Most hits in 2026 WBC so far (thru 3/9):
7 🇨🇴 Harold Ramirez (2B)
6 🇬🇧 Nate Eaton (hr, 2 doubles)
6 🇹🇼 Yu Chang (hr)
5 🇯🇵 Matasaka Yoshida (2 hr, 2B)
5 🇳🇮 Ismael Munguia
5 🇮🇹 Dante Nori (hr, 2B)
5 🇻🇪 Luis Arraez (2 doubles, 2 hr)
5 🇯🇵 Shohei Ohtani (2 hr, 2B)
I want more same-name standoffs please
Carlos Beltran, Carlos Lee and Andruw Jones pose together before the 2006 World Baseball Classic
Carlos Beltran, Carlos Lee and Andruw Jones pose before the 2006 World Baseball Classic
wait does this mean P0 0P is back in biz in 2026
Increíble.
Here was our view from the booth last night at the joyous celebration in Darell Hernaiz’s already iconic walk-off home run for Puerto Rico to sink Panamá in the #WorldBaseballClassic.
what! thank you for finding my baseball rabbit hole for today
also this was in my lifetime! feels like it shouldn't be THAT obscure
they're
2012 WFAN ad on nyc subway
OK just checked - it was actually a 2012 WFAN ad!
reminds me of when NYC subways had signs reminding riders to offer a seat to pregnant women and old folks "unless their a Red Sox fan"
Same - I'm excited to see Bo Takahashi start in tonight's USA vs Brasil WBC matchup!
I met Bo in 2018 when he was a Dbacks prospect and I was working on a story on bilingual players in AZ Fall League
Bo is a 3rd-generation Brazilian w/ roots in Japan. He's fluent in Portuguese, English + Spanish
Rawlings Heart of Hide catchers mitt model HOH X
If I counted guys in the minors, there would be way more! Also, separately, I thought Billy Bean and Billy Beane were the same guy for an embarrassingly long time
Sounds like a cool book! Does it touch on Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins falling in love?
A reminder that baseball is the best!!
MLB players with the same name in 2006
Guys w/ the same name entering the 2026 MLB season:
José Fermín
José Fermin
Luis García
Luis Garcia
Luis García, Jr.
Max Muncy
Max Muncy
...The list has changed a bit in the last few years, with retirements, guys playing abroad and/or sent down to the minors
Original sketch for World Baseball Classic logo by Todd Radom, 2005
Original sketch, World Baseball Classic logo, 2005. Everything starts with something, somewhere, somehow. Back then you got a sense of what the event's potential could be, but you had to squint a little bit and project forward, far into the future.
While researching Team Israel players I learned I went to summer camp with Harrison Cohen's sister-in-law
I think that's the most jewish thing I've ever said
The Giants loaned Team USA a few of their minor leaguers to use as extra bench meat, and former Taney Dragons catcher Scott Bandura is in right field for Team USA right now
blogs.fangraphs.com/scott-bandur...
Jonathan Schoop was released from jail in Curaçao last week after being arrested on January 28 as part of an illegal firearms investigation. He'd been detained for nearly a month
Before his arrest, Schoop had planned to play in the WBC on the Dutch national team alongside his brother Sharlon
The top 1% in America now hoard $55.8 trillion — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined.
the white house ai'd brady tkachuk?????? www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/...
NEW: I spoke to the journalist and researcher Pat Ellington, Jr., whose singular work expands the fullness and depth of Black history through Francisco Lindor, Ronald Acuña, and the global impact of baseball.
issa very, very special BHM edition of [eyeblack]:
Thanks for posting this. More people should learn about him as I did today
The more I have studied baseball’s integration and expanded from the Negro Leagues into Latin America, the more I have learned how blurred lines can get and how complicated definitions can be come. One example is the quiet integration of the Pirates with Carlos Bernier, an Afro-Puerto Rican OF.
how is trump getting played by a muslim socialist with nearly zero political experience while chuck schumer can't even serve his own constituents
Not naming names,,, but I googled ya worth
So impressed and blessed for all the brands reaching out to support. thousand and more companies offered to donate product and my team gunna get to it. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
BUT if you a billion dollar company,,, we don’t want a product donation. We want you to sponsor these women + athletes. 👀
Again, this country at present is an unfit host to world sports events.
same
Joe West 1989 Topps card
Retired umpire Joe West's 1989 baseball card
Re: his hero. Paul Runge the third baseman or Paul Runge the serial killer? hmu if you know
Image of Senaida Shoo Shoo Wirth, AAGPBL shortstop with text describing her player profile from the 1947 South Bend Blue Sox yearbook.
Continuing the celebration of the Senaida Centennial we present this player profile of Shoo Shoo from the 1947 South Bend Blue Sox yearbook. Special Thanks to @ryangw27.bsky.social for sending this our way. @ibwaa.bsky.social #AAGPBL #WIB #WPBA
