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Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 1h

Almost like part of the strategy behind pitching deep into a game involved using all of your stuff and changing speeds and treating it like a marathon and now all these dudes do is throw max velo with max spin for 5 innings and blow up

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Mookie Alexander @mookiealexander.bsky.social · 1h

Pitch count should matter less than pitch type. I through 60 straight fastballs and that's way more damaging than 90 change-ups.

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Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 1h

The pitchers all throw FEWER pitches and FEWER innings today and yet they hurt their arms MORE than they ever did before.

Wild! How does it work that way!?

Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 1h

Claiming dusty ruined him is ahistorical bunk btw. Total pseudoscience bullshit. There has never been a strong established link between pitch count and arm injury. And Prior had a really funky arm motion that put a bunch of stress on his elbow

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Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 2h

Fucking real

Cemetery Rozier 🎃🦇 @velodus.bsky.social · 11h

I was looking at highlights of the Bartman inning (which today is the 22nd anniversary of) and caught this graphic. Mark Prior was at 110 pitches in the 8th and there wasn't even someone warming in the bullpen at the time. Just a totally unrecognizable era.

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Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 2h

44.1 of 45 possible innings from starters. Never, ever forget what they took from you. Never forget how good we used to have it

Andrew Mearns @mearns.bsky.social · 2h

Dave Roberts has been staring at White Sox pitching section of the 2005 ALCS B-Ref page and thinking... "YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE"

2005 White Sox pitching in the ALCS, when all 4 starters threw at least one complete game and only one reliever was used

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Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 2h

The first complete game in the postseason since Justin Verlander in the ALCS EIGHT years ago

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Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 3h

8 ER in 38 IP across 6 starts. 1 earned run allowed in their last 3 games from starters. 9 walks to 44 strikeouts and 4 of those were from Snell in G2 of the NLDS

Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 3h

Dodgers starters in the playoffs

NLDS
Ohtani: 6 IP, 3 ER, 1 BB, 9 SO
Snell: 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 BB, 9 SO
Yamamoto: 4 IP, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO
Glasnow: 6 IP, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 SO

NLCS
Snell: 8 IP, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 SO
Yamamoto: 8 IP, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO

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Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 3h

The long term track record on these guys isn’t exactly flattering (shout-out Robby Findley), but it *feels* right. It makes me reminisce on days where I lived and died with this team

Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 3h

Haji Wright just hanging around the national team for years, kinda doing stuff but not really, and now having a nuclear season in a World Cup year is strong 2000s USMNT energy that I deeply respect. It’s nostalgic

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Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 3h

We need to turn the winds around on this before it’s too late

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Jerry Hinnen @jerryhinnen.bsky.social · 3h

While we're here, Jake, thought you might enjoy Chuck's "get a job" comments this week

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Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 3h

They’ve got 1 dude in the Prem amongst the roster they called up this go around. Would bet it was close to a full XI 10 years ago

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Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 3h

Looked up their roster when on the phone with my dad about an hour ago. It’s….quite bleak

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Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 3h

BANG BANG

Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 4h

Through 4 games, I’ve liked a lot of the Caps play. Controlling the puck a lot better, strong defense, all 4 lines have had some jump. Hope they can grab another pt here

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Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 4h

Total BS that Chychrun is getting a penalty when Douglass punched him in the face

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Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 4h

The Caps have scored a power play goal!

a bunch of guinea pigs are playing in a wooden box

ALT: a bunch of guinea pigs are playing in a wooden box

media.tenor.com

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 8h

He really put a "but I'm different" in his eulogy. What a mind.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 10h

I love teams that have a distinctive identity. They are who they are for better or worse, they embrace it. The Grizz/Pistons couldn’t be more opposite to the Nash suns, but those were all teams who played hard every night, and committed to who they were

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Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 10h

Oh the Grit n Grind Grizzlies for sure

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Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 10h

Nash Suns. Steph Warriors. I have a deep soft spot for Rip and Billups Pistons. An ironic appreciation for that Pacers team that just hated each other’s guts en route to 57 wins

Patrick Fenelon @patrickfenelon.bsky.social · 11h

Here's a fun NBA question: not including past teams of the franchise you're a fan of, what was your favorite team to watch of all time?

For me, my favorite non-Timberwolves team to watch were the Adelman Kings. No team has ever had a prettier half court offense

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Jake Nazar @jakenazar.bsky.social · 10h

I don’t think that’s out of the question. Not super likely just cause they don’t have as many sharks in their waters as those two programs did. But I do kind of think they’re tipping towards “existential crisis” territory and one bad hire can plunge you right into that

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