Grant Brisbee
@grantbrisbee.bsky.social
Union man. I write about baseball and make stupid jokes, not necessarily in that order. For a midlife crisis expressed through record collecting, follow me @mystupidrecords.bsky.social
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I say this every NBA trade deadline, but if I ever have to learn what a trade exception is or how to calculate it for my job, I swear to God I am going to hunt down everyone who rooted for a salary cap in MLB and fill the air vents in their cars with bees
If I'm counting it all up right, the Grizzlies have turned Desmond Bane and Jaren Jackson Jr. into Cedric Coward, five first-round picks (plus a swap), about $17.5M in expiring contracts and the biggest trade exception in NBA history. Lots of raw materials to work with, at least.
February 3, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I say this every NBA trade deadline, but if I ever have to learn what a trade exception is or how to calculate it for my job, I swear to God I am going to hunt down everyone who rooted for a salary cap in MLB and fill the air vents in their cars with bees
FRESHMAN-YEAR CONTRARIAN IN THE YEAR 2104: Actually, Trump had some good ideas.
February 12, 2026 at 5:40 PM
FRESHMAN-YEAR CONTRARIAN IN THE YEAR 2104: Actually, Trump had some good ideas.
ELLISON: Farrakhan's a prophet and I think you ought to listen to. Congressman, what he can say to you, what you wanna do ... is follow for now. Power of the people. Say, 'Make a miracle, Keith,' pump the lyrical. I yield the rest of my time.
we've reached the portion of the hearing where Republicans (specifically Bernie Moreno) are making baseless insinuations that Keith Ellison is antisemitic and demanding he denounce Louis Farrakhan
February 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
ELLISON: Farrakhan's a prophet and I think you ought to listen to. Congressman, what he can say to you, what you wanna do ... is follow for now. Power of the people. Say, 'Make a miracle, Keith,' pump the lyrical. I yield the rest of my time.
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Free for four more days. Twenty five reviews. 4.9 stars. www.amazon.com/Everybody-Ha...
Everybody Has Something to Hide: Why and How to Use Signal to Preserve Your Privacy, Security, and Well-Being
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January 29, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Free for four more days. Twenty five reviews. 4.9 stars. www.amazon.com/Everybody-Ha...
Made some gyudon.
February 11, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Made some gyudon.
No, i'm going to say it's evil to zip-tie a 14-year-old and demand that she proves that she's a citizen (which she is). It would still be evil if she weren't a citizen, to be clear, but it's an extra shiny level of evil here.
February 10, 2026 at 9:41 PM
No, i'm going to say it's evil to zip-tie a 14-year-old and demand that she proves that she's a citizen (which she is). It would still be evil if she weren't a citizen, to be clear, but it's an extra shiny level of evil here.
Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels, more and more people are saying.
More McIver (D-NJ) to ICE chief at today's hearing:
-"How do you think Judgment Day will work for you, with so much blood on your hands?"
-"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
-"How many government agencies are you aware of that routinely kill American citizens and still get funding?"
-"How do you think Judgment Day will work for you, with so much blood on your hands?"
-"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
-"How many government agencies are you aware of that routinely kill American citizens and still get funding?"
February 10, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels, more and more people are saying.
wait, the guy who hired garbanzo24 is a Bay kid too? paul toboni, reveal your McC handle.
Washington #Nationals president of baseball operations opened a video call with media bemoaning the loss of the Post sports department and ball writers Andrew Golden, Spencer Nusbaum, Chelsea Janes and Barry Svrluga, while noting the San Francisco Chronicle's role in shaping him as a youth.
February 10, 2026 at 6:07 PM
wait, the guy who hired garbanzo24 is a Bay kid too? paul toboni, reveal your McC handle.
I know that people have been bringing up these Kid Rock lyrics lately. What i didn't know is that this song was in a children's movie.
February 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I know that people have been bringing up these Kid Rock lyrics lately. What i didn't know is that this song was in a children's movie.
anyone here go to burlingame high school in the mid-90s
February 9, 2026 at 8:20 PM
anyone here go to burlingame high school in the mid-90s
my hobby is politely asking the singers at death metal shows to enunciate
my opinion on the Bad Bunny halftime show, and non-English music in general, is that i think a need to “be able to understand the lyrics” displays an embarrassing shallowness of the speaker to appreciate the voice as an instrument & to appreciate music as something other than a lyric delivery system
February 9, 2026 at 8:08 PM
my hobby is politely asking the singers at death metal shows to enunciate
Recently had the chance to see Reservoir Dogs on the big screen, and it was a treat on so many levels, but my favorite part was the extended scene with Buscemi and Keitel. I'd seen it 100 times, but I'd never appreciated it enough. Masterclass from both.
Reminder that Steve Buscemi, National Treasure, used to be a firefighter, and when 9-11 happened, he pulled 12 hour volunteer shifts with his old ladder. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
In case you want to know the first thing I remember about him. :)
In case you want to know the first thing I remember about him. :)
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Recently had the chance to see Reservoir Dogs on the big screen, and it was a treat on so many levels, but my favorite part was the extended scene with Buscemi and Keitel. I'd seen it 100 times, but I'd never appreciated it enough. Masterclass from both.
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You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
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Post a banger that isn't in English
February 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Post a banger that isn't in English
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Thanks to the listeners who have followed along with Grant and I these past four years. The Roundtable will not be back in 2026, and we won’t be able to do the show elsewhere. A bummer, in part because I just had so much fun talking to Grant and Sam twice a week. I’m going to miss that a great deal.
Our status has regretfully shifted to "it's complicated." The Athletic will not be bringing The Roundtable back, and we are asking for permission to yammer about baseball somewhere else. The three of us still want to do it, but ... well, it's complicated.
Hey grant. What happened to the roundtable podcast? Is it still alive?
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Thanks to the listeners who have followed along with Grant and I these past four years. The Roundtable will not be back in 2026, and we won’t be able to do the show elsewhere. A bummer, in part because I just had so much fun talking to Grant and Sam twice a week. I’m going to miss that a great deal.
Hard to overstate how important "1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours" was to my musical journey. That's the one I had because I picked a tape at random, and I didn't have a second one because of $. Kids need to bring back "sticking with an artist's fifth-best album because it's the only one you have"
February 8, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Hard to overstate how important "1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours" was to my musical journey. That's the one I had because I picked a tape at random, and I didn't have a second one because of $. Kids need to bring back "sticking with an artist's fifth-best album because it's the only one you have"
I guess I knew that some of them were liquored up as they zoomed around and terrorized people, but I didn't expect it to be a communal thing. Super naive of me.
There was so much ICE activity today. A group of agents spent the whole morning inside Jimmy’s Bar and then ended up driving erratically all throughout the Holland & Como neighborhoods, eventually trying to park at the 2nd precinct police station.
February 7, 2026 at 11:06 PM
I guess I knew that some of them were liquored up as they zoomed around and terrorized people, but I didn't expect it to be a communal thing. Super naive of me.
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Effectively Wild Episode 2437: Season Preview Series: Giants and Royals blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-...
Effectively Wild Episode 2437: Season Preview Series: Giants and Royals
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the new, ESPN-ified process for signing up for MLB.TV, Stat Blast (12:28) about the long-sought, newfound pitching aptitude of the WBC’s Team USA superteam,...
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February 7, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Effectively Wild Episode 2437: Season Preview Series: Giants and Royals blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-...
sorry, but i think this is a VERY common name that most people think about at least once a day
The highlight of the “athletes pronouncing their names for the Olympics website” is American alpine skier Mary Bocock, who clearly agrees it’s a pretty funny name
February 6, 2026 at 6:52 PM
sorry, but i think this is a VERY common name that most people think about at least once a day
there's gotta be a better way to say this
February 6, 2026 at 6:42 PM
there's gotta be a better way to say this
they're calling it "the worst case of pixelitis we've ever seen"
Reese Olson might not be ready to start season
Reese Olson might not be ready to start season
Detroit Free Press' Evan Petzold reports that Reese Olson (shoulder) might not be ready to start the season.
dlvr.it
February 6, 2026 at 5:59 PM
they're calling it "the worst case of pixelitis we've ever seen"
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Even with all the media cover, arresting and deporting five year olds and doing racist shit at the Obamas is simply something that people who watch The Big Bang Theory are going to dislike
February 6, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Even with all the media cover, arresting and deporting five year olds and doing racist shit at the Obamas is simply something that people who watch The Big Bang Theory are going to dislike
AI TANNER BIBEE: Ah, yes. Upon further review, that actually might look infected, thank you for calling me out on that!
What we're looking for:
✅ A red area around the mark
✅ Discharge (the clearer the better)
❌ A line going straight from the wound to your heart or brain
What we're looking for:
✅ A red area around the mark
✅ Discharge (the clearer the better)
❌ A line going straight from the wound to your heart or brain
MLB players have struck a deal allowing AI versions of themselves to be created ⚾️
• Each AI character will reflect the player's voice and interests
• They can chat and charge for interactions with fans
• Each AI character will reflect the player's voice and interests
• They can chat and charge for interactions with fans
February 6, 2026 at 5:28 PM
AI TANNER BIBEE: Ah, yes. Upon further review, that actually might look infected, thank you for calling me out on that!
What we're looking for:
✅ A red area around the mark
✅ Discharge (the clearer the better)
❌ A line going straight from the wound to your heart or brain
What we're looking for:
✅ A red area around the mark
✅ Discharge (the clearer the better)
❌ A line going straight from the wound to your heart or brain