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David @mcd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Shocked by the Wildcat-on-Wildcat crime here

Tough going from Peyton Manning to Trevor Siemian.

David @mcd.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

“You’re telling me there’s a sleazy way to pay our workers less, and all we have to do is lose a few baseball games and mistreat a Mexican man?”

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David @mcd.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I nerd-sniped myself with this. I think he’s already at 32 days in MiLB, and would need 42 total for an extra year of control (not 39). If he comes back up in 10 days, we’ll have some pretty compelling evidence of the Cubs motives. Hopefully Thielbar doesn’t cost us any games in the meantime!

A list of Latest Transactions for Javier Assad. He’s been optioned to the minors 3 times this year: once for 12 days, once for 20 days, and again today.

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David @mcd.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I wonder if they’re gaming Assad’s service time. He had 3 years 27 days coming into the season, so if he spends 39ish (?) days in the minors, they squeeze out an extra year of team control.

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David @mcd.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Caratini had an OPS of .661 and was used as DH 18 times in a 60 game season. Find someone who loves you the way David Ross loved overusing backup catchers.

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David @mcd.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

David Ross, filling out his lineup card every day in 2020:

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David @mcd.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Did I semi-obsessively check the “SB” line on Yankees box scores the last two weeks of the season? Who’s to say…

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David @mcd.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hey now, we’ve seen a lot of great QB play. They play the Packers twice a year!

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David @mcd.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

They’re all Freakanomics parents who read that kids born in September are more likely to become pro athletes.

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David @mcd.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Hmm on second thought, I’m not sure that holds in the event of a 3-way tie. We may need to wait until Wednesday…

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David @mcd.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

They hold the tiebreak over AZ (4-3 head to head record), so Cubs win on Tuesday, plus SF & CIN losses would do it!

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David @mcd.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Prediction for the #Bears: - 7-10 - September/October are pretty rough for Caleb, but he lights it up in the second half of the season. Creates optimism for 2026. - Defense finishes in the bottom quarter of the league thanks to an impotent pass rush.

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David @mcd.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

The image is obviously from April 30, 2016, when Michael Conforto hit Matt Cain’s 44th pitch of the game for a double off the wall at Citi Field. Not a pop-up. Disappointed to see The Onion spreading disinformation like this. youtu.be/CLPDLdDeLqY?...

youtu.be

SF@NYM: Conforto smacks a two-run double to left

YouTube video by MLB

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David @mcd.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

BMTron! My whole middle school was obsessed with it.

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David @mcd.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

No one will steal 50+ bases. Context: there have been 3 players with 50+ SB in each of the “rule change” seasons, but no one has done it twice.

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David @mcd.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Could have posted this any time in the last 12 years and it would be just as true then as it is today

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David @mcd.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Seeing his name next to Frank “Schwindy City” Schwindel’s makes me wonder what awful Obvious Shirts merch we would have seen if Luis were on the 2022 Cubs

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David @mcd.bsky.social · 09/04/2024

Pitchers are barely incentivized to keep themselves healthy! Declining to give 110% on every pitch is unilateral disarmament in a world where every team has a dozen AAA arms that throw 97.

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David @mcd.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

Solution to the “do Wild Card byes hurt the top seeds” question: let the top seeds pick between a bye or risking a loss in the Wild Card round. I guarantee 100% prefer the bye.

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David @mcd.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

2018 Red Sox rode Kimbrel, Sale, Eovaldi into the ground. 2/3 of them haven’t been the same since.

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David @mcd.bsky.social · 01/07/2023

Insane wait to rent a car. Seeing some beautiful examples of humanity as the haves (people who ordered DoorDash to the line) share their bounties with the have-nots (people sans DoorDash)

A car rental facility with hundreds of people waiting in line

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