Steve Sirk
@stevesirk.bsky.social
Author of soccer books. Regional Emmy Award winner. Never learned to type with more than two index fingers and my left thumb for the spacebar.
The white helmet sucks. The brown helmet sucks.
The Oregon Duck-ification of NFL teams with classic, rock-solid identities is annoying.
The Oregon Duck-ification of NFL teams with classic, rock-solid identities is annoying.
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The white helmet sucks. The brown helmet sucks.
The Oregon Duck-ification of NFL teams with classic, rock-solid identities is annoying.
The Oregon Duck-ification of NFL teams with classic, rock-solid identities is annoying.
One of the cool things about being a #Crew96 fan is thinking, "Man, that first championship was so long ago" when it really wasn't that long ago, but it's so long ago compared to the more recent championships.
November 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
One of the cool things about being a #Crew96 fan is thinking, "Man, that first championship was so long ago" when it really wasn't that long ago, but it's so long ago compared to the more recent championships.
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Flawless sports day. Crew won. Cavaliers won. Browns didn’t play. Couldn’t have gone any better.
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Flawless sports day. Crew won. Cavaliers won. Browns didn’t play. Couldn’t have gone any better.
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For the 6th year in a row, a player named Will Smith has won the World Series
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
For the 6th year in a row, a player named Will Smith has won the World Series
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
Incredible playoffs.
Incredible World Series.
Yet in the end, the bajillion dollar super team that everyone anointed as the champion well before the season won the title as expected. Such a bummer that baseball’s brokenness won out in the end to put a damper on all the thrills of the past month.
Incredible World Series.
Yet in the end, the bajillion dollar super team that everyone anointed as the champion well before the season won the title as expected. Such a bummer that baseball’s brokenness won out in the end to put a damper on all the thrills of the past month.
November 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Incredible playoffs.
Incredible World Series.
Yet in the end, the bajillion dollar super team that everyone anointed as the champion well before the season won the title as expected. Such a bummer that baseball’s brokenness won out in the end to put a damper on all the thrills of the past month.
Incredible World Series.
Yet in the end, the bajillion dollar super team that everyone anointed as the champion well before the season won the title as expected. Such a bummer that baseball’s brokenness won out in the end to put a damper on all the thrills of the past month.
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8 hours for work, 8 hours for sleep, 8 hours for baseball
October 28, 2025 at 6:40 AM
8 hours for work, 8 hours for sleep, 8 hours for baseball
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If the game is still going by the time of first pitch Game 4 they have to play both games simultaneously
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
If the game is still going by the time of first pitch Game 4 they have to play both games simultaneously
The classic Larry Miler “Five Levels of Drinking” standup bit, but adapted to be about this #WorldSeries game.
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The classic Larry Miler “Five Levels of Drinking” standup bit, but adapted to be about this #WorldSeries game.
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OK so you know the gag on the Simpsons when Sideshow Bob is stepping on the rakes, it's funny, then it's too much, then it's terrible, then it's transcendently hilarious
this baseball game
this baseball game
October 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
OK so you know the gag on the Simpsons when Sideshow Bob is stepping on the rakes, it's funny, then it's too much, then it's terrible, then it's transcendently hilarious
this baseball game
this baseball game
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Ohtani tonight
double
homer
double
homer
intentional walk
intentional walk
intentional walk
intentional walk
totally normal evening
you wouldn't think he could still do things that you insist you've never seen before, and yet
double
homer
double
homer
intentional walk
intentional walk
intentional walk
intentional walk
totally normal evening
you wouldn't think he could still do things that you insist you've never seen before, and yet
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Ohtani tonight
double
homer
double
homer
intentional walk
intentional walk
intentional walk
intentional walk
totally normal evening
you wouldn't think he could still do things that you insist you've never seen before, and yet
double
homer
double
homer
intentional walk
intentional walk
intentional walk
intentional walk
totally normal evening
you wouldn't think he could still do things that you insist you've never seen before, and yet
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“no position player has pitched in a world series game. we hope it doesn’t get there”
NO. WE HOPE IT DOES GET THERE. HOPING SOME WEIRD THING HAPPENS IS THE WHOLE POINT OF BASEBALL.
NO. WE HOPE IT DOES GET THERE. HOPING SOME WEIRD THING HAPPENS IS THE WHOLE POINT OF BASEBALL.
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
“no position player has pitched in a world series game. we hope it doesn’t get there”
NO. WE HOPE IT DOES GET THERE. HOPING SOME WEIRD THING HAPPENS IS THE WHOLE POINT OF BASEBALL.
NO. WE HOPE IT DOES GET THERE. HOPING SOME WEIRD THING HAPPENS IS THE WHOLE POINT OF BASEBALL.
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they should make tomorrow a holiday for baseball reasons
October 28, 2025 at 5:20 AM
they should make tomorrow a holiday for baseball reasons
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This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
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We’ve progressed from watching the baseball game to being held hostage by the baseball game.
October 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
We’ve progressed from watching the baseball game to being held hostage by the baseball game.
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if you've got a one-run lead with no one on against the greatest player in the 150-year history of pro baseball, you simply have to throw him a pitch that is roughly over the middle of the plate and dick-high
October 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
if you've got a one-run lead with no one on against the greatest player in the 150-year history of pro baseball, you simply have to throw him a pitch that is roughly over the middle of the plate and dick-high
Has there been a more senseless change to football broadcasting than switching the field goal point of view to behind the kicker so it’s impossible to see the ball because of the wall of fans, when they used to do the POV from behind the uprights which made the ball super easy to see?
October 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Has there been a more senseless change to football broadcasting than switching the field goal point of view to behind the kicker so it’s impossible to see the ball because of the wall of fans, when they used to do the POV from behind the uprights which made the ball super easy to see?
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They say we have no “footballing culture” but right now in America, there’s a team named “Sharktopus FC” that just earned a replay of a loss because the ref for their last match turned out to have once been a player for their opponent’s second team. 🇺🇸
October 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
They say we have no “footballing culture” but right now in America, there’s a team named “Sharktopus FC” that just earned a replay of a loss because the ref for their last match turned out to have once been a player for their opponent’s second team. 🇺🇸
Eight years ago that I stood up there and was so overwhelmed by the size and response of the crowd that I totally forgot to talk about what I meant to talk about. Like, at all. This is probably why teleprompters exist.
I may have forgotten to say what I meant to say, but I’ll never forget that day.
I may have forgotten to say what I meant to say, but I’ll never forget that day.
October 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Eight years ago that I stood up there and was so overwhelmed by the size and response of the crowd that I totally forgot to talk about what I meant to talk about. Like, at all. This is probably why teleprompters exist.
I may have forgotten to say what I meant to say, but I’ll never forget that day.
I may have forgotten to say what I meant to say, but I’ll never forget that day.
It’s not fair that the Dodgers have a bajillion-dollar payroll but just won a playoff series on #Guardsball ridiculousness.
October 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
It’s not fair that the Dodgers have a bajillion-dollar payroll but just won a playoff series on #Guardsball ridiculousness.
I didn’t watch my team get eliminated from the playoffs just to watch other teams do annoyingly stupid things to blow playoff games.
October 7, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I didn’t watch my team get eliminated from the playoffs just to watch other teams do annoyingly stupid things to blow playoff games.
Bunting is the worst.
October 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Bunting is the worst.
Updated rooting rankings:
AL
1. Seattle
2. Toronto
3. Detroit
4. New York
NL
1. Milwaukee
2. Philadelphia
3. Los Angeles
4. Chicago
AL
1. Seattle
2. Toronto
3. Detroit
4. New York
NL
1. Milwaukee
2. Philadelphia
3. Los Angeles
4. Chicago
October 3, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Updated rooting rankings:
AL
1. Seattle
2. Toronto
3. Detroit
4. New York
NL
1. Milwaukee
2. Philadelphia
3. Los Angeles
4. Chicago
AL
1. Seattle
2. Toronto
3. Detroit
4. New York
NL
1. Milwaukee
2. Philadelphia
3. Los Angeles
4. Chicago
Nah, this season will never NOT be hilarious to me. A three-game series is a three-game series. Tigers blew a 15.5-game lead including 11 in September to a team that still finished with a negative run differential. Every time I see that 2025 flag I will laugh. A fun story that remains undiminished.
Guardians fans being unable to make fun of Tigers fans for that divisional collapse is one of the really brutal monkey's paw curls to ever happen
October 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Nah, this season will never NOT be hilarious to me. A three-game series is a three-game series. Tigers blew a 15.5-game lead including 11 in September to a team that still finished with a negative run differential. Every time I see that 2025 flag I will laugh. A fun story that remains undiminished.