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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

PCA-Dependancy: When Pete Crow-Armstrong had two or more hits in a game, the Cubs went 35-8 this summer. When PCA had only one (or none) they went just 54-67, including the playoffs.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When I’ve watched the Yankees the last few years, my mind keeps expecting to see Tino, Jeter, Mariano & Bernie on my TV screen. It’s weird. Those clubs are just burned indelibly into my memory. Tonight I’m watching TV, I’m like, “Who are these imposters, pretending they’re the Yankees?” They’re good

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I realize the baseball postseason is kicking off today, but I just remembered Bob Cousy (age 98) is still with us

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Looks like what Mickey might look like after a night out with Billy and Whitey. A rare picture of Mickey looking awkward on a baseball diamond.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Important: this is Bo Jackson with an artificial hip. He can’t move like a normal athlete anymore but could still uncork missiles.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Will any active players wind up with more than 500 career home runs? There are roughly 20 players with 200 or more right now, and two already have more than 400 (Stanton and Trout), but their ages, man, I dunno. Schwarber, Bryce and Machado might have the best shot, but I’d still bet against it. 1/2

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I was at the debut of the Women’s Professional Baseball League (WPBL) in Springfield IL tonight. Saw Tony LaRussa, Dave Stewart and Keith Foulke there. Mo’ne Davis played center and lead off the first inning

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

My wife (Borat’s voice) is an art teacher. She inherited some vintage paper supplies for her classroom, some dating back to the 50s, and in the pile is this baseball wrapping paper, likely from the 1970s..

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

In 1952, 45-year-old Satchel Paige threw a 12-inning shutout (with 9 strikeouts) against the Detroit Tigers. That summer he went 12-10 with a 3.07 era and 10 saves. Two shutouts.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

What are the 5 biggest baseball stories of the 21st century so far? In no particular order, here’s mine: A. PED reckoning B. World Baseball Classic (and globalization, generally, from Ichiro to Ohtani) C. Banana Ball D. Contraction of minors E. Optimization- training, stat cast, replay. And yours?

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I rebuilt the 1943 Negro league stats now included as part of the official MLB statistical record. A huge breakthrough in my research was uncovering this 4-page Homestead Grays press release from late in the season, hidden in the archives at Howard Univ. It was a road map for finding box scores.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Jacob Misiorowski (RH phenom pitches tonight vs Mets) has a bizarre split slash vs Lefties. LHB are slashing .098/.189/.142 against him in 229 PA. Righties have gone .204/.254/.331 in 193 PA. It’s jaw-dropping how dominant he’s been this season, currently 10-4 1.62 whip of 0.757

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

We’re five, six years away from robot players, robot umps, bot fans, and what not.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I have to mute the TV during the mic’d up player stuff. Cringe

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Can’t sleep so I’m sitting here wondering what kind of career Willson Contreras might of have had if he’d come up as a LF or 1B instead of as a catcher?

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Nothing matters. Wait wait, character matters.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This is where I bought most of my baseball cards back in 1978 and 1979. Grocery store is long gone…

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Baseball Crowd Source: has the increase in earlier, twilight starts the past few seasons had any impact on the batter’s performance? Good or bad? This is when you have all those nasty shadows criss-crossing the diamond. Seriously, somebody out there must know, right?

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

@wkamaubell.bsky.social could play aging Hall of Famer Buck Leonard in a yet-to-be-written bio pic.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Cubs fans, crazy observation: very soon, this year probably, Kyle Schwarber will pass Kris Bryant and Javier Baez (combined) in career home runs. He’s only 10 behind those two guys. If you’d told me this back in 2016, I’d have thought you were crazy.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Software Engineer-sports dorks: Dream Job Alert!!!

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Funny blog post from pal Jeff Polman, via Craig Calcaterra. Curse the AI baseball slop!

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Incentivize starters working longer with ONE rule change. Starters: 4 balls = walk, 3 strikes= strikeout. But for Relievers: 4 balls = walk, 4 strikes = strikeout.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Charles Oakley looks like a new character from the Hunger Games

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Avery Wilson has to be Top 5, all time. A cappella Star-Spangled Banner is TOUGH and this guy just crushes it on the regular.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

This raw milk weirdo is the first person I’ve ever seen who looks like Babe Ruth.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Clyde Frazier looks like he could step on the court and play right now, except for those cheese fries he’s eating

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Houthi and the Blowfish just dropped a new album.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

People aren’t talking about this enough, but: if the Bears move to Hammond, Indiana, Sundays in autumn—time Chicago are gonna be GREAT for hanging out downtown or near the lake. I’m not going to do it, of course. Too tired. But others might get into it.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Young peeps, gather ‘round: When I was a little kid (Bird and Magic were rookies) the NBA Finals were broadcast on tape delay here in the Chicago market. Seriously. They’d broadcast the games late at night, after the local 10 o’clock news.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Paul Dean or Paula Deen? Who ya got?

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Tom Peyer @tompeyer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Gorilla Playing Saxophone with Balloons has dropped out of the White House concert

Professionally hand-lettered sign says: "GORILLA PLAYING SAXOPHONE With Balloons AT YOUR PARTY 841 8322"

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Pardon the language here, but did MLB pull out their lively summer balls last night? Five teams scored more than 10, two reached 15.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Chet Holmgren is the Neal Brennan of the NBA

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Ok, so what’s wrong with Kyle Schwarber now? Diarrhea?

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I think a little hGH would help snap Tatis Jr out of his ongoing SLG slump.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Are there serious baseball history nerds who are ALSO hardcore Civil War history nerds? Do you know anyone like this? Or does this simply go against the laws of physics? Or wait a minute, maybe this is vintage base ball?

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

.161/.244/.329: Cal Raleigh off to a rough start. Baseball’s a tough game. He’ll eventually dig out of this, but I can’t imagine he’s having much fun right now. What’s the “slump comp” at an office job?

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Right now the Chicago Cubs remind me of last fall’s Chicago Bears. A good-not-great team that just won’t quit. They refuse to lay down. I hate to say it, but, um: grinders. That’s what the Cubs are, grinders.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

41-year-old “Batting Practice” Max has coughed up 26 dongs the last two years, in 103+ innings pitched. Mother Nature is still undefeated.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

One of the Atlanta Braves old managers passed away. They were 0-1 under his steady leadership. RIP Ted Turner

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Jaffe’s going on the 15-day IL

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

And oh, one more thing: he can steal bases like a young Barry Bonds…

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

From here on out, I think they should simply refer to him as “Aussie Bazzana,” which is a great baseball name

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

If podcasts existed back in the 1920s, which Negro leaguer would have hosted one? Probably Joe Rogan.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

SCALDING HOT TAKE: Put the 1990s Atlanta Braves pitching rotation on a team today, with the ABS challenge system, and things would be a LOT different for them. Mostly because they’re all in their 60s now. But also they wouldn’t be getting those bogus strike calls on pitchers four inches outside.

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Scott Simkus @scottsimkus.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

With 9 home runs in his first 23 MLB games, Munetaka Murakami is already #17 on the all-time HR list for players born in Japan. By season’s end, he’ll likely be in the Top 10. Forty more and he’d be in Top 5, moving past Kenji Johjima, who finished his MLB stint with 48.

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