Garand - finally deserving of his chance to play Rangers absurdly trade for a backup goalie Garand waived. No other team wants to sign him NYR backup goalie gets injured before 1st game Garand gets to play ... shutout in first game. Love it!

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Lowest pitch he's homered on in his career

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I believe that's the lowest pitch that Michael Harris has hit for a home run in his career - listed at 1.19 feet by MLB

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Would Mike Breen use BANG on a home run call? What really big sporting event did he miss as a kid that he still seems to be annoyed about? That and much more Mets talk, going a little beyond what he told the booth ... So excited I got to talk to him! 1986-mets-rewatch.beehiiv.com/p/34-1986-me...

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#34- 1986 Mets Rewatch: An Interview with Mike Breen

Neverending optimism, missing a 1973 World Series game, would he call a home run with a "BANG?" and more

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mika Zibanejad ties Rangers legend Andy Bathgate on the NHL's all-time goal list with #349 (Rick MacLeish too, but no NYR connection And at least temporarily has one more career goal than Chris Kreider cc @outsidethegarden.com

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Sports Info Solutions @sportsinfosolutions.com · 29/09/2026

Congratulations to September's Defensive Player of the Month Winners Matt Olson Zach McKinstry Jackson Chourio Olson led all players in September with 7 Defensive Runs Saved. McKinstry and Chourio each won the award for the 2nd straight month Next up: Fielding Bible Awards: Thursday, October 22

March/April
Pete Crow-Armstrong (Cubs CF)
Cole Young (Mariners 2B)

May
Andy Pages (Dodgers CF)
Ceddanne Rafaela (Red Sox CF)
JJ Wetherholt (Cardinals 2B)

June
Junior Caminero (Rays 3B)
Joe Mack (Marlins C)
Brayan Rocchio (Guardians SS)

July
Isaac Collins (Royals LF)
A.J. Ewing (Mets CF)
Brice Turang (Brewers 2B)

August
Zach McKinstry (Tigers RF)
Jackson Chourio (Brewers LF)
Wade Meckler (Angels RF)

September
Matt Olson (Braves 1B)
Zach McKinstry (Tigers RF)
Jackson Chourio (Brewers LF)

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Sports Info Solutions @sportsinfosolutions.com · 28/09/2026

The last 7 World Series winners have finished in the top 10 in Defensive Runs Saved, and 19 of the last 20 World Series participants have finished in the top 15 in Runs Saved. We say that to segue to - which playoff teams have the best defenses? www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2026/09/28/s...

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Stat of the Week: Which of the 12 Playoff Teams Are Best Defensively?

Which playoff teams fared best in Defensive Runs Saved…

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The correct answer is ... badly! Predicting is hard!

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This will be the best baseball article you read this week- via @bgawlowski.bsky.social He makes the case for in-person scouting, which has value that goes beyond individual numbers

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Sports Info Solutions @sportsinfosolutions.com · 25/09/2026

MLB Team Defensive Runs Saved Leaders - entering the final weekend 110- Cubs 88- Rays 64- Red Sox 56- Brewers 56- Braves 49- Mets 45- Blue Jays 40- Tigers 35- Dodgers 34- Royals Full list: FieldingBible.com

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Sports Info Solutions @sportsinfosolutions.com · 24/09/2026

The top 8 players in Defensive Runs Saved are all on teams that have either qualified or are in qualifying position for the MLB playoffs. A good list of leading contenders for the Fielding Bible Award too! fieldingbible.com

Defensive Runs Saved Player Leaders
Wilyer Abreu 25
Brice Turang 22
Taylor Walls 21
Ceddanne Rafaela 21
Andy Pages 20
Cody Bellinger 19
Steve Kwan 18
Pete Crow-Armstrong 16

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Sports Info Solutions @sportsinfosolutions.com · 24/09/2026

New episode: SIS Baseball Podcast! @marksimon.bsky.social @tylerkepner.bsky.social @chelseajanes.bsky.social review the biggest surprises of the 2026 MLB season. We cover Jake Bauers, Paul Skenes, Andy Pages & more Plus: why Chelsea picks a Brewers-Rays World Series tinyurl.com/mlbsurp

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Our Annual Surprises of the MLB Season with Chelsea Janes & Tyler Kepner

Podcast Episode · The SIS Baseball Podcast · September 24 · 31m

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The team has transferred the LOL in LOLMets to the Texas Rangers

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My latest journalist interview is with Nierra Coleman-Jones and Eric Jourgensen to promote the National News Literacy Conference in Salt Lake City October 8-10. At a time in which misinformation is rampant, knowing how to find it is so important. LISTEN podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...

I want educators to be able to have something tangible from the conference that they can use straightaway on Monday when they get back to the classroom. This will be fresh in their mind. I also want them to feel like a part of this community and not feel alone teaching news literacy- Nierra Coleman Jones, News Literacy Project

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This was an excellent convention presentation and is worth checking out for anyone who missed it

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Sports Info Solutions @sportsinfosolutions.com · 23/09/2026

The 2026 Cubs are the runaway leaders in Defensive Runs Saved this season. They've been the best, no doubt about it. But where do they stand among all teams since we've been tracking the stat since 2003? @marksimon.bsky.social with our Stat of the Week www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2026/09/23/w...

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Where The Cubs Stand Among Defensive Runs Saved Leaders

The stat has been tracked since 2003.The 2026 Cubs are among the best teams…

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

there's a sabr presentation for someone ...

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm wondering if there's an AAGPBL historical comp?

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I was trying to think if there was someone in Eric Young's past that he watched someone take it to the finish line like she did... (maybe ask him when you get him, if you haven't already? @buckweaver.bsky.social had a good list and the one I liked off that was Chris Carpenter vs Halladay 2011

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Some LOLMets defense being played by the Rangers

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I fully support the idea of not always comparing the women's to men's, but a shutout in a close, tight deciding game kinda brings out the comparer in me ...

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The whole WPBL is a cool (and historic) baseball story but how great in a sport in which offense dominated that the league's much-heralded pitcher, who appeared to have had a rough year, pitches a shutout in the decisive game to win the championship. That's great.

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I was trying to think of what the MLB historical comp would be for something like this. Cool story if she can finish it off.

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Sports Info Solutions @sportsinfosolutions.com · 22/09/2026

Some of the positional leaders for Defensive Runs Saved have pretty big gaps between themselves and their counterparts. Impressive years for Wilyer Abreu, Taylor Walls, Cody Bellinger, Brice Turang, and Ty France in sticking out from the rest of the crowd defensively.

4 bar graphs - one showing that rf Wilyer Abreu has 26 Runs Saved and Seiya Suzuki has 14, another showing SS Taylor Walls has 21 Runs Saved and Jose Caballero has 13, another showing Cody Bellinger has 20 Runs Saved and Jackson Chourio has 13, another showing Brice Turang has 21 Runs Saved and Cole Young has 15, and one other showing Ty France has 16 Runs Saved and Matt Olson has 11.

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Howie Rose just did a Lindsay Nelson-style home run call on that Bo Bichette homer. Nice touch.

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Sports Info Solutions @sportsinfosolutions.com · 18/09/2026

Our Corey March and Andrew Oja demonstrate the power of the SIS DataHub Pro to analyze NFL teams and players. They break down Kenneth Walker III and Jayden Daniels and what's hidden in the Week 1 numbers, highlight some of the top rookies on defense, and much more www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbr2...

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SIS DataHub Pro Livestream Week 2

YouTube video by Sports Info Solutions

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

He had some rough ones late in the Alonso 300 game too

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Sports Info Solutions @sportsinfosolutions.com · 17/09/2026

We're about a month away from the 21st annual Fielding Bible Awards. In our Stat of the Week, @marksimon.bsky.social looks at how last year's winners have fared this season. Might we have some repeat winners? www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2026/09/17/s...

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Stat of the Week: How Did Last Year’s Fielding Bible Award Winners Do?

It’s tough to be great defensively two years in a row but some guys have done it.

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy 40th anniversary of 1986 Mets clinching day! I rewatched and wrote about the 1986 division clincher so you don't have to ... 1986-mets-rewatch.beehiiv.com/p/31-1986-me...

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#31- 1986 Mets Clinching Day!

The moment to celebrate finally arrived

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy 40th anniversary of 1986 Mets clinching day! I rewatched and wrote about the 1986 division clincher so you don't have to ... 1986-mets-rewatch.beehiiv.com/p/31-1986-me...

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#31- 1986 Mets Clinching Day!

The moment to celebrate finally arrived

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Craig Albernaz may not have seen a player in gray pants get a curtain call but Mike Piazza got one in 2006 after he hit 2 HR at Shea vs Pedro Martinez

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Pete Alonso setting himself up well to be an analyst on Mets broadcasts in 2040

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This game and the last 2 days feel right out of Page 134 of the LOL Mets Official Handbook

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Wrote this today about a weird thing on our statistical leaderboard that actually doesn't feel so weird when you look at it a little more closely. A relief pitcher co-leads pitchers in Defensive Runs Saved with the season nearing its conclusion.

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Besides Mauricio Dubon, we're joined by father-daughter researchers Chris and Lindsay Dial @seatoseabaseball.com Chris talked defensive stats he's developed over the years. Lindsay writes for @baseballprospectus.com - talked about her blog on competitive balance podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

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Mauricio Dubon on Tracking His Catch Probabilities + A Father/Daughter Baseball Research Team

Podcast Episode · The SIS Baseball Podcast · September 10 · 29m

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Mauricio Dubon is a new one on my "favorite baseball interviews" list. He was so into the discussion we had about what it's like to be a utility player. I think he was looking to garner some respect for it. I hope he felt seen with me!

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Sports Info Solutions @sportsinfosolutions.com · 10/09/2026

Perhaps you've looked at the Defensive Runs Saved leaderboard and wondered why the Rays are No. 2 overall behind the Cubs. It deals with how we calculate the value of defensive positioning. @abraham-dabaja.bsky.social provides an explanation www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2026/09/10/t...

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The Rays And Their Defensive Positioning Are Racking Up Runs Saved

Tampa Bay is second in the majors in Runs Saved and that rank is about more than the skill of their fielders…

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