Travis Hubbard
@trhubbs.bsky.social
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky born, raised #BBN, obsessed with #DirtyWater. Formerly a sportswriter at Huntington Herald-Dispatch in a different lifetime (covered Patrick Patterson and OJ Mayo in HS). Here for mostly baseball news and opinions.
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All-time postgame interview by DJ Moore. Far more entertaining than Ty Simpson.
a man wearing a chicago bears jacket and hat is sitting at a table in a bar .
ALT: a man wearing a chicago bears jacket and hat is sitting at a table in a bar .
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:35 AM
All-time postgame interview by DJ Moore. Far more entertaining than Ty Simpson.
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Checking in on the trade war from Kentucky
Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026
The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is dealing with a glut of supply and slipping sales.
amp.kentucky.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Checking in on the trade war from Kentucky
Team looks totally different with JQ and Lowe on the floor pick n rolling. If they can each play 39 mpg this team has a chance, methinks. 🤐
1. Jayden Quaintance 2. Jaland Lowe 3. Cats vs. ex-coaches 4. Pitino vs. ex-Cats 5. Mark Pope in "the Classics" www.kentucky.com/sports/spt-c...
Five things you need to know from UK’s 78-66 win vs. Rick Pitino & St. John’s
The key talking points after Mark Pope and the Wildcats’ victory against the Red Storm.
www.kentucky.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Team looks totally different with JQ and Lowe on the floor pick n rolling. If they can each play 39 mpg this team has a chance, methinks. 🤐
It’s really dumb to only exceed the CBT by $1.5m. You could have spent almost $18m more without any additional tax increase and $38m more without any penalty.
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It’s really dumb to only exceed the CBT by $1.5m. You could have spent almost $18m more without any additional tax increase and $38m more without any penalty.
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They’ll go on and on about how unreliable renewables are and how they’re to blame for making power more expensive when 67% of the state’s power comes from coal and very little from renewables.
December 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
They’ll go on and on about how unreliable renewables are and how they’re to blame for making power more expensive when 67% of the state’s power comes from coal and very little from renewables.
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The residents in eastern Kentucky testifying in this Kentucky Power rate case are pretty focused on the impacts on their lives. The lawmakers who speak want to continue to fight the war on coal.
December 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The residents in eastern Kentucky testifying in this Kentucky Power rate case are pretty focused on the impacts on their lives. The lawmakers who speak want to continue to fight the war on coal.
Realistic outcome if this happens …
• AZ ends up with Bregman, Mayer, Early and 1 or 2 DSL guys.
• BOS gets Marte but resorts to Arenado at 3b while giving up another minor leaguer.
Or they could just sign Bregman, keep Mayer and Early and trade an outfielder and flip what they get for a bat. 🤔
• AZ ends up with Bregman, Mayer, Early and 1 or 2 DSL guys.
• BOS gets Marte but resorts to Arenado at 3b while giving up another minor leaguer.
Or they could just sign Bregman, keep Mayer and Early and trade an outfielder and flip what they get for a bat. 🤔
I like Ketel Marte a lot. But if the Red Sox trade the assets that are likely necessary to get him and then Bregman (who is younger than Marte) signs with Arizona, that would feel like another crappy outcome this offseason.
December 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Realistic outcome if this happens …
• AZ ends up with Bregman, Mayer, Early and 1 or 2 DSL guys.
• BOS gets Marte but resorts to Arenado at 3b while giving up another minor leaguer.
Or they could just sign Bregman, keep Mayer and Early and trade an outfielder and flip what they get for a bat. 🤔
• AZ ends up with Bregman, Mayer, Early and 1 or 2 DSL guys.
• BOS gets Marte but resorts to Arenado at 3b while giving up another minor leaguer.
Or they could just sign Bregman, keep Mayer and Early and trade an outfielder and flip what they get for a bat. 🤔
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Feels to me like the last quote here is more devastating and incriminating than even the birthday book and the photos and the rest.
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Feels to me like the last quote here is more devastating and incriminating than even the birthday book and the photos and the rest.
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some thoughts on a very interesting - and even - prospect swap between Boston and Washington, for subscribers to @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
Red Sox, Nationals swap pitching prospects with contrasting styles in win-win deal
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
some thoughts on a very interesting - and even - prospect swap between Boston and Washington, for subscribers to @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
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Catch-22 was written in 1961, and yet this passage feels alarmingly current:
December 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Catch-22 was written in 1961, and yet this passage feels alarmingly current:
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One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
Thinks he’s some kind of obituary-writing parodist. It’s vile, disgusting, purposefully hurtful.
I wrote dozens of extended obits as an intern in the early 2000s. Despite the always difficult circumstances it was probably the work I found the most meaning. Telling honest stories of a life’s impact.
I wrote dozens of extended obits as an intern in the early 2000s. Despite the always difficult circumstances it was probably the work I found the most meaning. Telling honest stories of a life’s impact.
This is the President of the United States.
This is disgusting, inhumane, and very consistent. This is exactly who he is.
This is disgusting, inhumane, and very consistent. This is exactly who he is.
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Thinks he’s some kind of obituary-writing parodist. It’s vile, disgusting, purposefully hurtful.
I wrote dozens of extended obits as an intern in the early 2000s. Despite the always difficult circumstances it was probably the work I found the most meaning. Telling honest stories of a life’s impact.
I wrote dozens of extended obits as an intern in the early 2000s. Despite the always difficult circumstances it was probably the work I found the most meaning. Telling honest stories of a life’s impact.
Charles Barkley shouting out the Merrick Inn fried chicken in Lexington. He knows of what he speaks.
December 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Charles Barkley shouting out the Merrick Inn fried chicken in Lexington. He knows of what he speaks.
$20m per? No thanks. I applaud Craig Breslow’s discipline here.
Jorge Polanco to Mets, pending medical. $40M, 2 years
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
$20m per? No thanks. I applaud Craig Breslow’s discipline here.
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couldn’t have said it any better myself
December 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
couldn’t have said it any better myself
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As the Supreme Court agrees to review Trump’s Order ending birthright citizenship, let me remind you that this kangaroo court is brought to you by Mitch McConnell.
December 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
As the Supreme Court agrees to review Trump’s Order ending birthright citizenship, let me remind you that this kangaroo court is brought to you by Mitch McConnell.
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Wrote a quick one about Johan Oviedo and yet another pitcher that isn't being evaluated on ERA and what the Red Sox likely see in his fastball that might make it a very interesting pitch right now
www.mlb.com/redsox/news/...
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The big change the Red Sox saw in Oviedo
After a big trade for Sonny Gray, the next NL Central righty the Red Sox have added might seem considerably less interesting, given that new addition Johan Oviedo has spent most of five seasons for St...
www.mlb.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Wrote a quick one about Johan Oviedo and yet another pitcher that isn't being evaluated on ERA and what the Red Sox likely see in his fastball that might make it a very interesting pitch right now
www.mlb.com/redsox/news/...
www.mlb.com/redsox/news/...
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Johan Oviedo is listed at 6-foot-6, 275 pounds. The Red Sox acquired him last night, after Tolle's comments in Tim's story below.
RJ Petit (6-8, 300) is Rule 5-eligible, as is Tyler Stuart (6-9, 250). If the Sox take either next Wednesday, they're officially all-in on mound moose.
RJ Petit (6-8, 300) is Rule 5-eligible, as is Tyler Stuart (6-9, 250). If the Sox take either next Wednesday, they're officially all-in on mound moose.
“I think thick might be a wrong word there,” Payton Tolle said. “Or it might be the right word.”
Connelly Early is bulking up, wants to fit in with the Red Sox’ “mooses on the mound” in 2026: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/s...
Connelly Early is bulking up, wants to fit in with the Red Sox’ “mooses on the mound” in 2026: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/s...
Red Sox’ Connelly Early is bulking up, wants to fit in with ‘those mooses on the mound’ in 2026 - The Boston Globe
The 23-year-old pitcher has jumped from 196 pounds to 215 already thanks to offseason workouts, with a winter goal of reaching 220.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Johan Oviedo is listed at 6-foot-6, 275 pounds. The Red Sox acquired him last night, after Tolle's comments in Tim's story below.
RJ Petit (6-8, 300) is Rule 5-eligible, as is Tyler Stuart (6-9, 250). If the Sox take either next Wednesday, they're officially all-in on mound moose.
RJ Petit (6-8, 300) is Rule 5-eligible, as is Tyler Stuart (6-9, 250). If the Sox take either next Wednesday, they're officially all-in on mound moose.
The arrogance of both is hard to match. But I can’t disagree with the points made.
George W. Bush's deputy assistant is not a big fan of George W. Bush's special assistant
Scott Jennings believes in the "west" of Adolf Hitler
Each Scott Jennings appearance on CNN is an act of journalistic corruption by a cynical management that defames the legacy of the network, the integrity of CNN’s small cohort of ethical journalists, a...
steveschmidt.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The arrogance of both is hard to match. But I can’t disagree with the points made.
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Seems like a great kid and he has some tools, but I’m fine with the Sox trading The Password. That BB/K rate in Triple A was rough. He’s the kind of prospect the Pirates should take a chance on. But if he was playing regularly here in ‘26, something bad happened.
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Seems like a great kid and he has some tools, but I’m fine with the Sox trading The Password. That BB/K rate in Triple A was rough. He’s the kind of prospect the Pirates should take a chance on. But if he was playing regularly here in ‘26, something bad happened.
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my thoughts on last night's trade between the Red Sox and Pirates went up around 1 am for subscribers to @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
Pirates crack the code in acquiring Boston’s Jhostynxon Garcia in trade for Johan Oviedo
Oviedo's ceiling is probably as a No. 5 starter, but Adonys Guzman is a good get for Boston, and Garcia is the big prize for Pittsburgh.
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
my thoughts on last night's trade between the Red Sox and Pirates went up around 1 am for subscribers to @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
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I don't know how everyone sees the current pitching depth, but this is how I do. Been seeing people expecting Oviedo to be in the bullpen, which seems crazy. I don't think this whole group makes it to Fort Myers.
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I don't know how everyone sees the current pitching depth, but this is how I do. Been seeing people expecting Oviedo to be in the bullpen, which seems crazy. I don't think this whole group makes it to Fort Myers.
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Oviedo came back from surgery with a supercharged fastball
December 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Oviedo came back from surgery with a supercharged fastball