Matthew Downen
@mattd34.bsky.social
Sports fan. Favorites are #ManchesterCity #Bears #Cubs #Illini #Blackhawks #Bulls. I’m happy to discuss anything. I try to stay out of politics but I’m not always successful. I don’t have a dog, but I always take the dog’s side in any dispute.
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NO RAISIN NOVEMBER
Before you put raisins in anything tomorrow, just don’t.
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
NO RAISIN NOVEMBER
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I invite any MLB owner to open their books and show the public how much money their teams lost in 2025. They won’t, because it’s a lie.
No team has EVER sold for less than it was purchased for. Do not fall for crocodile tears from billionaires who are already getting a Trump tax cut!
No team has EVER sold for less than it was purchased for. Do not fall for crocodile tears from billionaires who are already getting a Trump tax cut!
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I invite any MLB owner to open their books and show the public how much money their teams lost in 2025. They won’t, because it’s a lie.
No team has EVER sold for less than it was purchased for. Do not fall for crocodile tears from billionaires who are already getting a Trump tax cut!
No team has EVER sold for less than it was purchased for. Do not fall for crocodile tears from billionaires who are already getting a Trump tax cut!
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Also if you own the Yankees and can’t turn a profit the year after your team went to its first World Series in 15 years you should probably sell due to gross incompetence.
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Also if you own the Yankees and can’t turn a profit the year after your team went to its first World Series in 15 years you should probably sell due to gross incompetence.
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“We can’t afford players because we’re in debt because we took all the money fans gave us and bought property to enrich ourselves.”
But don’t blame us! Blame the teams that re-invests money the team earns back into the organization via free agency and player development. They are the real villains!
But don’t blame us! Blame the teams that re-invests money the team earns back into the organization via free agency and player development. They are the real villains!
Did you know that some MLB owners take out loans against future season ticket sales and then use that money to buy themselves mansions/yachts etc? With the added bonus of being able to whine to fans that the team is actually carrying a lot of debt?
Last dodger owners did this!
Last dodger owners did this!
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
“We can’t afford players because we’re in debt because we took all the money fans gave us and bought property to enrich ourselves.”
But don’t blame us! Blame the teams that re-invests money the team earns back into the organization via free agency and player development. They are the real villains!
But don’t blame us! Blame the teams that re-invests money the team earns back into the organization via free agency and player development. They are the real villains!
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Eagles sports radio is gonna make the red wedding look like a romantic comedy
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Eagles sports radio is gonna make the red wedding look like a romantic comedy
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Hi, the new season of “A Man on the Inside,” a TV show I worked on, hits Netflix today. Ted Danson is in it! Also Mary Steenburgen, Gary Cole, Max Greenfield, David Strathairn, Lisa Gilroy, Stephanie Beatriz, Jason Mantzoukas, and many more funny people. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hi, the new season of “A Man on the Inside,” a TV show I worked on, hits Netflix today. Ted Danson is in it! Also Mary Steenburgen, Gary Cole, Max Greenfield, David Strathairn, Lisa Gilroy, Stephanie Beatriz, Jason Mantzoukas, and many more funny people. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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RIP Lenny Wilkins, one of 5 in the Basketball HOF as both player and coach, and an all-around mensch. Before the Jazz came to Utah, I was a Sonics fan (born in Seattle); Wilkins led the team to the NBA Finals in 1978 and to a championship in '79. He was so cool
www.seattletimes.com/sports/sonic...
www.seattletimes.com/sports/sonic...
Lenny Wilkens, godfather of Seattle basketball, dies at 88
Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens, who led the Sonics to their only NBA title and was an ambassador of Seattle basketball for more than 50 years, has died at 88.
www.seattletimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
RIP Lenny Wilkins, one of 5 in the Basketball HOF as both player and coach, and an all-around mensch. Before the Jazz came to Utah, I was a Sonics fan (born in Seattle); Wilkins led the team to the NBA Finals in 1978 and to a championship in '79. He was so cool
www.seattletimes.com/sports/sonic...
www.seattletimes.com/sports/sonic...
The Bears defense gets worse as the game goes on.
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Bears defense gets worse as the game goes on.
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Game 7 of the 2025 World Series averaged 51million viewers combined across the United States, Canada, and Japan making it the most-watched MLB game in 34 years, since Game 7 of the 1991 World Series.
November 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Game 7 of the 2025 World Series averaged 51million viewers combined across the United States, Canada, and Japan making it the most-watched MLB game in 34 years, since Game 7 of the 1991 World Series.
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Thank you to everyone who has followed my baseball coverage all year at the Long Game from Tokyo through the final out of the World Series. Thank you for proving there can be a place on the Internet to talk baseball where everyone is kind to each other. I love you
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November 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Thank you to everyone who has followed my baseball coverage all year at the Long Game from Tokyo through the final out of the World Series. Thank you for proving there can be a place on the Internet to talk baseball where everyone is kind to each other. I love you
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Teams trailing entering the 9th in World Series winner-take-all games are 3–33
Wins:
2025 Dodgers
2001 Diamondbacks
1997 Marlins
The Dodgers are the only road win
Wins:
2025 Dodgers
2001 Diamondbacks
1997 Marlins
The Dodgers are the only road win
November 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Teams trailing entering the 9th in World Series winner-take-all games are 3–33
Wins:
2025 Dodgers
2001 Diamondbacks
1997 Marlins
The Dodgers are the only road win
Wins:
2025 Dodgers
2001 Diamondbacks
1997 Marlins
The Dodgers are the only road win
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The first game-ending 7-4 double play in postseason history
h/t @EliasSports
h/t @EliasSports
November 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The first game-ending 7-4 double play in postseason history
h/t @EliasSports
h/t @EliasSports
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Who killed the Montreal Expos? Damn man. That was tough to watch. Of course I still fucking hate Jeffrey Loria and David Samson for what they did in Florida but yeah the Expos stuff was absolutely brutal.
October 25, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Who killed the Montreal Expos? Damn man. That was tough to watch. Of course I still fucking hate Jeffrey Loria and David Samson for what they did in Florida but yeah the Expos stuff was absolutely brutal.
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you've gotta admit the NCAA has an incredible sense of comic timing
Now official: College athletes and school staff can bet on pro sports, beginning on Nov. 1.
All three Divisions have voted to approve the change, per the NCAA.
All three Divisions have voted to approve the change, per the NCAA.
October 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
you've gotta admit the NCAA has an incredible sense of comic timing
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Ohtani is the best baseball player ever
October 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Ohtani is the best baseball player ever
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Yes.
I mean, it might be the best baseball game ever played by a single baseball player?
October 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Yes.
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This is amazing but it's fucking insane that this is where we are but it's also double awesome that we're meeting the moment best we can while the local government lets us fend for ourselves vs the feds
Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.
October 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is amazing but it's fucking insane that this is where we are but it's also double awesome that we're meeting the moment best we can while the local government lets us fend for ourselves vs the feds
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“I’m sick of the woke mob not letting me abuse women. Time to become a Republican!”
Many such cases!!
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Many such cases!!
www.bbc.com/news/enterta...
October 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“I’m sick of the woke mob not letting me abuse women. Time to become a Republican!”
Many such cases!!
www.bbc.com/news/enterta...
Many such cases!!
www.bbc.com/news/enterta...
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Just confirmed I'm one of the author victims of the blood sucking company Anthropic that stole my book to train it's LLM. I filed a claim and it felt really good. If you're an author who may have been victimized, you can find out here:
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October 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Just confirmed I'm one of the author victims of the blood sucking company Anthropic that stole my book to train it's LLM. I filed a claim and it felt really good. If you're an author who may have been victimized, you can find out here:
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/?_gl=...
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/?_gl=...
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Dodger bullpen is amazing. That team is like a custom made electric Ferrari that gets 1200 miles on a charge, goes 0-60 in 1.8 seconds, has a 30-speaker stereo that makes it sound like you're at a live concert, and also there's no floor and your feet just drag on the pavement as you drive.
October 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Dodger bullpen is amazing. That team is like a custom made electric Ferrari that gets 1200 miles on a charge, goes 0-60 in 1.8 seconds, has a 30-speaker stereo that makes it sound like you're at a live concert, and also there's no floor and your feet just drag on the pavement as you drive.
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Making baseball content-
October 1, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Making baseball content-
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No one actually likes this guy and it's entirely ESPNs fault he exists like this. You could change him out with literally any anchor and not one person would notice. We only watch him because he's on the channel we're already watching. No one has ever said "I wonder what Stephen A thinks" Not once.
Stephen A. Smith is pushing $40M a year in earnings, sources tell The Athletic. And ultimately, he wants as big a voice in politics as he has in sports.
On Wednesday, Smith will formally launch his bid as a political pundit, if not a Presidential candidate.
🔗: http://dlvr.it/TN7BNV
On Wednesday, Smith will formally launch his bid as a political pundit, if not a Presidential candidate.
🔗: http://dlvr.it/TN7BNV
September 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
No one actually likes this guy and it's entirely ESPNs fault he exists like this. You could change him out with literally any anchor and not one person would notice. We only watch him because he's on the channel we're already watching. No one has ever said "I wonder what Stephen A thinks" Not once.
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Wait.....WHAT?
This is not a story I was expecting to see in September of 2025. www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/p...
Oliver North marries Fawn Hall, his document-shredding secretary at the center of Iran-Contra scandal | CNN Politics
Two key figures in the Iran-Contra affair quietly married last month, nearly 40 years after the scandal rocked US politics and President Ronald Reagan’s administration.
www.cnn.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Wait.....WHAT?
Ughhhh
Chicago Cubs players Matt Shaw and Michael Busch pose with anti-MLK activist Charlie Kirk
August 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Ughhhh
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It has been reported that James Trafford will start in goal for Manchester City today against Wolves
It will be a special moment for Trafford if that occurs, especially given the path he's taken to get there.
esteemedkompany.com/2025/08/16/a...
It will be a special moment for Trafford if that occurs, especially given the path he's taken to get there.
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James Trafford is set to start for Manchester City against Wolves.
An answer as to who will start in goal for Manchester City today has emerged. It has been reported that James Trafford will start at Molineux.
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August 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It has been reported that James Trafford will start in goal for Manchester City today against Wolves
It will be a special moment for Trafford if that occurs, especially given the path he's taken to get there.
esteemedkompany.com/2025/08/16/a...
It will be a special moment for Trafford if that occurs, especially given the path he's taken to get there.
esteemedkompany.com/2025/08/16/a...