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Someone had to be brave enough to say it, but we can't let something as pure and American as gambling be tainted by sports like baseball. My argument: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyKH...

Baseball Is Ruining Gambling | Baseball Bits

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Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · Jul 28

My newest episode of Baseball Bits has a complicated thesis, which is that Corey Seager is good at playing baseball. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2KV...

Corey Seager Is So Good... | Baseball Bits

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local blogger @fergoe.blacksky.app · Jul 10

Really glad that that back ailment Acuña had was just another example of that @foolishbb.bsky.social tweet where it's like "Every month Acuña dies, misses a game or two, comes back, resurrects and hits a leadoff dinger"

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Eva Lees 😈 @evalees.bsky.social · Jul 8

Was watching a @foolishbb.bsky.social video and this stat is so interesting.

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Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · Jul 8

They should put me in the Home Run Derby just so we can appreciate how great everyone else is.

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Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · Jul 2

Statcast Search from Baseball Savant! baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_sea...

Statcast Search

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Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · Jun 30

Babe. wake up. New Baseball Bits just dropped. It's about the population decline of old hitters in MLB. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMtJ...

Why Old Hitters Are Going Extinct | Baseball Bits

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Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · Jun 22

Not really impressed by Ohtani's balanced skillset as a two-way player. I am also just as good at hitting as I am at pitching.

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Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · Jun 12

They’re fixing the true source of societal rot: girls middle school shuffleboard

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Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · Jun 12

With the TV money slowly dying out (except for a few of the big contracts), I guess this is the most efficient way to take money from people who watch sports.

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Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · Jun 11

I wonder if there will ever be any real pushback on legalized sports betting, or if there’s just too much wealth to be extracted from the lower and middle classes for a Come to Jesus moment to occur. You’d expect some form of dissent from social conservatives, but I don’t see a temperance movement.

The Athletic @theathletic.com · Jun 11

We asked more than 130 MLB players: Has legalized sports betting changed how fans treat you or your teammates?

The result was a landslide. “People suck, dude.”

🔗: http://dlvr.it/TLJK2n

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Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · Jun 11

Until 1913, baserunners were allowed to run in a straight line across the diamond from 1st to 3rd on a single, provided they could avoid the pitcher trying to tackle them. This was known as the “gambler’s shortcut.”

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Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · May 27

New Bits! As an analogue for Hank Aaron's consistency, let's talk about not his BEST season, rather his 15TH BEST season. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_3a...

Hank Aaron's 15th Best Season | Baseball Bits

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Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · May 27

really appreciated the shoutout, we are still sadly living in the "ROCKIES STINK" era with no end in sight

Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · May 8

Found a guy wearing just a T-shirt to the ballpark in 1956.

Man in glasses and black t-shirt cheers on a home run at 1956 MLB game

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Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · May 7

One piece of analysis I can offer right away is that his name and my name have a lot of similar letters.

Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · May 7

This is a good find. After the Woo video, I got curious about guys like Schneemann who didn't hit in college, but hit in the bigs.

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Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · May 5

always knew i had that dog in me

Screenshot from Washington Post tool that shows the name “Bailey” is much more common for dogs than humans.

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lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · May 2

Happy birthday to my exceptional friend, Sarah. open.substack.com/pub/lindseya...

Birthdays Are Important

Twice a day for two years, Sarah Langs drank a bitter, brown sludge-like concoction that she called “her potion” in the hopes that it would extend her life by at least a few weeks.

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Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · Apr 20

Yet to figure this out. Might be an Alphabet Song, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Bah Bah Black Sheep situation

Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · Apr 20

New Baseball Bits! Click for poor Joba Chamberlain, stay for info about the life cycle of Lake Erie midges. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJLf...

The Bug Game | Baseball Bits

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Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · Apr 18

current Youtube obsession: this 79-year-old trying to improve his vertical leap

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Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · Apr 10

Trying to get better about sharing my stuff on Blue Sky, but here's my attempt to track down the "Timothée Chalamet At-Bat," a three-pitch sequence reminiscent of Will Sennett's strikeout tweet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=faAg...

Finding the Timothée Chalamet At-Bat

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Foolish Baseball @foolishbb.bsky.social · Mar 28

Severance but for watching your favorite team lose.

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