Joe Sheehan
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🎵Can’t you see I’m burning burning… 🎵
December 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
🎵Can’t you see I’m burning burning… 🎵
We keep it informal here, man, call me “Joe.”
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We keep it informal here, man, call me “Joe.”
Reposted by Joe Sheehan
the second, pre-shift ban, mind you, had a great chart about *where* the hits were disappearing. You'll note some density on OFers playing deeper, which will eliminate some hits, but could especially turn extra bases into singles:
Better Defense Is Costing MLB Thousands of Hits | Baseball Prospectus
Optimizing defensive positioning to take away extra-base hits.
www.baseballprospectus.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
the second, pre-shift ban, mind you, had a great chart about *where* the hits were disappearing. You'll note some density on OFers playing deeper, which will eliminate some hits, but could especially turn extra bases into singles:
I liked this last week, and TIL you probably didn’t mean the candy. Whoops.
December 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I liked this last week, and TIL you probably didn’t mean the candy. Whoops.
Reposted by Joe Sheehan
Players weren’t inherently more (or less!) “loyal” prior to 1975. They just were legally prohibited from becoming free agents unless their team wanted them to become free agents. Thats not the same thing as Tony Gwynn or Cal Ripken or whoever.
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Players weren’t inherently more (or less!) “loyal” prior to 1975. They just were legally prohibited from becoming free agents unless their team wanted them to become free agents. Thats not the same thing as Tony Gwynn or Cal Ripken or whoever.
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There's an actual truth out there and it's not particularly hard to find--vaccines are safe and effective. And it matters that the truth be represented as the truth and not just someone's opinion.
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
There's an actual truth out there and it's not particularly hard to find--vaccines are safe and effective. And it matters that the truth be represented as the truth and not just someone's opinion.