Michael Baumann
@baumann.bsky.social
FanGraphs Writer, Piney, Gamecock, Condiment Enthusiast, Connoisseur of Vehicles
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HOW IS SHE STILL AROUND
Jesus fucking Christ gurl
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
HOW IS SHE STILL AROUND
I started dissociating at family functions a couple years ago and can't recommend it enough. Got me through a full weekend of a highly stressful destination wedding.
"Gray rocking" might be one technique for getting through stressful holiday gatherings.
Here's a strategy to get through stressful holiday gatherings. Act like a dull rock
“Gray rocking” might be one technique for getting through stressful holiday gatherings. You make yourself as boring as possible to discourage unwelcome conversations.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I started dissociating at family functions a couple years ago and can't recommend it enough. Got me through a full weekend of a highly stressful destination wedding.
The Blue Jays got our no. 1 free agent starting pitcher, which is great for them. But also that ranking doesn't tell the whole story about Cease, and ooooooo $210 million (even with deferrals) is a lot of money
Blue Jays Render Unto Cease What Is Cease’s: $210 Million
Cease is the realistic worst-case scenario for a pitcher who’s the best in the world at the two most important things a pitcher needs to do.
blogs.fangraphs.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The Blue Jays got our no. 1 free agent starting pitcher, which is great for them. But also that ranking doesn't tell the whole story about Cease, and ooooooo $210 million (even with deferrals) is a lot of money
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Laura
Like Eating Glass
Burning Down the House
if you don't count The Ugly Organist as a song: Some Red-Handed Sleight of Hand
if you do: Fear and Trembling
Laura
Like Eating Glass
Burning Down the House
if you don't count The Ugly Organist as a song: Some Red-Handed Sleight of Hand
if you do: Fear and Trembling
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Laura
Like Eating Glass
Burning Down the House
if you don't count The Ugly Organist as a song: Some Red-Handed Sleight of Hand
if you do: Fear and Trembling
Laura
Like Eating Glass
Burning Down the House
if you don't count The Ugly Organist as a song: Some Red-Handed Sleight of Hand
if you do: Fear and Trembling
Shout out all the normal spouses/partners out there. If you're boring as shit you're better than the alternative
Sure, you can make it sound weird if you try, but who among us HASN'T sent a courtroom sketch artist into Mar-A-Lago with a concealed tape recorder in order to secretly record the president's conversations with an eye toward helping our sexting partner, the nation's dangerous anti-vax crusader and s
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Shout out all the normal spouses/partners out there. If you're boring as shit you're better than the alternative
I ate like a 3 gallon barrel of these by myself at a bachelor party this summer they are great.
I guess ymmv if you don't absolutely love dill but I absolutely love dill
I guess ymmv if you don't absolutely love dill but I absolutely love dill
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I ate like a 3 gallon barrel of these by myself at a bachelor party this summer they are great.
I guess ymmv if you don't absolutely love dill but I absolutely love dill
I guess ymmv if you don't absolutely love dill but I absolutely love dill
Yeahhhhhh feels like nobody is served by this relationship continuing
🔁 @JeffPassan retweeted
@Alden_Gonzalez NEWS: The Angels and Anthony Rendon are in talks about buying out the final year of his contract, according to a source. The expectation is that he will retire. ...
https://t.co/4aDKHzZvzk
@Alden_Gonzalez NEWS: The Angels and Anthony Rendon are in talks about buying out the final year of his contract, according to a source. The expectation is that he will retire. ...
https://t.co/4aDKHzZvzk
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🔁 @JeffPassan retweeted
@Alden_Gonzalez NEWS: The Angels and Anthony Rendon are in talks about buying out the final year of his contract, according to a source. The expectation is that he will retire. ...
https://t.co/4aDKHzZvzk
t.co
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Yeahhhhhh feels like nobody is served by this relationship continuing
This is what I say when someone treats dialectical materialism like a religion
Oh yeah, he got completely physically overwhelmed in front by Hagel.
You think he made a mistake on the first goal?
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This is what I say when someone treats dialectical materialism like a religion
She looks like Dr. Michel from the original Mass Effect, but, like, made of meat instead of polygons. It's freaking me out.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
She looks like Dr. Michel from the original Mass Effect, but, like, made of meat instead of polygons. It's freaking me out.
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since we're talking about pies- one of my favorite internet traditions is r/costco every year, without fail, featuring multiple top-of-page posts of people completely agog at the scale of the costco pumpkin pie display. it must feel like walking onto a sherman tank factory floor in 1944
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
since we're talking about pies- one of my favorite internet traditions is r/costco every year, without fail, featuring multiple top-of-page posts of people completely agog at the scale of the costco pumpkin pie display. it must feel like walking onto a sherman tank factory floor in 1944
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I went back and watched the whole of a bike race that had a huge impact on my journey as a cycling fan, and was kind of a watershed moment for the sport
The Retrospective 2016 Women’s Olympic Road Race Live Blog
The Retrospective 2016 Women’s Olympic Road Race Live Blog (lead photo) Last week, I wrote about four old (or at least not new) road races you could watch if you’ve got the cycling itch this …
medium.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I went back and watched the whole of a bike race that had a huge impact on my journey as a cycling fan, and was kind of a watershed moment for the sport
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Apparently someone thinks Ryan Helsley can start? I'm always open to being proved wrong but he is a very, very different kind of pitcher than a lot of guys who have made this work before
Can Ryan Helsley Actually Start, or Are We Just Not Eating Enough Protein?
In the future, all relief pitchers will be starting pitchers for 15 minutes, twice: First as failure, then as tragedy.
blogs.fangraphs.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Apparently someone thinks Ryan Helsley can start? I'm always open to being proved wrong but he is a very, very different kind of pitcher than a lot of guys who have made this work before
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"Don't worry about coming up with a blog for tomorrow, you can just be on call if any transactions happen"
20 minutes later the Cardinals traded Sonny Gray
20 minutes later the Cardinals traded Sonny Gray
Sonny Gray Changes Teams. Again.
Gray is the Toyota Sienna of pitchers: You don’t stay up nights dreaming about him, and he can be a little pricey, but he’ll get you and your family where they need to go with an absolute minimum of…
blogs.fangraphs.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"Don't worry about coming up with a blog for tomorrow, you can just be on call if any transactions happen"
20 minutes later the Cardinals traded Sonny Gray
20 minutes later the Cardinals traded Sonny Gray
You know what's cool? Seeing a future episode of Well There's Your Problem in the wild five years in advance
Why an unproven air taxi company is spending $126 million to take over an L.A. airport
Why an unproven air taxi company is spending $126 million to take over an L.A. airport
Archer Aviation, a San José-based company developing an electric air taxi, plans to take over control of the Hawthorne Municipal Airport near LAX.
www.latimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
You know what's cool? Seeing a future episode of Well There's Your Problem in the wild five years in advance
"Don't worry about coming up with a blog for tomorrow, you can just be on call if any transactions happen"
20 minutes later the Cardinals traded Sonny Gray
20 minutes later the Cardinals traded Sonny Gray
Sonny Gray Changes Teams. Again.
Gray is the Toyota Sienna of pitchers: You don’t stay up nights dreaming about him, and he can be a little pricey, but he’ll get you and your family where they need to go with an absolute minimum of…
blogs.fangraphs.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"Don't worry about coming up with a blog for tomorrow, you can just be on call if any transactions happen"
20 minutes later the Cardinals traded Sonny Gray
20 minutes later the Cardinals traded Sonny Gray
When the AI bubble finally bursts we're gonna talk about this guy like Magneto
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
When the AI bubble finally bursts we're gonna talk about this guy like Magneto
Reposted by Michael Baumann
We need to do everything we can to encourage posts like this on bluesky. Terrible food opinions from big name sportswriters are genuinely the lifeblood of any social media app
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We need to do everything we can to encourage posts like this on bluesky. Terrible food opinions from big name sportswriters are genuinely the lifeblood of any social media app
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The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, now an Angels affiliate, went back to red as a primary color, and I love this cap
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, now an Angels affiliate, went back to red as a primary color, and I love this cap
Reposted by Michael Baumann
air bud hockey: two minutes for ruffing
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
air bud hockey: two minutes for ruffing
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Please read our baseball website!
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Please read our baseball website!
I interviewed Logan Cooley for a Sports Illustrated feature on the Michigan move when he was still at Minnesota and came away startled by how much sauce he had. I did not think hockey players were allowed to have that much sauce.
The Hats Were Not Enough For Logan Cooley | Defector
Before he’d even entered a legit NHL game, Logan Cooley made an exciting first impression on me. Playing a 2023 preseason contest in Melbourne for a team called the “Arizona Coyotes” (I guess that’s s...
defector.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I interviewed Logan Cooley for a Sports Illustrated feature on the Michigan move when he was still at Minnesota and came away startled by how much sauce he had. I did not think hockey players were allowed to have that much sauce.
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RE: Ai recipe slop
I highly recommend getting a subscription of America's Test Kitchen. I moved there after I couldn't do NYT Cooking anymore. Also when I signed up for a free trial of an annual sub and then decided to cancel before paying, they knocked the annual price down to $25 for the first yr
I highly recommend getting a subscription of America's Test Kitchen. I moved there after I couldn't do NYT Cooking anymore. Also when I signed up for a free trial of an annual sub and then decided to cancel before paying, they knocked the annual price down to $25 for the first yr
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
RE: Ai recipe slop
I highly recommend getting a subscription of America's Test Kitchen. I moved there after I couldn't do NYT Cooking anymore. Also when I signed up for a free trial of an annual sub and then decided to cancel before paying, they knocked the annual price down to $25 for the first yr
I highly recommend getting a subscription of America's Test Kitchen. I moved there after I couldn't do NYT Cooking anymore. Also when I signed up for a free trial of an annual sub and then decided to cancel before paying, they knocked the annual price down to $25 for the first yr
I guess I just never looked it up until now but I didn't know Sonny was his government name
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I guess I just never looked it up until now but I didn't know Sonny was his government name
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Big news: Defector is looking to hire editorial interns for the summer of 2026. That could be you! More info here: defector.com/would-you-li...
Would You Like To Be Defector’s Sixth-Ever Editorial Intern? | Defector
Big news: Defector is looking to hire editorial interns for the summer of 2026. Wow! That could be you! How could it be you? I am here to answer that question, and many more. What will a Defector…
defector.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Big news: Defector is looking to hire editorial interns for the summer of 2026. That could be you! More info here: defector.com/would-you-li...