Zac Petrillo
@zpetrillo.bsky.social
Post Production at ABC. Adjunct at MMC. SABR member. Korean baseball book coming in spring 2026. If you are into the KBO, let’s be friends.
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In 2006, Effa Manley became the first—and, to this day, only—woman ever to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
More Black history spotlights: https://info.sports-reference.com/bhm-spotlights
More Black history spotlights: https://info.sports-reference.com/bhm-spotlights
February 10, 2026 at 11:40 PM
In 2006, Effa Manley became the first—and, to this day, only—woman ever to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
More Black history spotlights: https://info.sports-reference.com/bhm-spotlights
More Black history spotlights: https://info.sports-reference.com/bhm-spotlights
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Mike Vrabel and I were one year apart in High School. Can you tell which one is me and which one is the head coach of the Patriots? NO CHEATING
February 7, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Mike Vrabel and I were one year apart in High School. Can you tell which one is me and which one is the head coach of the Patriots? NO CHEATING
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Essential offseason resource
It begins! 30 team previews in 15 podcasts, for the 14th consecutive year. First up: @chandlerrome.bsky.social on the Astros, and Nick Piecoro on the Diamondbacks. (Plus pre-preview banter.)
Effectively Wild Episode 2436: Season Preview Series: Astros and Diamondbacks blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-...
February 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Essential offseason resource
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🤖 Shawn Spradling 🔁 by Justice delos Santos
Jung Hoo Lee has been named Korea’s captain for the 2026 World Baseball Classic 🇰🇷
Jung Hoo Lee has been named Korea’s captain for the 2026 World Baseball Classic 🇰🇷
February 6, 2026 at 8:01 PM
🤖 Shawn Spradling 🔁 by Justice delos Santos
Jung Hoo Lee has been named Korea’s captain for the 2026 World Baseball Classic 🇰🇷
Jung Hoo Lee has been named Korea’s captain for the 2026 World Baseball Classic 🇰🇷
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On Hammerin' Hank's birthday, our newest SABR Digital Library book is now available — Henry Aaron, an in-depth collection of essays on the Braves star's life and impact on baseball and the world. Free ebook for all SABR members: sabr.org/latest/sabr-... #BlackHistoryMonth
February 5, 2026 at 5:53 PM
On Hammerin' Hank's birthday, our newest SABR Digital Library book is now available — Henry Aaron, an in-depth collection of essays on the Braves star's life and impact on baseball and the world. Free ebook for all SABR members: sabr.org/latest/sabr-... #BlackHistoryMonth
I’m not a skier, so perhaps this isn’t that crazy, but I truly have no idea how she can do this.
At 41-years old, Lindsey Vonn has returned from a completely torn ACL in one week as she completed a training run this morning at #MilanoCortina2026. 💪
Just an unbelievable comeback story from Lindsey Vonn 👏
Just an unbelievable comeback story from Lindsey Vonn 👏
February 6, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I’m not a skier, so perhaps this isn’t that crazy, but I truly have no idea how she can do this.
Quick story about the Korean Moneyball
Sailor Turned General Manager by a Single Book
by Tae-in Chun The baseball film Moneyball depicts a moment when one club tried to understand baseball in a completely different way. The 2002 Oakland Athletics questioned the conventional wisdom t…
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February 6, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Quick story about the Korean Moneyball
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Respect to the first WNBA MVP, Cynthia Cooper. No matter who they trot out as the current league savior, she is the eternal GOAT.
February 6, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Respect to the first WNBA MVP, Cynthia Cooper. No matter who they trot out as the current league savior, she is the eternal GOAT.
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A truly great class.
February 6, 2026 at 3:13 AM
A truly great class.
No Ha-seong, Sung-mun, and Dong-ju hurts, but this team has the talent to advance. I don’t love putting fringe MLB players just because they have big league experience, but alas.
February 6, 2026 at 12:29 AM
No Ha-seong, Sung-mun, and Dong-ju hurts, but this team has the talent to advance. I don’t love putting fringe MLB players just because they have big league experience, but alas.
The KBO all-time hits leader, Ah-seop Son, resigns with the Eagles. Son is 382 hits away from 3000. Son has only once had fewer than 140 hits in a season where he plays over 115 games. At 37, the milestone is within reach.
February 5, 2026 at 12:19 PM
The KBO all-time hits leader, Ah-seop Son, resigns with the Eagles. Son is 382 hits away from 3000. Son has only once had fewer than 140 hits in a season where he plays over 115 games. At 37, the milestone is within reach.
Korea might leave Taek-yeon Kim, Dong-ju Moon, and Seo-hyun Kim off the national team for the WBC. Would be a massive disappointment for people not to be able to see Korea’s best young arms on a bigger stage.
February 5, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Korea might leave Taek-yeon Kim, Dong-ju Moon, and Seo-hyun Kim off the national team for the WBC. Would be a massive disappointment for people not to be able to see Korea’s best young arms on a bigger stage.
The Bums in the Land of the Rising Sun: How the 1956 Dodgers’ Tour of Japan Marked the End of a Dynasty
The Bums in the Land of the Rising Sun: How the 1956 Dodgers’ Tour of Japan Marked the End of a Dynasty
Every Monday morning we will post an article from SABR’s award-winning books Nichibei Yakyu: Volumes I and II. Each will present a different chapter in the long history of US-Japan baseball relatio…
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February 2, 2026 at 1:38 PM
The Bums in the Land of the Rising Sun: How the 1956 Dodgers’ Tour of Japan Marked the End of a Dynasty
He’s going to knock it down, isn’t he?
Trump: "I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything."
February 2, 2026 at 12:25 AM
He’s going to knock it down, isn’t he?
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Petition to rename the Melania movie The Triumph of the Shill
February 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Petition to rename the Melania movie The Triumph of the Shill
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Hello, I wrote a condensed history of UConn-Tennessee in anticipation of Sunday for people who did not become women's college basketball lifers owing to growing up during the rivalry's heyday, and the design team made sick lead art for it.
UConn-Tennessee: A Brief History of the Epic Rivalry Before Sunday's Showdown
The UConn-Tennessee rivalry is one of the most historic and important in the women's college basketball. Here's how it started, where it went and where it's still going today.
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January 30, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Hello, I wrote a condensed history of UConn-Tennessee in anticipation of Sunday for people who did not become women's college basketball lifers owing to growing up during the rivalry's heyday, and the design team made sick lead art for it.
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What are you currently listening to? Today we're listening to a selection of Grammy Album of the Year Award winners and nominees (who also happen to feature in the 33 1/3 series).
📀Listen on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3NPSkC4
📀Listen on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3NPSkC4
January 31, 2026 at 4:20 PM
What are you currently listening to? Today we're listening to a selection of Grammy Album of the Year Award winners and nominees (who also happen to feature in the 33 1/3 series).
📀Listen on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3NPSkC4
📀Listen on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3NPSkC4
The Japanese Baseball Card Industry. Video of the January 28, Zoom talk with Tatsuo Shinke, CEO of MINT Sports Cards in Japan
The Japanese Baseball Card Industry. Video of the January 28, Zoom talk with Tatsuo Shinke, CEO of MINT Sports Cards in Japan
On January 28, 2026, Tatsu Shinke, the CEO of Mint Sports Cards, joined SABR’s Asian Baseball and Baseball Card Research Committees to talk about the sports card industry in Japan. You can no…
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January 30, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The Japanese Baseball Card Industry. Video of the January 28, Zoom talk with Tatsuo Shinke, CEO of MINT Sports Cards in Japan
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New today on the site!
"Hong Sang-Soo's films are slower than slow, quieter than quiet, yet completely absorbing once their rhythms take hold, lulling one into a kind of contemplative state increasingly difficult to occupy in a world overcrowded with artificial stimuli."
- @rcbedsaul.bsky.social
"Hong Sang-Soo's films are slower than slow, quieter than quiet, yet completely absorbing once their rhythms take hold, lulling one into a kind of contemplative state increasingly difficult to occupy in a world overcrowded with artificial stimuli."
- @rcbedsaul.bsky.social
Hong Sang-soo Will Answer All Your Questions
Spend enough time within the minimalist aesthetics of Hong Sang-Soo's cinema and it can be difficult to leave the respite it provides.
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January 29, 2026 at 4:51 PM
New today on the site!
"Hong Sang-Soo's films are slower than slow, quieter than quiet, yet completely absorbing once their rhythms take hold, lulling one into a kind of contemplative state increasingly difficult to occupy in a world overcrowded with artificial stimuli."
- @rcbedsaul.bsky.social
"Hong Sang-Soo's films are slower than slow, quieter than quiet, yet completely absorbing once their rhythms take hold, lulling one into a kind of contemplative state increasingly difficult to occupy in a world overcrowded with artificial stimuli."
- @rcbedsaul.bsky.social
KBO captains for the 2026 season. Not too many changes. Kiwoom selects a veteran to replace Sung-mun Song.
LG: Hae-min Park
Hanwha: Eun-seong Chae
SSG: Kwang-hyun Kim
Samsung: Ja-wook Koo
NC: Min-woo Park
KT: Sung-woo Jang
Lotte: Jun-woo Jeon
KIA: Sung-bum Na
Doosan: Eui-ji Yang
Kiwoom: Ji-yeol Im
LG: Hae-min Park
Hanwha: Eun-seong Chae
SSG: Kwang-hyun Kim
Samsung: Ja-wook Koo
NC: Min-woo Park
KT: Sung-woo Jang
Lotte: Jun-woo Jeon
KIA: Sung-bum Na
Doosan: Eui-ji Yang
Kiwoom: Ji-yeol Im
January 29, 2026 at 3:21 PM
KBO captains for the 2026 season. Not too many changes. Kiwoom selects a veteran to replace Sung-mun Song.
LG: Hae-min Park
Hanwha: Eun-seong Chae
SSG: Kwang-hyun Kim
Samsung: Ja-wook Koo
NC: Min-woo Park
KT: Sung-woo Jang
Lotte: Jun-woo Jeon
KIA: Sung-bum Na
Doosan: Eui-ji Yang
Kiwoom: Ji-yeol Im
LG: Hae-min Park
Hanwha: Eun-seong Chae
SSG: Kwang-hyun Kim
Samsung: Ja-wook Koo
NC: Min-woo Park
KT: Sung-woo Jang
Lotte: Jun-woo Jeon
KIA: Sung-bum Na
Doosan: Eui-ji Yang
Kiwoom: Ji-yeol Im
I think Eli is waiting over a decade or more.
Eli Manning will have to wait another year, at least before being inducted into the Hall of Fame
My good friend and colleague, @miketanier.bsky.social wrote the definitive investigative piece on Eli’s candidacy last year, it’s worth your time and makes me think it may be tough for Manning to get in
My good friend and colleague, @miketanier.bsky.social wrote the definitive investigative piece on Eli’s candidacy last year, it’s worth your time and makes me think it may be tough for Manning to get in
Eli Manning and the Pro Football Hall of Chaos
I spoke to a half-dozen Pro Football Hall of Fame voters before the selection committee meeting, and they told me ...
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January 28, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I think Eli is waiting over a decade or more.
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Happening tomorow! All are welcome.
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The Japanese Baseball Card Industry. January 28, 8:30 EST Zoom talk with Tatsuo Shinke, CEO of MINT Sports Cards in Japan
Please join SABR’s Asian Baseball and Baseball Card Research Committees as we host Tatsuo Shinke on Wednesday, January 28 at 8:30 pm EST. Mr. Shinke will discuss the current state of baseball…
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January 27, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Happening tomorow! All are welcome.
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For all baseball fans:
This is Alex Bregman’s father. Do with this what you will.
This is Alex Bregman’s father. Do with this what you will.
DA Bregman: If ICE comes in without a warrant, without reasonable suspicion, without probable cause, that is false imprisonment in New Mexico. You can’t confine, restrain, or detain someone without proper legal authority to do so. And there’s no exception for law enforcement.
January 26, 2026 at 7:36 PM
For all baseball fans:
This is Alex Bregman’s father. Do with this what you will.
This is Alex Bregman’s father. Do with this what you will.
An Introduction To NPB Baseball Cards
An Introduction To NPB Baseball Cards
This great introduction to current Japanese baseball cards was published on SABR’s Baseball Card Research Committee’s Blog earlier this week,. We have decided to repost it here as backg…
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January 25, 2026 at 5:19 PM
An Introduction To NPB Baseball Cards
Back to baseball. Kiwoom is doing their first ever collaboration with Nike with some pretty sweet clothing. I will need to beg my Korean pals for that jacket.
January 25, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Back to baseball. Kiwoom is doing their first ever collaboration with Nike with some pretty sweet clothing. I will need to beg my Korean pals for that jacket.