Stephen Nesbitt
@stephenjnesbitt.bsky.social
I write about baseball for The Athletic, but this is my Formula 1 and Homestar Runner account.
Luke turns 5 today. He pulled a Shohei Ohtani card and two Roki Sasakis in a Topps pack at breakfast, but he was most thrilled to get a Blue Jay. He picked them as his favorite team earlier this month. He'll grow up looking at this card and knowing Steward Berroa as a Blue Jays legend of his youth.
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Luke turns 5 today. He pulled a Shohei Ohtani card and two Roki Sasakis in a Topps pack at breakfast, but he was most thrilled to get a Blue Jay. He picked them as his favorite team earlier this month. He'll grow up looking at this card and knowing Steward Berroa as a Blue Jays legend of his youth.
"don't do heists," he says, craving the next heist
October 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"don't do heists," he says, craving the next heist
This is the year of the southpaw.
LHP are more than a half-run of ERA better than RHP this season. Lefties make up a quarter of the pitching population, yet they're dominating the ERA and WAR leaderboards. So we asked around: How are they doing this? www.nytimes.com/athletic/656...
LHP are more than a half-run of ERA better than RHP this season. Lefties make up a quarter of the pitching population, yet they're dominating the ERA and WAR leaderboards. So we asked around: How are they doing this? www.nytimes.com/athletic/656...
August 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This is the year of the southpaw.
LHP are more than a half-run of ERA better than RHP this season. Lefties make up a quarter of the pitching population, yet they're dominating the ERA and WAR leaderboards. So we asked around: How are they doing this? www.nytimes.com/athletic/656...
LHP are more than a half-run of ERA better than RHP this season. Lefties make up a quarter of the pitching population, yet they're dominating the ERA and WAR leaderboards. So we asked around: How are they doing this? www.nytimes.com/athletic/656...