I don't feel I'm being terribly insightful when I say that Booker's speech was an opening salvo for the 2028 presidential campaign.

I think it was more about McNeil than about Lindor.

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I was going to go with Aunt Esther, but it wasn't an available choice.

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I seem to remember the Padres having an empty Sunday on their schedule years ago, maybe because of a papal visit? I'm not sure.

I was tempted to go with Rusty Kuntz, but I decided to go with all Mets: Phil Hennigan, Jim McAndrew, Don Hahn, George Theodore, Eric Cammack, Billy Baldwin, Al Weis, Mike Glavine, Charlie Williams. After I submitted my answers, I looked at the "Most Popular" grid, as I often do. This time...

The last time I was out in Western Pennsylvania, I saw a sign at the city limit that said, "Welcome to Pittsburgh, the Land of R.J. Reynolds"

Today's was especially easy. I got all nine squares, with a rarity score of zero!

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I just hope that now that he has a son, he won't change his walkup music.

That's what I was thinking too. Use the "torpedo bats" until they get banned.

I agree with that. Let him get his third impeachment. And his fourth or fifth too. I'm confident that there will be valid reasons. But Trump would have to do something super egregious for enough Republicans to vote to remove him from office. And given what he's gotten away with so far, it's hard to ...

Well, if the Democrats regain the House, he could get impeached again. But the Senate isn't going to get the 67 votes needed to convict him and remove him from office.

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I would count Soto first because he would have been announced into the starting lineup* before Holmes was. (I remember Bob Murphy used to say "lineups and batting orders" which may have implied that there was a time when there was a distinction between the two, with the "lineup" ...

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Baseball Reference is always slow getting off the ground once the season starts, and since they're the source of the box score data, Schaefer voting will be slightly delayed for last night's game in Houston. I know how disappointed you must be. Please refrain from rioting and overturning vehicles. T...

The crowd isn't reacting at all as the Mets players are being introduced.

Maybe a cannoli for Staten Island, and a raspberry for the Bronx?

Cleon Jones?

Maybe this should be presented as the higher/lower game.

And here we go again! Schaefer is the Tabloid Cover Derby's less popular little brother, but it keeps chugging along. Voters will vote, votes will be tallied, awards will be announced, and custom Topps baseball cards will be presented. Participation is welcome and encouraged! Those who vote in every...

He only recently entered the list of Top Forty Oldest Living Mets, in January when Felix Mantilla died. Now, his spot in 40th place has been taken by Art Shamsky.

Yeah, this is dumb, but who cares? And the Mets have been doing silly between-innings entertainment for years. There's no point pretending that New York City is above this kind of thing.