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Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 12h

"Most" (best vs. most impactful),
"Valuable" (statistical dominance vs. contribution to winning),
"Player" (should pitchers be included?)

are all subjective. The award is crap.

Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 12h

of all the stupid MLB awards, the MVP might be the silliest.

Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 12h

of all the stupid MLB awards, the MVP might be the silliest.

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Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 12h

It would have been 30% less dynasty-y.

Dynastish?

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 21h

When I figure out a way to describe what Yoshinobu Yamamoto did this weekend I’ll let you know. If Pages and Kiké dropped that ball with two out in the ninth the entire legacy of these Dodgers is different. Now, they are a dynasty forever. What an unhinged sport: open.substack.com/pub/mollykni...

Los Angeles Dodgers win back-to-back titles, cement modern dynasty

It only took the greatest baseball game I've ever seen in my life.

open.substack.com

Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 12h

We all carry or wear clocks. Why are there still so many f'n clocks in our house.

Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 12h

I'm assuming they wrote the plan together.

Lewie Pollis @lewispoll.is · 20h

Dave Roberts and John Schneider both managed their pitching staffs Saturday night like they were writing a screenplay, not navigating the last game of the season. But it worked out more often than not, and it's part of what made Game 7 so compelling.

www.thelewsletter.lewispoll.is/p/game-seven...

Both Dave Roberts and John Schneider leaned into the spectacle, managing their pitching staffs as though winning were secondary to establishing compelling storylines for an eventual episode of 30 for 30. My research suggests that modern managers are generally too quick to pull their starters. But in a do-or-die game where the plan was to go to the bullpen early and no one on the staff was off-limits, having Ohtani face the top of the Blue Jays’ dangerous order a second time when he visibly wasn’t at his best felt more like attempted mythmaking than a reasoned strategy. Ditto for letting Scherzer, who had an 8.07 ERA over the previous two months and was left off Toronto’s roster altogether in the ALDS, pitch into the fifth. In the heat of Game Seven you use whatever pitcher you think gives you the best chance even if it’s not an ideal situation, but starters are accustomed to a certain routine, and before this weekend neither Shane Bieber nor Blake Snell had pitched out of the bullpen since 2019. Tyler Glasnow had thrown on back-to-back days exactly once in his MLB career, in 2018, before he came on in relief in both Games Six and Seven.

Then there’s Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Not only had he never pitched out of the bullpen since coming over from the Nippon Professional League (let alone with runners already on base) before he closed out the championship for the Dodgers and won World Series MVP honors on Saturday, but he did so after throwing six innings the night before — despite having never appeared on fewer than five days’ rest in his MLB career. Genius or madness? It worked out.

Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 13h

I am glad that Mexican restaurants finally realized they could make crunchwraps too.

Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 16h

I'd be shocked if either of those things happened.

Reposted by Michael Henk

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 16h

I see Republicans still haven’t figured out what tariffs are

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 17h

They’ve all gone mad.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott: “After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC.”

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Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 16h

That seems low.

Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 18h

100% a dodger.

Jon Heyman @jonheyman.bsky.social · 19h

Breaking: Padres All-Star closer Robert Suarez, who led the NL with 40 saves, has opted out. Had $16M over 2 years to go. Now a free agent.

Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 18h

Who?

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 20h

Abigail Spanberger takes a swipe at Mamdani, saying "maybe he should be a Democrat" and that his campaign promises are dishonest.

Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 19h

Meanwhile, the GOP will give you restrictions on all the amendments rights, not just 2.. more value!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Johnson: "If they had no filibuster, they would pack the SCOTUS. You'd go from 9 to 17 or however many liberals they could pack. You would make DC & Puerto Rico into states, which would give 4 additional Democrat senators & make us a permanent minority. You'd see massive restrictions of 2A rights"

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Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 19h

Imagine being afraid of majority rule.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Johnson: "If they had no filibuster, they would pack the SCOTUS. You'd go from 9 to 17 or however many liberals they could pack. You would make DC & Puerto Rico into states, which would give 4 additional Democrat senators & make us a permanent minority. You'd see massive restrictions of 2A rights"

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Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 19h

That road trip needed to be a month earlier. 😒

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Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 19h

Sorry. civale-ian. Keep forgetting Montas had a massively inflated salary.

Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 19h

Montas-ian. Filler pitcher for cheap, exactly the injury backfill they need.

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Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 23h

Dude not even the mayor yet and already solving the housing crisis.

New York Post @nypost.com · 1d

Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus: poll

Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are prepared to bolt from the Big Apple if socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins Tuesday's mayoral race — potentially setting the stage for the largest population flight in US history, a new poll warns.

nypost.com

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Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 1d

I got four free overpriced hotel drinks because ICE has decimated the hotel staff and I had to settle for not getting my complimentary upgrade.

Am I part of the problem? In fairness, the drinks aren't that good.

Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 1d

Football would be better if the clock never stopped.

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Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 1d

This is my awards, all star game, and HOF take.

kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 1d

If you're mad about Gold Glove awards, it is because they are bad. If you're happy about Gold Glove awards, that is fun and you should enjoy it, but they are still bad

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Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 1d

Who the hell is overpaying for stuffing. F tier prospects don't get round 1 money.

Carlos Estrada @ctothelos77.bsky.social · 1d

What's gonna be on your thanksgiving plate?

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Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 1d

There's no reason they shouldn't open with twenty percent odds. And that's before adding Tucker, Bregman, Bichette and Cease.

Steve Drumwright @drummerwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, yeah. Just what you want to hear. The Dodgers are going to win the World Series again in 2026. Why? I have five reasons in my latest for Yardbarker:
www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles...

Five reasons why the Dodgers will three-peat as World Series champions

Game 7 of the World Series isn't even 24 hours old, and already the business of baseball has shifted to the 2026 season. Scores of players officially became free agents Sunday, while others are choosi...

www.yardbarker.com

Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 1d

We assume that survives in the same form to the next CBA, then? Probably a reasonably safe assumption.

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Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 1d

Is there going to be a draft pick?

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Michael Henk @mykenk.us · 1d

Neither are most of the journalists.

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