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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 1h

Dan's fantastic.

Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 1h

like, maybe break down a little more of the actual game, which was quite good? how about some of the pitching, which in theory is why he's in the damn booth? no? okay, just give me two more cliches and call it a night

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 1h

"give the Blue Jays credit. They're going to come out swinging the bats tomorrow, for sure."

thanks for that analysis, Jorhn.

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 1h

is an excess of platitudes toxic? asking for every friend subjected to this broadcast

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 1h

I think AJP is way better in the booth than he gets credit for being, because people remember him as a player. I don't always agree with what he suggests, but he's way more insightful than Smoltz is.

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 2h

Joe does his job credibly, but he needs a foil with some energy and enthusiasm. The Anti-Smoltz, if you will.

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 2h

I have never figured out the answer to this. The guy said "launch angle" earlier like it was one of the seven dirty words. There are plenty of ex-players who'd be so much better at this!

Wendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · 2h

Who is the audience for his nonsense? Seriously, what do broadcasters think he adds to and who agrees with that?

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 2h

does Smoltz want Rodriguez to steal second for strategic reasons, or for revenge?

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 2h

a still image doesn't work for this

Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 3h

our pair looks just like your pair!

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 4h

my brother in Ohtani, it was a JOKE

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 4h

replay showed his heel touching the plate before that

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 4h

oh great, not even five minutes in and we have a blown call

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 4h

mariners fans at the Rogers Centre shouting “54’40” or fight!”

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 7h

Caitlin Flanagan is not, and has never been, a “tremendous writer.”

But also, this: “Weiss; her wife, Nellie Bowles; and her sister, Suzy Weiss, are the founders of The Free Press and close friends of mine” is journalistic malpractice. Immediate conflict of interest, and she ignores it.

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 9h

two DHs

JM =^) @jm539581.bsky.social · 9h

Seattle had THIRTEEN players on the field? 😂

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 10h

a Hannah Arendt-quoting baseball fan? be still my heart

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 15h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 12h

Draft/signing deadline, trade deadline, ends of minor league seasons (but before instructs) ... contracts tend to run Oct-Sept or Nov-Oct too

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 12h

It's not. It's way more balanced than that.

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 12h

I also just sent out another issue of my free email newsletter, which you can sign up for here. keithlaw.kit.com

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 12h

I reviewed MAKE ME COMMISSIONER, the new book by sportswriter Jane Leavy, who'd be a big upgrade over the incumbent even though I disagree with some of her conclusions here about the current state of baseball: meadowparty.com/blog/2025/10...

Make Me Commissioner.

meadowparty.com

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 1d

he is purring so damn loud too

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 1d

two teams that have never won the World Series

another that hasn’t won (or been) in 32 years

and some other guys

I’ll take it

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 1d

have some respect. his name was Jay Kay.

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 1d

White Sox Hall of Famer Andrew Vaughn

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