Tim Jackson
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Tim Jackson
@timjacksonsays.bsky.social
· Aug 11
please don't call your work content
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
Reposted by Tim Jackson
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
Reposted by Tim Jackson
🧵 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
Adoree' Jackson making plays? Sheesh
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Adoree' Jackson making plays? Sheesh
AJ Brown finally in the center of key offensive plays (fart noises)
November 17, 2025 at 3:44 AM
AJ Brown finally in the center of key offensive plays (fart noises)
Lions pulling an Eagles (derogatory)
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Lions pulling an Eagles (derogatory)
I, too, am not done when my next job will still be seven figures with much less responsibility while getting yelled at less
Various coaches, players and agents told me they reached out to Brian Daboll to wish him well after he was fired by the Giants.
Nearly every one of them I spoke to said the same thing: Daboll is a football fanatic — and he’s not done.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
Nearly every one of them I spoke to said the same thing: Daboll is a football fanatic — and he’s not done.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I, too, am not done when my next job will still be seven figures with much less responsibility while getting yelled at less
just caught a new top-shelf Bob's Burgers joke, when Gene yells "seven years?! that's the amount of time Brad Pitt spent in Tibet!"
November 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
just caught a new top-shelf Bob's Burgers joke, when Gene yells "seven years?! that's the amount of time Brad Pitt spent in Tibet!"
It's been a minute since I've talked about how great BP is and how worthwhile it is to subscribe, so here are some BP facts:
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
It's been a minute since I've talked about how great BP is and how worthwhile it is to subscribe, so here are some BP facts:
Any time you can do something a legendary lefty has done, you gotta do it
Juan Soto has won a Silver Slugger in three straight years with three different teams
The only other player to win a Silver Slugger in three consecutive years with a different team was Mike Hampton:
1999, Astros
2000, Mets
2001, Rockies
h/t @EliasSports
The only other player to win a Silver Slugger in three consecutive years with a different team was Mike Hampton:
1999, Astros
2000, Mets
2001, Rockies
h/t @EliasSports
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Any time you can do something a legendary lefty has done, you gotta do it
80 is a pervy number for a goalie
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
80 is a pervy number for a goalie
My partner Trapezius Melkington would like to see something in a Belgian waffle
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
My partner Trapezius Melkington would like to see something in a Belgian waffle