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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 2h

<sitting on my couch with an apple cider> you've gotta let that pitch hit you in the kneecap man

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 3h

It’s my first night in Arizona.

You can hear the shrieking out of Los Angeles much louder from here.

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 3h

First by a Dodgers pitcher.

Not Koufax.
Not Newcombe.
Not Drysdale.
Not Sutton.
Not Valenzuela.
Not Kershaw.

Blake Snell

slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 3h

Blake Snell with the 13th outing in postseason history of 8+ innings and 1 or 0 hits allowed

First since Roy Halladay’s 2010 no-hitter

First by a Dodgers pitcher

10th to also not allow a run

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 3h

Right on cue: High-fives and handshakes in the dugout. I doubt Snell will complain after 103 pitches. What a start.

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 3h

Of all the pitchers in postseason history, Blake Snell deserves one more inning.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 4h

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 11h

Pregame reading for Game 2!

Thoughts on Trey Yesavage from folks who saw him at each of his four Minor League levels this season, including good stuff from No. 1 overall prospect Konnor Griffin on their FSL battles.

From Single-A to ALCS G2 starter: Inside Yesavage's meteoric '25 rise

Trey Yesavage has been a Blue Jay, a Canadian, a Fisher Cat, a Bison and … back to a Blue Jay. He’s pitched in Dunedin, Fla.; Vancouver, British Columbia; Manchester, N.H.; Buffalo, N.Y. and Toronto. ...

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 1d

Cal Raleigh caught 209 pitches two nights ago.

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 1d

Addison Barger’s arm, welcome to the ALCS.

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 1d

Check out this photo of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and John Schneider with the Dunedin Blue Jays from 2017.

Eight short years ago!

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Wins FSL Player of Month

Ninth inning. Tie game. Two outs. A trip to the playoffs on the line. The league's leader in saves on the mound.Little seemed to phase Blue Jays 3B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. during the 2017 season and the...

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 1d

Gage Stanifer on what it felt like when he and Trey Yesavage pitched in British Columbia for the first time:

“That's your first introduction to the culture of baseball in Canada. You see how deep the fanbase runs, being all the way on the other coast."

From here:

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 1d

Konnor Griffin faced him.
Gage Stanifer pitched with him.
Austin Bibens-Dirkx coached him.
Brandon Valenzuela caught him.

Four perspectives on ALCS Game 2 starter Trey Yesavage’s four Minor League levels in 2025:

From Single-A to postseason star: Inside Yesavage's meteoric rise in '25

Trey Yesavage has been a Blue Jay, a Canadian, a Fisher Cat, a Bison and … back to a Blue Jay. He’s pitched in Dunedin, Fla.; Vancouver, British Columbia; Manchester, N.H.; Buffalo, N.Y. and Toronto. ...

atmlb.com

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 2d

The 2025 semifinalists by most recent World Series title:

Los Angeles Dodgers (2024)
Toronto Blue Jays (1993)
Milwaukee Brewers (never)
Seattle Mariners (never)

Bring on the LCS.

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 2d

Hands up if you had Brice Turang threatening 20 homers in a calendar year during his days as a prospect.

My hand is firmly down.

Reminder that prospects are not robots and that development does not stop at the MLB level.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 2d

This might sound silly but vouch it is 100 percent correct. Crowd had been nuts all night but also was just aching for something to cheer for. When Humpy won, they set off the bangs and everything like someone had hit a walk-off homer and it jolted the whole place. Sports are weird and great!

Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 3d

Man. Humpy really did that shit.

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 2d

Considering the do-or-die situation and the fact that this run scored on the second pitch he threw, this is a heck of a job by Jacob Misiorowski.

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 2d

RIP

diane keaton in the final frame of the godfather

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 2d

Digging through some old pictures this morning. This felt like a good one.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Victor Robles at the 2017 All-Star Futures Game in Miami.

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 2d

As someone who has played a racing mascot who can never win:

Solidarity with Humpy

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 2d

The Toronto Blue Jays haven’t been to a World Series since 1993.

The Seattle Mariners have never been to a World Series.

One of them is going in 2025.

I think that’s neat.