Adam Darowski

He may not have been the best player but god dammit he was the coolest

Me stopping to listen to the extensive Benito Santiago discussion on the broadcast

In his native Venezuela, Díaz set the single-season home run record in 1978–80 with 20. The record lasted until Alex Cabrera broke it by one in 2013–14.

You know who I’ve developed a much bigger appreciation for? Baudillo Diaz. I haven’t done his bio yet, but it’s coming up and I’m excited to tackle it.

It’s always Todd. 😍

A great third baseman is just so aesthetically pleasing. Something about that position just draws me in. Catchers and third basemen. So many of my favorite players come from those positions.

These are rosters as if the WBC was taking part in 1947. Despite what Buck O’Neil thought, Julio still wasn’t born yet. 😅

I meant to post this last night during the Mexico game, but I guess I was too distracted by the longballs. An interesting team—very good rotation, a couple huge bats in Castro, Ávila, and Torres. A 4,000-hit man coming off the bench to pinch hit is a nice touch.

1947 WBC Retro Roster: 🇲🇽 México

C Guillermo Garibay
1B Ángel Castro
2B Roberto Ávila
3B Luis Montes de Oca
SS Guillermo Álvarez
LF Claudio Solano
CF Baldomero Almada
RF Epitacio Torres

PH Vinicio García

P1 Jesús Valenzuela
P2 Daniel Rios
P3 Jesús “Jesse” Flores
P4 Guillermo “Memo” Luna

Tired: Me saying "along with my research partner Von Spalding" all the time.

Wired: Me saying "along with my research partner @vonspalding.bsky.social" all the time!

Welcome to bsky, Global Leaderboards Savant Von Spalding! 🎉

I’m still not sure how to process the news that Julian Brandt will not be returning to Borussia Dortmund next year. I guess everyone leaves eventually, including Marco Reus, but I don’t like it. He’s still incredibly productive. _sigh_

G+A leaders for BVB since Brandt’s arrival, all comps.

My >.300 AVG and <3.00 ERA guys

Dammit “and Jack Daugherty” would have landed the rhyme and totally happened

I just met you
And this is crazy
Let’s talk about Scott Chiamparino

Recruiting random users of our sites to usability interviews is such an underrated way to meet new friends

Wowwwwwww

I’m only able to follow from a text feed right now and supposed to believe that Shohei Ohtani was up with the bases loaded and two outs and the dude on second gets… give me a second here… *picked off*????

This is literally cooler than anything I've seen in any baseball movie

Puerto Rico 2-0

EXPECT EVERYTHING

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runner thrown out at the plate in extra innings

A walk on four pitches. All tied up.

bottom of the ninth
bases loaded
down by one
👀

Willi Castro up.

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me watching this Puerto Rico game

Thank you to Thomas Van Hyning for helping me figure out the middle infield. Those guys are not in the PR HOF yet.

Really strong team, this one. An incredible outfield and pitching staff. The rotation could go another 4-deep with Ceferino Conde, Pantalones Santiago, and young Rubén Gómez and Luis Arroyo. Perucho was still in the league at this point, but past his prime. Víc Power was just starting.

1947 WBC Retro Roster: 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

C Jorge Tirado
1B Perucho Cepeda
2B Carlos Santiago
3B Víctor Pellot Power
SS Jamie Almendro
LF Carlos Bernier
CF Luis Márquez
RF Pancho Coimbre

PH Luis Olmo

P1 Tomás Quiñones
P2 Luis Cabrera
P3 Rafaelito Ortiz
P4 Juan Guilbe

2 quart container of homemade salsa

“Keep making larger amounts of homemade salsa until your kids can’t finish it in a week” challenge. This time, two quarts.

He joined Santurce in the 1962 Interamerican Series as a reinforcement player. The IAS briefly replaced the Caribbean Series after the Cuban Revolution. How good were these events? De la Hoz led the tourney with four home runs. The last was hit off Luis Tiant. Santurce's starter? Bob Gibson.

Miguel de la Hoz with the Senadores de San Juan

I thought Miguel “Mike” de la Hoz would be a quick bio entry, but I keep finding cool stuff. Despite his short career, he played winters in Cuba, PR, DR, and Venezuela. He won the batting title with San Juan in PR in 1961–62 (.354, 8 HR, 50 RBI).

Then…