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My favourite quote from a baseball player: "Who are you and why are you talking to me?" -Jose Bautista
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David Popkins' approach to hitting is all about finding solutions.
If you identify what the true issue is and you take a little bit from everywhere, you’re able to help more people.
Bringing this approach to the Blue Jays and the transformational results made him our MLB Coach of the Year.
If you identify what the true issue is and you take a little bit from everywhere, you’re able to help more people.
Bringing this approach to the Blue Jays and the transformational results made him our MLB Coach of the Year.
December 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
David Popkins' approach to hitting is all about finding solutions.
If you identify what the true issue is and you take a little bit from everywhere, you’re able to help more people.
Bringing this approach to the Blue Jays and the transformational results made him our MLB Coach of the Year.
If you identify what the true issue is and you take a little bit from everywhere, you’re able to help more people.
Bringing this approach to the Blue Jays and the transformational results made him our MLB Coach of the Year.
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Pete Alonso’s deal with the Orioles gives him the highest AAV ever for a first baseman. He winds up with $185 million, including his $30 million salary last year, and followed the same track Matt Chapman and Blake Snell did, taking a short-term deal and turning it into a bounty.
December 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Pete Alonso’s deal with the Orioles gives him the highest AAV ever for a first baseman. He winds up with $185 million, including his $30 million salary last year, and followed the same track Matt Chapman and Blake Snell did, taking a short-term deal and turning it into a bounty.
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BREAKING: First baseman Pete Alonso and the Baltimore Orioles are finalizing a five-year, $155 million contract, sources tell ESPN. Alonso leaves the Mets to make a loaded AL East even better.
December 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
BREAKING: First baseman Pete Alonso and the Baltimore Orioles are finalizing a five-year, $155 million contract, sources tell ESPN. Alonso leaves the Mets to make a loaded AL East even better.
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Toronto police officer facing theft charges after found property not logged, owner not contacted
Toronto police officer facing theft charges after found property not logged, owner not contacted
Const. Timothy Deacon has been charged with theft under $5,000, breach of trust and obstruction of a peace officer, Toronto police said in a news release Tuesday.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Toronto police officer facing theft charges after found property not logged, owner not contacted
Our guy Arden with a good ballot¹.
¹Good ballots are determined entirely on voting for Mark Buehrle.
¹Good ballots are determined entirely on voting for Mark Buehrle.
Ballot #16 is from first-time voter Arden Zwelling. There's a new end of the alphabet in Hall of Fame voting! Beltrán, Félix, Jones and Pettitte are a perfect 5-for-5 among rookie voters, while Hamels and Utley are 4-for-5. With this ballot, Andruw Jones reaches 75%.
In the Tracker: tracker.fyi
In the Tracker: tracker.fyi
December 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Our guy Arden with a good ballot¹.
¹Good ballots are determined entirely on voting for Mark Buehrle.
¹Good ballots are determined entirely on voting for Mark Buehrle.
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Dylan's new jersey 👀
Our excitement hasn't...Ceased 😌
Our excitement hasn't...Ceased 😌
December 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Dylan's new jersey 👀
Our excitement hasn't...Ceased 😌
Our excitement hasn't...Ceased 😌
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It's truly wild to me that this just keeps happening. Coca-Cola runs an AI ad and people overwhelmingly react with disgust. They do it again, and people are disgusted again. Now McDonald's makes an AI ad that's so bad that so many people are furious about it they pull it down.
People hate AI slop!
People hate AI slop!
McDonald's Pulls Down AI-Generated Holiday Ad After Deluge of Mockery
McDonald's Netherlands is catching flak for a stupefying AI-generated video, which was roundly condemned on social media.
futurism.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's truly wild to me that this just keeps happening. Coca-Cola runs an AI ad and people overwhelmingly react with disgust. They do it again, and people are disgusted again. Now McDonald's makes an AI ad that's so bad that so many people are furious about it they pull it down.
People hate AI slop!
People hate AI slop!
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Happy Stylish But Illegal Monkey In IKEA Day to all who celebrate!
Darwin (monkey) - Wikipedia
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December 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Happy Stylish But Illegal Monkey In IKEA Day to all who celebrate!
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Dodgers only negative was their bullpen and they just added Edwin Díaz. This is not the Dodgers' fault. Other teams shouldn't have allowed it. They should've done everything in their power to stop it, namely they should've paid more money than the Dodgers. Unfortunately, half the league cries poor
December 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Dodgers only negative was their bullpen and they just added Edwin Díaz. This is not the Dodgers' fault. Other teams shouldn't have allowed it. They should've done everything in their power to stop it, namely they should've paid more money than the Dodgers. Unfortunately, half the league cries poor
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Edwin Diaz and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a deal, league source tells Will Sammon. Damn.
December 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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WTF
Love it or hate it, fighting is part of the game in hockey.
So who has the most punchable face in the NHL?
We asked the players.
So who has the most punchable face in the NHL?
We asked the players.
December 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
WTF
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Asked about Kyle Tucker, Atkins declined to get into the weeds on free agency.
Asked about Bo Bichette, Atkins noted Bichette's "incredible impact on this organization." Can he say when Jays last spoke to Bo? "I can but I'm not going to."
Asked about Bo Bichette, Atkins noted Bichette's "incredible impact on this organization." Can he say when Jays last spoke to Bo? "I can but I'm not going to."
December 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Asked about Kyle Tucker, Atkins declined to get into the weeds on free agency.
Asked about Bo Bichette, Atkins noted Bichette's "incredible impact on this organization." Can he say when Jays last spoke to Bo? "I can but I'm not going to."
Asked about Bo Bichette, Atkins noted Bichette's "incredible impact on this organization." Can he say when Jays last spoke to Bo? "I can but I'm not going to."
@dszymborski.fangraphs.com Thank you for voting for Buehrle. 😭
Ballot #11 is from first-time voter Dan Szymborski. Digital Dandy selects 10 candidates and notes on his ballot that he would have selected two more with no 10-vote limit. Beltrán, Félix, Andruw and Pettitte are 3-for-3 among first-timers.
In the Tracker*: tracker.fyi
In the Tracker*: tracker.fyi
December 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
@dszymborski.fangraphs.com Thank you for voting for Buehrle. 😭
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can report that Adam Lind is here at the Winter Meetings – still has great things to say about Toronto & seemed to be in good spirits!
December 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
can report that Adam Lind is here at the Winter Meetings – still has great things to say about Toronto & seemed to be in good spirits!
Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story (TV Movie 2025) ⭐ 6.3 | Drama, Family, Romance
1h 27m | TV-G
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December 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Men aren't more lonely than women but the loneliness epidemic is real. Millions are in isolation, it's capitalist individualism, & disability is isolating. Lots of folks are really alone. But it's not gendered, that framing is patriarchy, babying men like their unhappiness is everyone else's burden.
According to Pew Research and a few other stats, the loneliness epidemic isn’t disproportionately affecting men over other genders.
I have a feeling that men have been the squeaky wheel over the last few years.
If anything, we have a loneliness epidemic because more people are (barely) surviving.
I have a feeling that men have been the squeaky wheel over the last few years.
If anything, we have a loneliness epidemic because more people are (barely) surviving.
December 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Men aren't more lonely than women but the loneliness epidemic is real. Millions are in isolation, it's capitalist individualism, & disability is isolating. Lots of folks are really alone. But it's not gendered, that framing is patriarchy, babying men like their unhappiness is everyone else's burden.
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those who don’t break down their boxes for the cardboard dumpster are without honor
March 12, 2024 at 5:10 PM
those who don’t break down their boxes for the cardboard dumpster are without honor
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Blue Jays are outrighting Yariel Rodriguez off their 40-man roster, sources tell Shi & me
Francys Romero was the first to say Yariel was coming off the 40-man
Francys Romero was the first to say Yariel was coming off the 40-man
December 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Blue Jays are outrighting Yariel Rodriguez off their 40-man roster, sources tell Shi & me
Francys Romero was the first to say Yariel was coming off the 40-man
Francys Romero was the first to say Yariel was coming off the 40-man
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Freddie Freeman and Ryan Reynolds teamed up to help support the @SickKids Foundation in Toronto - but some subjects are still a bit sore 😂
December 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Freddie Freeman and Ryan Reynolds teamed up to help support the @SickKids Foundation in Toronto - but some subjects are still a bit sore 😂
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New @fangraphs.com: finishing my roundup of the starters on this Hall of Fame ballot with Mark Buehrle, the epitome of the crafty lefty
December 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
New @fangraphs.com: finishing my roundup of the starters on this Hall of Fame ballot with Mark Buehrle, the epitome of the crafty lefty
Today in Canada, it is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
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December 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Today in Canada, it is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
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They couldn't have done 4 more hours?
After putting in 65 hours of condom research — considering more than 100 options and interviewing 10 experts — we’ve identified the six best ones so you can find what works for you. nyti.ms/4rCcU8e
December 6, 2025 at 5:08 AM
They couldn't have done 4 more hours?
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A stranger came over to comfort me on the train home when I was visibly welling up with tears. I told them my father had just died. He hadn't, I was just thinking about the ending to Paddington 2.
December 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A stranger came over to comfort me on the train home when I was visibly welling up with tears. I told them my father had just died. He hadn't, I was just thinking about the ending to Paddington 2.
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The Braves will still find a way to sign him and DFA him
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Braves will still find a way to sign him and DFA him