J.P. Hoornstra
@jphoornstra.bsky.social
National Baseball Writer for Newsweek Sports
The Big Lead
Sometimes SportsNetLA
BBWAA
Dad to 凯禮思, 爱佳
Husband to 懐葳
Tips: [email protected]
Author of “The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All Time”
The Big Lead
Sometimes SportsNetLA
BBWAA
Dad to 凯禮思, 爱佳
Husband to 懐葳
Tips: [email protected]
Author of “The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All Time”
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J.P. Hoornstra
@jphoornstra.bsky.social
· Aug 27
If you happen to be perusing the Orion Shobo Lumine Tachikawa Store in Tokyo today:
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There's "running it back," and then there's the San Francisco Giants, who have now hired the starting catcher (POBO Buster Posey) and backup catcher (new baseball ops advisor Curt Casali) from their 107-win 2021 squad to their front office.
NL West Team Hires Another Former Catcher to Its Front Office
A veteran catcher who retired after being cut by the Braves in spring training is joining the Giants' front office.
www.newsweek.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
There's "running it back," and then there's the San Francisco Giants, who have now hired the starting catcher (POBO Buster Posey) and backup catcher (new baseball ops advisor Curt Casali) from their 107-win 2021 squad to their front office.
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Frank Gehry, masterful architect who transformed L.A.’s urban landscape, dies at 96
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Frank O. Gehry, the architect who changed the civic landscape of his adopted hometown of Los Angeles, has died
Frank Gehry, known for ebullient cultural buildings like Disney Hall who helped invigorate the field of architecture at a moribund time, has died.
www.latimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Frank Gehry, masterful architect who transformed L.A.’s urban landscape, dies at 96
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
There's "running it back," and then there's the San Francisco Giants, who have now hired the starting catcher (POBO Buster Posey) and backup catcher (new baseball ops advisor Curt Casali) from their 107-win 2021 squad to their front office.
NL West Team Hires Another Former Catcher to Its Front Office
A veteran catcher who retired after being cut by the Braves in spring training is joining the Giants' front office.
www.newsweek.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
There's "running it back," and then there's the San Francisco Giants, who have now hired the starting catcher (POBO Buster Posey) and backup catcher (new baseball ops advisor Curt Casali) from their 107-win 2021 squad to their front office.
Presented by FIFA
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Presented by FIFA
Thank God Steve Fox was on the scene to interview Debbie Harry about this emerging phenomenon.
20/20 Report Hip-Hop Special, Part 1 [TV Mini-documentary] (1981) -- "... an overnight phenomenon - rapping to the beat!"
https://redd.it/7tkuii
https://youtu.be/onRKOcsf1J0
https://redd.it/7tkuii
https://youtu.be/onRKOcsf1J0
20/20 Report Hip-Hop Special, Part 1 [TV Mini-documentary] (1981) -- "... an overnight phenomenon - rapping to the beat!"
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December 4, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Thank God Steve Fox was on the scene to interview Debbie Harry about this emerging phenomenon.
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Rockies made Josh Byrnes' hiring official. If Paul DePodesta wanted someone who could a) balance his analytical background with one deeply rooted in scouting and b) had worked with a successful MLB franchise for the last decade, he couldn't have done much better than Byrnes.
Dodgers Lose Key Executive to NL West Rival
An original member of Andrew Friedman's front office is leaving Los Angeles but staying within the division.
www.si.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Rockies made Josh Byrnes' hiring official. If Paul DePodesta wanted someone who could a) balance his analytical background with one deeply rooted in scouting and b) had worked with a successful MLB franchise for the last decade, he couldn't have done much better than Byrnes.
Rockies made Josh Byrnes' hiring official. If Paul DePodesta wanted someone who could a) balance his analytical background with one deeply rooted in scouting and b) had worked with a successful MLB franchise for the last decade, he couldn't have done much better than Byrnes.
Dodgers Lose Key Executive to NL West Rival
An original member of Andrew Friedman's front office is leaving Los Angeles but staying within the division.
www.si.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Rockies made Josh Byrnes' hiring official. If Paul DePodesta wanted someone who could a) balance his analytical background with one deeply rooted in scouting and b) had worked with a successful MLB franchise for the last decade, he couldn't have done much better than Byrnes.
This is one of those stories that writers and editors go back and forth about. Maybe it gets done in the offseason, maybe it doesn't.
The fact that this topic has generated so many comments is both a credit to the editor who OK'd it and the writer who wrote it.
(Move the fences back.)
The fact that this topic has generated so many comments is both a credit to the editor who OK'd it and the writer who wrote it.
(Move the fences back.)
This is a good dive into something we've been talking about for a while and which many people refuse to admit:
fielders are too good, low BA is not just hitters wanting launch angle or whatever
More hits? Make it harder on fielders.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
fielders are too good, low BA is not just hitters wanting launch angle or whatever
More hits? Make it harder on fielders.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
The gapper is dead: Who killed the double and triple — and what can MLB do about it?
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is one of those stories that writers and editors go back and forth about. Maybe it gets done in the offseason, maybe it doesn't.
The fact that this topic has generated so many comments is both a credit to the editor who OK'd it and the writer who wrote it.
(Move the fences back.)
The fact that this topic has generated so many comments is both a credit to the editor who OK'd it and the writer who wrote it.
(Move the fences back.)
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The @baseballhall.org just announced that I'm one of the 16 members of the Contemporary Era Committee that will meet Sunday to elect the newest Hall of Famer(s).
I'm honored to serve. But it means I won't be writing a column Sunday to analyze the vote. Here's why.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
I'm honored to serve. But it means I won't be writing a column Sunday to analyze the vote. Here's why.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
This Hall of Fame Contemporary Era election, I won’t just be an observer. I’ll be a voter
This time around, I’ll be serving on the 16-member committee, along with The Athletic's Tyler Kepner. Here's what you should know.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The @baseballhall.org just announced that I'm one of the 16 members of the Contemporary Era Committee that will meet Sunday to elect the newest Hall of Famer(s).
I'm honored to serve. But it means I won't be writing a column Sunday to analyze the vote. Here's why.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
I'm honored to serve. But it means I won't be writing a column Sunday to analyze the vote. Here's why.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
MLB is accepting applications for its Billy Bean Fellowship program.
job-boards.greenhouse.io/mlbevents/jo...
I didn’t find anything on the page about Bean’s life or legacy, so I’ll reshare my recent piece for @newsweek.com for anyone interested:
job-boards.greenhouse.io/mlbevents/jo...
I didn’t find anything on the page about Bean’s life or legacy, so I’ll reshare my recent piece for @newsweek.com for anyone interested:
Honored by ESPN, Billy Bean's Husband Has Message For MLB
Greg Baker, Billy Bean's husband, shared his thoughts on the legacy of MLB's first Senior Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
www.newsweek.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
MLB is accepting applications for its Billy Bean Fellowship program.
job-boards.greenhouse.io/mlbevents/jo...
I didn’t find anything on the page about Bean’s life or legacy, so I’ll reshare my recent piece for @newsweek.com for anyone interested:
job-boards.greenhouse.io/mlbevents/jo...
I didn’t find anything on the page about Bean’s life or legacy, so I’ll reshare my recent piece for @newsweek.com for anyone interested:
John knew everyone, and no detail was too small for him to report. #RIP
One of the best local sports journalists in the country - John Murphy, aka the Prep Dog, aka berdooman - has broken on through to the other side.
Please remember him kindly. He was a good dude, had impeccable style and his very own taste in music.
Please remember him kindly. He was a good dude, had impeccable style and his very own taste in music.
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 AM
John knew everyone, and no detail was too small for him to report. #RIP
Bizarre dream. Cubs hit a walkoff homer to beat the Giants at Wrigley. I bolted out of the press box to find the guy who caught the ball, but he and the ball had disappeared (together?) by the time I got to his seat. Am I working out the Kirk Gibson home run ball mystery? Predicting the future? Help
November 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Bizarre dream. Cubs hit a walkoff homer to beat the Giants at Wrigley. I bolted out of the press box to find the guy who caught the ball, but he and the ball had disappeared (together?) by the time I got to his seat. Am I working out the Kirk Gibson home run ball mystery? Predicting the future? Help
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Humans threatening the survival of AI, oh no
November 30, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Humans threatening the survival of AI, oh no
One of these is Cody Bellinger's new Instagram avatar. The other is a courtroom artist's rendering of Sam Bankman-Fried. I'll let you guess which is which.
November 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
One of these is Cody Bellinger's new Instagram avatar. The other is a courtroom artist's rendering of Sam Bankman-Fried. I'll let you guess which is which.
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Retrosheet is pleased to announce its second semi-annual release of 2025, which includes play-by-play files for the 1910 and 2025 seasons, box-score files for the 1898 season, and a deep dive into the 1935 Negro League season.
www.retrosheet.org/fall2025rele...
www.retrosheet.org/fall2025rele...
Fall 2025 Release
www.retrosheet.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Retrosheet is pleased to announce its second semi-annual release of 2025, which includes play-by-play files for the 1910 and 2025 seasons, box-score files for the 1898 season, and a deep dive into the 1935 Negro League season.
www.retrosheet.org/fall2025rele...
www.retrosheet.org/fall2025rele...
Ate some of these things today #immaculategrid
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Ate some of these things today #immaculategrid
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NFL: here's arguably the best rapper and guitarist of their generation playing the halftime show, together, in their home city
MLB:
MLB:
The only thing this game is missing is a Jonas Brothers concert
November 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
NFL: here's arguably the best rapper and guitarist of their generation playing the halftime show, together, in their home city
MLB:
MLB:
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Man, what a loss. George Altman played for Buck O'Neil and Casey Stengel, and shared an outfield with Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Orlando Cepeda, Frank Robinson — in one game! #RIP
A former Mets, Cardinals and Cubs All-Star outfielder died
An outfielder who made three National League All-Star teams in his career with the Cubs, Mets and Cardinals died.
www.newsweek.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Man, what a loss. George Altman played for Buck O'Neil and Casey Stengel, and shared an outfield with Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Orlando Cepeda, Frank Robinson — in one game! #RIP
Man, what a loss. George Altman played for Buck O'Neil and Casey Stengel, and shared an outfield with Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Orlando Cepeda, Frank Robinson — in one game! #RIP
A former Mets, Cardinals and Cubs All-Star outfielder died
An outfielder who made three National League All-Star teams in his career with the Cubs, Mets and Cardinals died.
www.newsweek.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Man, what a loss. George Altman played for Buck O'Neil and Casey Stengel, and shared an outfield with Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Orlando Cepeda, Frank Robinson — in one game! #RIP
Not sure if this is out there already, but Eliezer Alfonzo's minor league contract with the Dodgers includes an invitation to spring training.
Dodgers Invite Recently Signed Free Agent to Spring Training
The catcher, who made his Triple-A debut in 2025 and is currently playing Winter ball, has a path to major league playing time in 2026.
www.si.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Not sure if this is out there already, but Eliezer Alfonzo's minor league contract with the Dodgers includes an invitation to spring training.
My analysis of the Sonny Gray trade is that the Red Sox can absolutely come out the winner depending on how they use that $20 million, and more specifically how much of it goes to Rich Hill.
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
My analysis of the Sonny Gray trade is that the Red Sox can absolutely come out the winner depending on how they use that $20 million, and more specifically how much of it goes to Rich Hill.
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Willy Wonka's "golden ticket": a comprehensive view of MLB's lifetime pass. ourgame.mlblogs.com/the-golden-t...
The Golden Ticket
Not that of Willy Wonka but MLB’s lifetime pass
ourgame.mlblogs.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Willy Wonka's "golden ticket": a comprehensive view of MLB's lifetime pass. ourgame.mlblogs.com/the-golden-t...