Jon Rufsvold
@jonrufsvold.bsky.social
Self-descriptions are inherently biased, but I'll go with lovable curmudgeon. (Godless liberal for Christ, if you prefer.)
Go Dodgers, Trojans, Kings!
Granddaughter is my wife's and my raison d'etre.
Go Dodgers, Trojans, Kings!
Granddaughter is my wife's and my raison d'etre.
I would argue that salary caps HAVE hurt those leagues. For example, my favorite NHL team is always at the cap at the trade deadline and can't make a move to improve for the playoff push.
What hurts MLB is teams that cry poverty without opening their books to prove it. (Sell, dammit!)
What hurts MLB is teams that cry poverty without opening their books to prove it. (Sell, dammit!)
January 17, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I would argue that salary caps HAVE hurt those leagues. For example, my favorite NHL team is always at the cap at the trade deadline and can't make a move to improve for the playoff push.
What hurts MLB is teams that cry poverty without opening their books to prove it. (Sell, dammit!)
What hurts MLB is teams that cry poverty without opening their books to prove it. (Sell, dammit!)
Department of "Justice"
January 17, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Department of "Justice"
Aren't jokes supposed to be humorous or clever or something?
January 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Aren't jokes supposed to be humorous or clever or something?
Is that why ICE officers are so triggered?
January 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Is that why ICE officers are so triggered?
Miller seems to forget that Denmark is in NATO and that NATO exists. At least for now.
January 17, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Miller seems to forget that Denmark is in NATO and that NATO exists. At least for now.
Other franchises have a lot of money. LA was and is a desired destination franchise for free agents, and that was true even when their LACK of titles felt like failure. So there must be something about the culture that attracts star players.
(P.S., Los Angeles is not a dystopian hellhole.)
(P.S., Los Angeles is not a dystopian hellhole.)
January 17, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Other franchises have a lot of money. LA was and is a desired destination franchise for free agents, and that was true even when their LACK of titles felt like failure. So there must be something about the culture that attracts star players.
(P.S., Los Angeles is not a dystopian hellhole.)
(P.S., Los Angeles is not a dystopian hellhole.)
We highly paid Troublemakers, Agitators, & Insurrectionists -- and especially we domestic terrorists-- really need to tone down our rhetoric.
January 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM
We highly paid Troublemakers, Agitators, & Insurrectionists -- and especially we domestic terrorists-- really need to tone down our rhetoric.
Who trains these federal officers? MS-13?
January 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Who trains these federal officers? MS-13?
If she stopped gaslighting, Trump would find someone else to do the gaslighting.
January 16, 2026 at 11:34 PM
If she stopped gaslighting, Trump would find someone else to do the gaslighting.
Can't afford Disneyland, either. (And it's not because they overpay staff!) But they still pack 'em in day after day, year after year.
January 16, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Can't afford Disneyland, either. (And it's not because they overpay staff!) But they still pack 'em in day after day, year after year.
Then the owners should sell. No owners in any major North American sport ever came out behind financially when selling. It's not the Dodgers' fault other teams aren't trying to improve the product on the field.
The Dodgers and other high-payroll teams pay a luxury tax for that very reason.
The Dodgers and other high-payroll teams pay a luxury tax for that very reason.
January 16, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Then the owners should sell. No owners in any major North American sport ever came out behind financially when selling. It's not the Dodgers' fault other teams aren't trying to improve the product on the field.
The Dodgers and other high-payroll teams pay a luxury tax for that very reason.
The Dodgers and other high-payroll teams pay a luxury tax for that very reason.
Focused on the wrong priorities? Focused? Really? Hah!
If Trump is focused on anything, it's on distracting us from the Epstein Files with a firehose flow of outrages.
If Trump is focused on anything, it's on distracting us from the Epstein Files with a firehose flow of outrages.
January 16, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Focused on the wrong priorities? Focused? Really? Hah!
If Trump is focused on anything, it's on distracting us from the Epstein Files with a firehose flow of outrages.
If Trump is focused on anything, it's on distracting us from the Epstein Files with a firehose flow of outrages.
Since expanded playoffs of three-to-four rounds, NO team -- even the favorite -- has a 50% chance of winning the World Series. I don't think any team has even been given 20% odds. Not even a team with 111 regular season wins.
January 16, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Since expanded playoffs of three-to-four rounds, NO team -- even the favorite -- has a 50% chance of winning the World Series. I don't think any team has even been given 20% odds. Not even a team with 111 regular season wins.
You mean to tell me that Ross's same-day discharge from suffering internal bleeding miracle was a lie? Get out of here!
Boy, if you can't trust two anonymous sources, what a crazy world we live in!
Boy, if you can't trust two anonymous sources, what a crazy world we live in!
January 16, 2026 at 7:49 PM
You mean to tell me that Ross's same-day discharge from suffering internal bleeding miracle was a lie? Get out of here!
Boy, if you can't trust two anonymous sources, what a crazy world we live in!
Boy, if you can't trust two anonymous sources, what a crazy world we live in!
So a Venezuelan's Nobel Peace Prize is now the property of the American people, right? It's going to go to the National Archives, right?
January 16, 2026 at 7:46 PM
So a Venezuelan's Nobel Peace Prize is now the property of the American people, right? It's going to go to the National Archives, right?
Better yet, uncompetitive owners should sell. No franchise owner in any major North American professional ever came out financially behind when they sold. Even total incompetents like Frank McCourt and Donald Sterling.
January 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Better yet, uncompetitive owners should sell. No franchise owner in any major North American professional ever came out financially behind when they sold. Even total incompetents like Frank McCourt and Donald Sterling.
And yet, they did. There were multiple moments in which the Jays nearly won the World Series.
January 16, 2026 at 7:40 PM
And yet, they did. There were multiple moments in which the Jays nearly won the World Series.
No. A salary cap reduces flexibility and puts limits on trade deadline deals. And it means owners pocket more of the revenue instead of improving the product on the field.
Your team should be trying to emulate the Dodgers, not envying them.
Your team should be trying to emulate the Dodgers, not envying them.
January 16, 2026 at 7:38 PM
No. A salary cap reduces flexibility and puts limits on trade deadline deals. And it means owners pocket more of the revenue instead of improving the product on the field.
Your team should be trying to emulate the Dodgers, not envying them.
Your team should be trying to emulate the Dodgers, not envying them.
Players are the product itself.
Yeah, there's big money in entertainment. But what else is so purely market-driven?
Yeah, there's big money in entertainment. But what else is so purely market-driven?
January 16, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Players are the product itself.
Yeah, there's big money in entertainment. But what else is so purely market-driven?
Yeah, there's big money in entertainment. But what else is so purely market-driven?
You do realize the Dodgers played in the Wild Card round, right? That they had two elimination games in the World Series? That there were multiple plays that would have won the Series for the Jays had they gone the other way?
The Dodgers pay a high luxury tax and therefore share the revenue.
The Dodgers pay a high luxury tax and therefore share the revenue.
January 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
You do realize the Dodgers played in the Wild Card round, right? That they had two elimination games in the World Series? That there were multiple plays that would have won the Series for the Jays had they gone the other way?
The Dodgers pay a high luxury tax and therefore share the revenue.
The Dodgers pay a high luxury tax and therefore share the revenue.
Ticket prices are based on demand, not payroll. The Dodgers annually lead MLB in attendance (over 4M in '25) and are consistently in the top 1-3 in payroll. Other teams benefit from the luxury tax they pay.
But I suppose you think ownership should just pocket all that extra revenue.
But I suppose you think ownership should just pocket all that extra revenue.
January 16, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Ticket prices are based on demand, not payroll. The Dodgers annually lead MLB in attendance (over 4M in '25) and are consistently in the top 1-3 in payroll. Other teams benefit from the luxury tax they pay.
But I suppose you think ownership should just pocket all that extra revenue.
But I suppose you think ownership should just pocket all that extra revenue.
I'd take that as a 'yes.'
January 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I'd take that as a 'yes.'
He's not supposed to keep that when he leaves office, but he is going to pretend that he doesn't know that.
January 16, 2026 at 8:03 AM
He's not supposed to keep that when he leaves office, but he is going to pretend that he doesn't know that.
A more mature president -- which is to say ANY previous president... or any presidential candidate from a major party... or any rational adult -- would have let that go.
So a two-word (accurate) epithet is "hysterically screaming" now. Fascinating.
So a two-word (accurate) epithet is "hysterically screaming" now. Fascinating.
January 15, 2026 at 8:18 PM
A more mature president -- which is to say ANY previous president... or any presidential candidate from a major party... or any rational adult -- would have let that go.
So a two-word (accurate) epithet is "hysterically screaming" now. Fascinating.
So a two-word (accurate) epithet is "hysterically screaming" now. Fascinating.
I got nasty bruises from my next-to-most-recent platelets donation at the blood bank. That counts as internal bleeding, right?
But I do wonder why the two government spokescreatures were unnamed. I'm guessing we wouldn't know them because they go to a different school.
But I do wonder why the two government spokescreatures were unnamed. I'm guessing we wouldn't know them because they go to a different school.
January 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I got nasty bruises from my next-to-most-recent platelets donation at the blood bank. That counts as internal bleeding, right?
But I do wonder why the two government spokescreatures were unnamed. I'm guessing we wouldn't know them because they go to a different school.
But I do wonder why the two government spokescreatures were unnamed. I'm guessing we wouldn't know them because they go to a different school.