iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 1h

hey coach how much do you think professors make

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 4h

last week: AI WILL KILL US ALL this week: this cute little anthropomorphic thingy orders groceries correctly 60% of the time so i have given it my social security number and birth certificate and legally made it the executor of my will

0152

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 12h

can't wait for the cubes to trot a position player out here to pitch to complete my 2026 Playoff Bingo Card in one night

050

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 16h

feel like we are primed to be force-fed a deep yankee playoff run during which the entire sports media machine insists we treat it exactly like the knicks thing

161

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 23h

other than the white sox and padres i kind of hate all these teams so i might just go with this for my rooting interest outside of hoping the white sox and padres play in the world series and manfred loses sleep over the TV ratings for 10 days

030

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 29/09/2026

slowly adopting the Board from Control's slashed speech pattern in my e-mails. "Thanks/Sorry" is one I could use six times a week

110

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 29/09/2026

This episode rules for all the reasons everyone says but people often forget that it's also the episode where Picard GOT A COOL JACKET

0172

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 28/09/2026

i can't believe the website where no one is younger than 37 is still talking about a popular song they haven't heard of a full week later like it's Important Discourse. jesus christ people, you got old, i got old, we all get old, who cares

1140

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 28/09/2026

"why did mike tomlin take a year off instead of jumping straight into another job?"

280

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 28/09/2026

giving credit where credit is due, as pointed out to me by @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com; i came to this opinion by reading plenty of @marcnormandin.bsky.social's work, i don't mean to pass this off as my own original hypothesis.

230

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 28/09/2026

i've said this before but now that the season is over i'll say it again: there will be a lockout, but since teams are still getting sold, i'd be shocked if the owners actually try to cancel a season.

1131

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 28/09/2026

derek shelton sets career high for wins in a season

0100

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 28/09/2026

i will probably think on this pirate season some more between now and when the off-season starts, but my main quick thought is this: they said a year ago that they wanted to make the playoffs, but they built a team with about an 85-win ceiling. they didn't shoot high enough.

161

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 28/09/2026

that fucking guardians team getting a bye ... realign the pirates tomorrow, thanks

180

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 26/09/2026

[it slowly dawns on penn state fans that a game known as "el assico" required contributions from both participants]

020

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 26/09/2026

is it super weird to have given kirby yates a start in his last game against the verlander festivities?

110

Reposted by working towards a 2034 window of contention

MLB @mlbbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Thank you, Justin Verlander 🧡 JV leaves the mound for the Tigers - one final time.

15524134

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 26/09/2026

the pirates gave up two runs on a strikeout and lost by one run, if they were in a playoff race i'd be in cardiac arrest right now

1171

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 26/09/2026

jake mangum is bound and determined to annoy me up until the very last second of this baseball season

1120

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 25/09/2026

i love breaking bad but i am still baffled that anyone thinks the ending of breaking bad was any better than LOST or Game of Thrones.

140

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 24/09/2026

was too optimistic about where the third wild card would land but i am more or less gonna take a victory lap on this one

4100

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 24/09/2026

Mason Montgomery in August and September: 22 IP, 9 H, 5 BB, 33 K, 0.00 ERA

1133

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 24/09/2026

the list of things i'd rather do than stand in the box against that mason montgomery 100 mph two-seamer is EXTENSIVE

182

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 24/09/2026

the pirates will probably not miss omar alfonzo or luis cruz, but they traded two minor leaguers for camilo doval who arrived and pitched exactly like camilo doval for 19 innings, after which they determined that was too much camilo doval.

051

Reposted by working towards a 2034 window of contention

Kelsey 🪲🏴‍☠️ @11lizzie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

any of my pirates mutuals at PNC Park today?

192

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 24/09/2026

what if bungie made a game that was PVE with a separate PVP mode that had great gunplay and a wide variety of mission types and complexities and ... oh yeah, oops!

120

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 24/09/2026

this is a borderline exhibition game but it's nice to see Skenes end on a start where he looked a lot like his old self, especially since the cardinals often give him trouble.

0130

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 24/09/2026

lol at pirate fans booing don kelly for pulling skenes out after strikeout 200 instead of cheering skenes for the strikeout

070

Reposted by working towards a 2034 window of contention

Pittsburgh Pirates @pirates.com · 24/09/2026

First pitch on his last day. 🥹 Thanks for everything, Wally (AKA: Camera Guy 🎥)

1416

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 24/09/2026

i expect control resonant to be awesome, but "this game is everything you wanted from the previous game, with more" is also basically every review of fortune's weave and ... i do not think fortune's weave is nearly as fun as basically every reviewer seems to have.

110

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 24/09/2026

everyone is quick to blame the WBC for Skenes' struggles and that was *probably* it, but has anyone considered that maybe he was cursed like a character in a greek myth by putting his face on a billboard with a giant hot dog and the words THE BIG GLIZZY

5322

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 24/09/2026

You may say I'm a simple man but "will the Pirates break their 26 year old in park home run counter by hitting one hundred homers at home" is compelling television to me

1281

Reposted by working towards a 2034 window of contention

James Santelli @santelli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

on-the-scene report from @seancollier.bsky.social:

Important update from the ballpark: For the first time in the history of PNC Park, the Sheetz Shotz counter (formerly Bucco Blasts) has reached 99.
The Pirate Parrot has begun conferring with a member of the Bucco Brigade about what to do if someone hits another dinger. Updates as we get them.

1222

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 24/09/2026

brandon lowe is practically on TV begging for the pirates to re-sign him

2142

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 23/09/2026

which one of you bought my tickets to tomorrow afternoon's pirates/cardinals game, i did not think anyone would possibly want them, only a true bluesky pirate sicko could have done this

180

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 23/09/2026

this gives me a jump scare every year because i am a bearded man with rounded glasses who loves a good sweater/plaid collared shirt combo

2120

Reposted by working towards a 2034 window of contention

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Pirates P Jared Jones on what was going through his head when his perfect game was broken up with a bloop hit: "What the fuck?" (via DK Sports) www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WZ5...

1789

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 23/09/2026

very occasionally you still get to see a "that would have been a ground-out in the pre-shift era but instead it is somehow a triple," and konnor griffin just delivered us one

050

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 23/09/2026

you can say batting average doesn't matter but there only being FIVE NL hitters with a batting average of above .300 is really something

160

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 23/09/2026

it's a little sobering as a pirate fan to realize how many people did not perceive paul skenes' season AT ALL until his name appeared back in a headline with "WBC," which made it national news

021

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 22/09/2026

the other thing i'll say here is that this is more or less what was saying after the soto meltdown against the cubs: if the pirates end at 83 wins and the last NL wild card is 89 wins, that means they needed a one loss september to make the playoffs.

120

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 22/09/2026

i don't think you can categorize any game after the dodger series as being meaningful if the last NL Wild Card is gonna be an 89-90 win team; arguably, you could take this back to the mets and marlins.

270

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 22/09/2026

Never been so sure I will end up quitting a video game in a rage and never returning to it than I am about this new Fire Emblem and its one total save slot where the auto saves overwrite your manual saves.

030

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 22/09/2026

[staring longingly at players who hit 40 home runs in a season]

0100

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 21/09/2026

if you have three Fifth Third Parks you actually have five parks

1111

working towards a 2034 window of contention @whygavs.com · 21/09/2026

Incredible "Jason figured it out? Jason?!" energy here

0101