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@tannersmith4.bsky.social
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Mostly baseball and 76ers homer stuff here I write Swings and Takes for BaseballHQ.com, as well as contributing on the minor league side

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.
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TannerHQ @tannersmith4.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Before this song was huge, it made my playlist of songs that sound exactly like Drinkin’ Problem by Midland, a playlist now up to 8 songs. Makes me think that if it was released today, it would have dominated the charts.
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Philadelphia 76ers @sixersnba.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
a city fit for a king. welcome to Philly, LeBron!
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Roger Cormier @themetsnewsletter.com · 26/06/2026
Read the damn room, Mr. Met.
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The relevant portion of the Jason Collins discussion
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TannerHQ @tannersmith4.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
A few days late promoting it but I had a lot of fun going back on The Eyes Have it podcast for @baseballhq.com with @chrisblessing.bsky.social to talk about some prospects! Mets, Brewers and Phillies fans should be particularly interested open.spotify.com/episode/7I37...
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Episode 6.5: Prospecting for prospects with Tanner Smith
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TannerHQ @tannersmith4.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
New Arsenal Report out! This week I dive into Chase Dollander and Emerson Hancock, exploring the process changes they have made in 2026 that materially impact their outlooks for the year and beyond. www.baseballhq.com/articles/ski...
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Arsenal Report: Dollander, Hancock Emerge
Two former top 10 picks have made major adjustments in 2026 that have their stocks pointing up.
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TannerHQ @tannersmith4.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
A few days late promoting it but I had a lot of fun going back on The Eyes Have it podcast for @baseballhq.com with @chrisblessing.bsky.social to talk about some prospects! Mets, Brewers and Phillies fans should be particularly interested open.spotify.com/episode/7I37...
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Episode 6.5: Prospecting for prospects with Tanner Smith
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TannerHQ @tannersmith4.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
First Arsenal Report of the year for @baseballhq.com! I dive into two early pitching success stories and how they have made material improvements in their arsenals and processes www.baseballhq.com/articles/ski...
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Vasquez's FB, Bradley's Arm Angle
First Arsenal Report of 2026, where we look into hot starts by Randy Vasquez and Taj Bradley.
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TannerHQ @tannersmith4.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Kyle Bradish is back, this is some absolute filth
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TannerHQ @tannersmith4.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Replay opinion I have always had: if the ball beats the runner to the base, replay should not be able to overturn the call. Get rid of these replays that take forever when a guy’s finger comes off the base for a half second and is called out because of it.
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Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
"The way some of these other immigrants are getting treated in our country right now is a travesty and a disgrace... I think what’s going on in our country — what we’re doing to some of these amazing immigrants, is really unfortunate and it’s really sad." - Charles Barkley on CBS
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I am struggling to understand the extremely muted international response to this. whatever you think of the regime, it is not the regime that is suffering. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cuba's mothers-to-be prepare to give birth in a country plunged into darkness
Two pregnant women tell the BBC's Will Grant of their hopes and fears as their nation is mired in crisis.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 23/03/2026
“I am political,” Ms. Rachel told me of her new effort to free kids from ICE detention. “It’s political to believe that children are worthy of love … and that our care shouldn’t stop at what we look like, our family, at our religion, at a border. Mr. Rogers was very political.”
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Crazy crazy story. Times of Israel reporter ( English language Israeli news site ) gets escalating death threats to change story that’s at center of big polymarket bet. www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers-try...
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Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story
Bettors are using death threats to try to get The Times of Israel's military correspondent to change his report on a missile impact in central Israel. This is his alarming account
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TannerHQ @tannersmith4.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... Long article, but a highly recommended read in the cultural context we live in.
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My Year as a Degenerate Sports Gambler
Practically overnight, America made wagering on a game as frictionless as checking the weather. I was determined to understand the consequences—for my country, and for myself.
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Lewie Pollis @lewispoll.is · 05/03/2026
I wrote about Graham Platner, selective outrage, and the predictable consequences of the bipartisan belief that a keffiyeh is more antisemitic than a Totenkopf.
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The Oysters Come Home to Roost
What happens when voters learn to tune out accusations of antisemitism?
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TannerHQ @tannersmith4.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Someone needs to do a Daryl Morey montage with Manchild playing as the background music
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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
“Give me the Nobel Peace Prize or I’ll forcibly take over Greenland” is some real galaxy-brain stuff from Dear Leader www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Donald Trump links threats to seize Greenland to Nobel prize snub in letter
US president says he no longer feels the need to think ‘purely of peace’ in letter to Norwegian prime minister
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John Foley @2008philz.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Ranger Suárez closing out Game 5 of the 2022 NLCS. Bedlam at the Bank™️ might not be a thing without Ranger’s 2-pitch save.
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TannerHQ @tannersmith4.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Playing Hank Williams Jr. as bumper music is admittedly a funny bit with his history with MNF (which he got kicked out of for very good reasons)
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TannerHQ @tannersmith4.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
blogs.fangraphs.com/can-you-make... This article from Davy Andrews at FanGraphs was interesting - he compares differences by hitter depending on how close they are standing to the plate. I am wondering if specific types of hitters (such as very short or tall ones) see disproportionate benefit here.
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Can You Make More Contact by Standing Closer to the Plate?
The early data makes it look that way.
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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Kelly isn’t saying anything that’s not said in the Pentagon every day.
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 25/11/2025
Olivia Nuzzi wrote an entire story based on unnamed sources about Biden's decline, reinvigorating calls for him to leave the race -- and the whole time, she was working on RFK Jr.'s behalf, according to her ex-fiance. newrepublic.com/article/2035...
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Olivia Nuzzi’s Real Victims
More than her fiancé, or fellow female journalists, the public will pay the price for these misdeeds. RFK Jr. will see to that.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The "Department of Government Efficiency" has disbanded eight months early. DOGE sowed chaos throughout the government and disrupted services relied upon by millions, while finding hardly any savings. Here's what you should know about damage that DOGE leaves behind.
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The DOGE Damage Elon is Leaving Behind
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TannerHQ @tannersmith4.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Lewie wrote up what I have been arguing for 10-15 years, hopefully some Hall of Fame voters dig into it more as he gains steam on the ballot.
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Lewie Pollis @lewispoll.is · 17/11/2025
Chase Utley played in the perfect era for defensive metrics to adulate him...but too early for awards voters to notice. Today at The Lewsletter, I probed an alternate timeline where analytics had been part of Gold Glove voting during Utley's prime — and how that would change his Hall of Fame story.
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Chasing Utley's Missing Gold Gloves
How retconning awards would reshape Chase Utley's Cooperstown case
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Josh Kaplan @josh-kaplan.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends. It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
Kristi Noem sits on a horse wearing a cowboy hat. In the background is Mount Rushmore.
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Austin Krell @austinkrell.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Justin Edwards' faith in his hard work finally paid off on Tuesday. Nick Nurse, of course, was never concerned. He trusts Edwards implicitly. A story on sighs of relief and the beautiful, intoxicating randomness of NBA basketball: onpattison.com/news/2025/no...
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
WATCH: "They are underwater across the board, and they know it. And that is causing them to double down in public. But it is backfiring. That is why—whether it's a shutdown, whether it's all of this—they want us to blink first. And we have too much to save," says AOC.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
100% of NFL teams didn't pay tribute to Melissa Hortman Also: All media has to pretend this stuff is totally normal
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Four NFL teams don’t pay tribute to Charlie Kirk as others hold moments of silence https://trib.al/33kqHuO
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/09/2025
it’s fascinating. majorities of americans oppose the military occupation of cities. a substantial number of those are fucking furious about it, but rather than lean into this anger and attack trump’s perception of strength, these “strategists” want democrats to avoid the confrontation entirely.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
🚨Trump drops all pretense and openly admits the mass raids in Chicago are about ICE raids and deportations (not crime), and essentially declares that he’s going to war with the city.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2025
Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/08/2025
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
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RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Remembering today when pro-GOP media erupted with outrage over Kamala Harris' warning that Trump had plans to militarize the national guard and deploy them on the streets of US cities. Indeed, he had such plans. And now he's implementing them.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Narciso Barranco's story is a story that echoes in the experience of millions of undocumented immigrants; a hard-working father who raised proud American children who love their country. The Trump admin lied to the public and painted him as a danger. He is not. He's part of the American fabric.
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TannerHQ @tannersmith4.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
For Cardinals fans, I think it is worth saying that I wrote a full scouting report for @baseballhq.com on Nate Dohm back in June. My latest for the site for Orioles fans was on Wellington Aracena. www.baseballhq.com/articles/sco... www.baseballhq.com/articles/sco...
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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
As an aside, I'm told multiple major outlets were not interested in this story and passed on covering it. Mind-boggling.
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Philadelphia Phillies @notphillies.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
All love for our Ace
Bryce Harper and Zack Wheeler hug on the mound. They are wearing the cream Phillies uniformZack Wheeler enters the dugout after a complete game as the crowd gives him a standing ovation. He's wearing the cream unis.Brandon Marsh pours water on Zack Wheeler after his complete game. They are wearing the cream Phillies unis
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 03/07/2025
While Republicans celebrate the passage of the largest Medicaid cut in history, the Curtis Medical Center in Nebraska announced it will shut down as a result of these horrific cuts — the first of many hospitals to close. This is a dark day for rural America and for our country.
Southwest Nebraska hospital announces plans to close, blames uncertainty over funding
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
David is right. What JD Vance is saying is nothing is more important than destroying this country’s basic principles and crash the economy to expel a population he doesn’t like. There are other options! Ones that actually make this country BETTER, not WORSE.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/07/2025
one thing that is important to emphasize at that this is just republican governance at work! this is what happens when you give republicans power in washington!
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TannerHQ @tannersmith4.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
More important story now than ever
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
The hardest rule of Beltway journalism is that Republican public officials have no agency and bear no responsibility for choices fully within their discretion
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BaseballHQ @baseballhq.com · 20/06/2025
FREE read today. @chrisblessing.bsky.social's "The Eyes Have It" with scouting reports on Jesús Made, Luis Pena, and a Brewers prospect notebook www.baseballhq.com/articles/sco...
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Jesús Made, Luis Pena & Brewers prospect notebook
The eyes turn their attention towards the Brewers farm system to profile two potential star players.
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Chris Blessing @chrisblessing.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The @baseballhq.com Eyes Have it Podcast will post tomorrow. I am blaming the weather in the SE for the flights delays, getting me home so late from a trip. Tanner Smith is my guest. I’ll let you know when it’s up tomorrow.
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