Tim Jackson
@timjacksonsays.bsky.social
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Tim Jackson
@timjacksonsays.bsky.social
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please don't call your work content
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thanks to @justinklugh.bsky.social for taking us inside an MLB Fan Council meeting, and for @dbrim.com for the 📸:
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December 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
thanks to @justinklugh.bsky.social for taking us inside an MLB Fan Council meeting, and for @dbrim.com for the 📸:
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
the Jimmy Pesto voice actor actually being a Jimmy Pesto in real life is remarkable
December 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
the Jimmy Pesto voice actor actually being a Jimmy Pesto in real life is remarkable
Been sitting with this, too, and just can't quite square it. Might be true for the 18- or 20-year-old, to some extent, but the 12-year-old exhibiting the same signs? They can't process the world beyond their own burgeoning brain
In the same way that millennials got yelled at for avocado toast and ruining industries like it was there fault they weren't given the resources to participate in them, we're going to see people yelling at students to reacting to a world where the oligarchy is flat out saying there'll be no future.
December 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Been sitting with this, too, and just can't quite square it. Might be true for the 18- or 20-year-old, to some extent, but the 12-year-old exhibiting the same signs? They can't process the world beyond their own burgeoning brain
Can the Blue Jays please check in on Jose De Leon?
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Can the Blue Jays please check in on Jose De Leon?
Wrote about all ways "more modestly priced arms" could help the Giants, and how it could be harder than it sounds to sign such a pitcher. Before the day was done, one option was already off the board.
The Many Meanings of Modest
by Timothy Jackson (@timjacksonsays.bsky.social)
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by Timothy Jackson (@timjacksonsays.bsky.social)
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The Many Meanings of Modest | Baseball Prospectus
It's certain that the Giants are going to "try" to get some impactful free agents this offseason. The meaning of several of those words is uncertain.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Wrote about all ways "more modestly priced arms" could help the Giants, and how it could be harder than it sounds to sign such a pitcher. Before the day was done, one option was already off the board.
If you're looking for something beautiful I can't recommend this enough
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
If you're looking for something beautiful I can't recommend this enough
"wildly disorienting" centers my daily experience first. What's really harrowing is thinking down the line--which educators do by habit and by trade--and wondering what the end result is. We want good, creative lives for kids and for them to have curiosity and agency. Blind faith isn't a plan
Been thinking about this all day. It's not 100% my experience, but very close to it. Especially the parts about not trying to dunk on students but wanting to communicate how dire it feels, and too often. The constant simplifying, the re-explaining directions. It's wildly disorienting
This is not a "students today" post--it's more "this is a new form of dysfunction" that doesn't look exactly like it's been in previous decades. It's more than just "first-year chaos." It's an across-the-board inability to process instructions, engage with longer texts, and *connect* with others.
November 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"wildly disorienting" centers my daily experience first. What's really harrowing is thinking down the line--which educators do by habit and by trade--and wondering what the end result is. We want good, creative lives for kids and for them to have curiosity and agency. Blind faith isn't a plan
Been thinking about this all day. It's not 100% my experience, but very close to it. Especially the parts about not trying to dunk on students but wanting to communicate how dire it feels, and too often. The constant simplifying, the re-explaining directions. It's wildly disorienting
This is not a "students today" post--it's more "this is a new form of dysfunction" that doesn't look exactly like it's been in previous decades. It's more than just "first-year chaos." It's an across-the-board inability to process instructions, engage with longer texts, and *connect* with others.
November 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Been thinking about this all day. It's not 100% my experience, but very close to it. Especially the parts about not trying to dunk on students but wanting to communicate how dire it feels, and too often. The constant simplifying, the re-explaining directions. It's wildly disorienting
Man the Jays really love guys with small arsenals and goofy track records huh
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Man the Jays really love guys with small arsenals and goofy track records huh
I thought I was having fun with my intro today by talking about the four minute mile but then Patrick went and talked about Joel Waldfogel on his way to talk about the Rockies
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Rockies Baseball, the Gift That Keeps On Giving | Baseball Prospectus
It’s the middle of November, which means it’s time to talk about Tyler Freeman.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I thought I was having fun with my intro today by talking about the four minute mile but then Patrick went and talked about Joel Waldfogel on his way to talk about the Rockies
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
Everyone's got their jokes but Richard Fitts is an extremely Cardinals coded pitcher
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Everyone's got their jokes but Richard Fitts is an extremely Cardinals coded pitcher
Would love to know the rate of shows involving a wealthy person as a weight-bearing plot point, passive or not (I hate it)
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Would love to know the rate of shows involving a wealthy person as a weight-bearing plot point, passive or not (I hate it)
I regret to inform everyone that Spanish Love Songs is at it again
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I regret to inform everyone that Spanish Love Songs is at it again
Sorry, this is actually about the Eagles playing a full game
If I were the Dallas Cowboys? I would simply not eat shit on national television, rubbing my belly, going "yummy yum yummers"
November 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Sorry, this is actually about the Eagles playing a full game
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If I were the Dallas Cowboys? I would simply not eat shit on national television, rubbing my belly, going "yummy yum yummers"
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
If I were the Dallas Cowboys? I would simply not eat shit on national television, rubbing my belly, going "yummy yum yummers"
If I were the Dallas Cowboys? I would simply not eat shit on national television, rubbing my belly, going "yummy yum yummers"
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
If I were the Dallas Cowboys? I would simply not eat shit on national television, rubbing my belly, going "yummy yum yummers"
My feet are soaked but my cuffs are bone dry
November 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
My feet are soaked but my cuffs are bone dry
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🧵 We are, in fact, doing the thing again for @onesimplewish.bsky.social. In 2024, the kind people of this community put the money cannon on blast to help grant $75K in wishes for children in foster care. Toys, tech, a suit for job interviews. Here we go again! 👇
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🧵 We are, in fact, doing the thing again for @onesimplewish.bsky.social. In 2024, the kind people of this community put the money cannon on blast to help grant $75K in wishes for children in foster care. Toys, tech, a suit for job interviews. Here we go again! 👇
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
If Google is going to force me to choose between training it's shitty AI for free with zero even proposed benefit and not having email on my phone, it's an easy choice. Reach me by letter
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
If Google is going to force me to choose between training it's shitty AI for free with zero even proposed benefit and not having email on my phone, it's an easy choice. Reach me by letter
Can't stop listening to Gospel ever since Fireworks announced the anniversary shows. Just stuck in my head on repeat
November 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Can't stop listening to Gospel ever since Fireworks announced the anniversary shows. Just stuck in my head on repeat
Keith Law not knowing a player is not the joke he thinks it is
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Keith Law not knowing a player is not the joke he thinks it is
I love a good question, please read my stuff and ask me more questions in the comments, this is all one big conversation to me
in which @timjacksonsays.bsky.social updates a piece he did heading into October on whether players actually throw harder in the playoffs, thanks to a question asked in the comments:
No, Really, How Hard is October? | Baseball Prospectus
Updating a previous look based on reader feedback.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I love a good question, please read my stuff and ask me more questions in the comments, this is all one big conversation to me
Would prefer to stay awake right now
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Would prefer to stay awake right now
obsessed with my dog turning into a lump on any section of the couch that he wants, which he hasn't been able to do for nearly three months because he tore his acl
November 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
obsessed with my dog turning into a lump on any section of the couch that he wants, which he hasn't been able to do for nearly three months because he tore his acl