Matt Monagan
@mattmonagan.bsky.social
I write stories and host the Morning Lineup podcast for MLB. I went to Fordham. BBWAA. Bad news, rap dudes, I'm back fools.
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Tony Freitas is an MiLB pitching legend. His 342 career Ws are fourth best ever. He struck out Babe Ruth, he went 17 innings against Dizzy Dean.
Oh, and there's that time he got let out of jail, pitched a complete game, and then went back to jail again.
www.mlb.com/news/tony-fr...
Oh, and there's that time he got let out of jail, pitched a complete game, and then went back to jail again.
www.mlb.com/news/tony-fr...
The pitcher who was let out of jail, threw a complete game, then went back to jail
By 1931, the Marin County court system was sick of dealing with Tony Freitas.
Sure, the young pitcher for the Pacific Coast League's Sacramento Senators was becoming a star. He went 19-6 with a 3.24 E...
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December 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Tony Freitas is an MiLB pitching legend. His 342 career Ws are fourth best ever. He struck out Babe Ruth, he went 17 innings against Dizzy Dean.
Oh, and there's that time he got let out of jail, pitched a complete game, and then went back to jail again.
www.mlb.com/news/tony-fr...
Oh, and there's that time he got let out of jail, pitched a complete game, and then went back to jail again.
www.mlb.com/news/tony-fr...
Tony Freitas is an MiLB pitching legend. His 342 career Ws are fourth best ever. He struck out Babe Ruth, he went 17 innings against Dizzy Dean.
Oh, and there's that time he got let out of jail, pitched a complete game, and then went back to jail again.
www.mlb.com/news/tony-fr...
Oh, and there's that time he got let out of jail, pitched a complete game, and then went back to jail again.
www.mlb.com/news/tony-fr...
The pitcher who was let out of jail, threw a complete game, then went back to jail
By 1931, the Marin County court system was sick of dealing with Tony Freitas.
Sure, the young pitcher for the Pacific Coast League's Sacramento Senators was becoming a star. He went 19-6 with a 3.24 E...
www.mlb.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Tony Freitas is an MiLB pitching legend. His 342 career Ws are fourth best ever. He struck out Babe Ruth, he went 17 innings against Dizzy Dean.
Oh, and there's that time he got let out of jail, pitched a complete game, and then went back to jail again.
www.mlb.com/news/tony-fr...
Oh, and there's that time he got let out of jail, pitched a complete game, and then went back to jail again.
www.mlb.com/news/tony-fr...
Some players make history for winning batting titles in the AL and NL, Tony Gwynn won a ridiculous 8 total in his career, but nobody, besides a player from the early 1900s … won one while he was dead.
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The player who won a batting title ... while he was dead
Heinie Heitmuller could always hit.
The San Francisco native started playing independent ball for Oakland in the Pacific Coast League in 1904 after graduating from the University of Berkeley. Along wi...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Some players make history for winning batting titles in the AL and NL, Tony Gwynn won a ridiculous 8 total in his career, but nobody, besides a player from the early 1900s … won one while he was dead.
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On women playing baseball outside the framework of "first" or "only," for Kelsie Whitmore, Mo'ne Davis and more in the fledging WPBL: www.si.com/mlb/mone-dav...
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
On women playing baseball outside the framework of "first" or "only," for Kelsie Whitmore, Mo'ne Davis and more in the fledging WPBL: www.si.com/mlb/mone-dav...
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Just a reminder - not a remainder.
Just published - "First They Kill You." My story of two cancers and stem-cell replacement. It's got self-doubt and bad dreams, medical marvels, helpful hallucinations and the love of family and friends. I judge it a damn good read but that's just me talking. www.amazon.com/First-They-K...
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Just a reminder - not a remainder.
Off baseball for a minute.
Two years ago, my dad nearly died fighting off two kinds of blood cancer. He did a stem cell transplant (with me). It was a long, difficult, at times, heartbreaking process, but he was cured. He wrote a memoir on it here
www.amazon.com/First-They-K...
Two years ago, my dad nearly died fighting off two kinds of blood cancer. He did a stem cell transplant (with me). It was a long, difficult, at times, heartbreaking process, but he was cured. He wrote a memoir on it here
www.amazon.com/First-They-K...
First They Kill You: Lessons from Living, Dying and Then Living Again
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November 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Off baseball for a minute.
Two years ago, my dad nearly died fighting off two kinds of blood cancer. He did a stem cell transplant (with me). It was a long, difficult, at times, heartbreaking process, but he was cured. He wrote a memoir on it here
www.amazon.com/First-They-K...
Two years ago, my dad nearly died fighting off two kinds of blood cancer. He did a stem cell transplant (with me). It was a long, difficult, at times, heartbreaking process, but he was cured. He wrote a memoir on it here
www.amazon.com/First-They-K...
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Just published - "First They Kill You." My story of two cancers and stem-cell replacement. It's got self-doubt and bad dreams, medical marvels, helpful hallucinations and the love of family and friends. I judge it a damn good read but that's just me talking. www.amazon.com/First-They-K...
October 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Just published - "First They Kill You." My story of two cancers and stem-cell replacement. It's got self-doubt and bad dreams, medical marvels, helpful hallucinations and the love of family and friends. I judge it a damn good read but that's just me talking. www.amazon.com/First-They-K...
A look inside the Storehouse tonight. 140 people and counting ..
October 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
A look inside the Storehouse tonight. 140 people and counting ..
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A generation ago, Yoshinobu Yamamoto's World Series CG would have seemed impossible. There were few scouts in Japan and little attention paid to its players.
I spoke to @danevans108.bsky.social, current LAD director of travel Scott Akasaki, and fmr scout Ted Heid about how they changed all of that.
I spoke to @danevans108.bsky.social, current LAD director of travel Scott Akasaki, and fmr scout Ted Heid about how they changed all of that.
Behind-the-scenes look at how Dodgers became a hotbed for Japanese talent
"I know that I could go everywhere I wanted to in Japan and never see another scout," Ted Heid, the longtime Mariners Pacific Rim scout who helped the team land Ichiro Suzuki, told MLB.com recently.
"...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A generation ago, Yoshinobu Yamamoto's World Series CG would have seemed impossible. There were few scouts in Japan and little attention paid to its players.
I spoke to @danevans108.bsky.social, current LAD director of travel Scott Akasaki, and fmr scout Ted Heid about how they changed all of that.
I spoke to @danevans108.bsky.social, current LAD director of travel Scott Akasaki, and fmr scout Ted Heid about how they changed all of that.
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Giving this one more bump, before Game 5, because, thanks to @mattmonagan.bsky.social, I wish I could've been at The Storehouse Bar and Grill when Vladdy Jr. went yard and the Jays bounced back from an 18-inning gut-punch the night before (OK, the finish actually came earlier in the day Tuesday).
Re-upping this one before Game 3. You wanna talk about a WORLD Series, @mattmonagan.bsky.social takes you to a bar at the end of the you-know-what. www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
The Blue Jays bar at the end of the world
There are no roads in and out.
Only planes can get you there, and of course, boats. But that's only if Frobisher Bay isn’t frozen over (which it is for about nine months of the year).
Canada’s norther...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Giving this one more bump, before Game 5, because, thanks to @mattmonagan.bsky.social, I wish I could've been at The Storehouse Bar and Grill when Vladdy Jr. went yard and the Jays bounced back from an 18-inning gut-punch the night before (OK, the finish actually came earlier in the day Tuesday).
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Always read Mono
In Canada's northernmost city, 1,455 miles from Toronto, where polar bears and narwhals roam - there's a bar called The Storehouse. It's filled with diehard Blue Jays fans who'll be eagerly watching Game 3 tonight.
“It feels like we’re on the moon."
www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
“It feels like we’re on the moon."
www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
The Blue Jays bar at the end of the world
There are no roads in and out.
Only planes can get you there, and of course, boats. But that's only if Frobisher Bay isn’t frozen over (which it is for about nine months of the year).
Canada’s norther...
www.mlb.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Always read Mono
In Canada's northernmost city, 1,455 miles from Toronto, where polar bears and narwhals roam - there's a bar called The Storehouse. It's filled with diehard Blue Jays fans who'll be eagerly watching Game 3 tonight.
“It feels like we’re on the moon."
www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
“It feels like we’re on the moon."
www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
The Blue Jays bar at the end of the world
There are no roads in and out.
Only planes can get you there, and of course, boats. But that's only if Frobisher Bay isn’t frozen over (which it is for about nine months of the year).
Canada’s norther...
www.mlb.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In Canada's northernmost city, 1,455 miles from Toronto, where polar bears and narwhals roam - there's a bar called The Storehouse. It's filled with diehard Blue Jays fans who'll be eagerly watching Game 3 tonight.
“It feels like we’re on the moon."
www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
“It feels like we’re on the moon."
www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
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Really enjoyed this from @mattmonagan.bsky.social about Jays fans following the Series at the northernmost sports bar in Canada
www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
The Blue Jays bar at the end of the world
There are no roads in and out.
Only planes can get you there, and of course, boats. But that's only if Frobisher Bay isn’t frozen over (which it is for about nine months of the year).
Canada’s norther...
www.mlb.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Really enjoyed this from @mattmonagan.bsky.social about Jays fans following the Series at the northernmost sports bar in Canada
www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
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“It feels like we’re on the moon.”
In Canada’s northernmost city, more than 1400 miles from Toronto where polar bears and narwhals roam - there’s a bar called The Storehouse. It’s filled every night with diehard Blue Jays fans. A very fun one to write.
www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
In Canada’s northernmost city, more than 1400 miles from Toronto where polar bears and narwhals roam - there’s a bar called The Storehouse. It’s filled every night with diehard Blue Jays fans. A very fun one to write.
www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
The Blue Jays bar at the end of the world
There are no roads in and out.
Only planes can get you there, and of course, boats. But that's only if Frobisher Bay isn’t frozen over (which it is for about nine months of the year).
Canada’s norther...
www.mlb.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“It feels like we’re on the moon.”
In Canada’s northernmost city, more than 1400 miles from Toronto where polar bears and narwhals roam - there’s a bar called The Storehouse. It’s filled every night with diehard Blue Jays fans. A very fun one to write.
www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
In Canada’s northernmost city, more than 1400 miles from Toronto where polar bears and narwhals roam - there’s a bar called The Storehouse. It’s filled every night with diehard Blue Jays fans. A very fun one to write.
www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
“It feels like we’re on the moon.”
In Canada’s northernmost city, more than 1400 miles from Toronto where polar bears and narwhals roam - there’s a bar called The Storehouse. It’s filled every night with diehard Blue Jays fans. A very fun one to write.
www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
In Canada’s northernmost city, more than 1400 miles from Toronto where polar bears and narwhals roam - there’s a bar called The Storehouse. It’s filled every night with diehard Blue Jays fans. A very fun one to write.
www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
The Blue Jays bar at the end of the world
There are no roads in and out.
Only planes can get you there, and of course, boats. But that's only if Frobisher Bay isn’t frozen over (which it is for about nine months of the year).
Canada’s norther...
www.mlb.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“It feels like we’re on the moon.”
In Canada’s northernmost city, more than 1400 miles from Toronto where polar bears and narwhals roam - there’s a bar called The Storehouse. It’s filled every night with diehard Blue Jays fans. A very fun one to write.
www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
In Canada’s northernmost city, more than 1400 miles from Toronto where polar bears and narwhals roam - there’s a bar called The Storehouse. It’s filled every night with diehard Blue Jays fans. A very fun one to write.
www.mlb.com/news/blue-ja...
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I finally boiled down 65 years of listening to pop, rock and R&B to a favorite Top 20. See if you agree or think I'm crazy.
www.charlesmonagan.com/2025/10/21/t...
www.charlesmonagan.com/2025/10/21/t...
October 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I finally boiled down 65 years of listening to pop, rock and R&B to a favorite Top 20. See if you agree or think I'm crazy.
www.charlesmonagan.com/2025/10/21/t...
www.charlesmonagan.com/2025/10/21/t...
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50 years ago, cameras caught Carlton Fisk waving his ball fair in the '75 World Series. An iconic shot that delighted audiences and made it standard for TV directors to film player reactions/emotions moving forward.
And it all happened because of a rat.
www.mlb.com/news/carlton...
And it all happened because of a rat.
www.mlb.com/news/carlton...
50 years ago, Carlton Fisk (and a rat) changed how we watch baseball on TV
Ever since the inception of baseball being broadcast on TV, and for many decades after, the concept was simple: Follow the action. Follow the ball.
And that made sense.
Viewers wanted to watch basebal...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
50 years ago, cameras caught Carlton Fisk waving his ball fair in the '75 World Series. An iconic shot that delighted audiences and made it standard for TV directors to film player reactions/emotions moving forward.
And it all happened because of a rat.
www.mlb.com/news/carlton...
And it all happened because of a rat.
www.mlb.com/news/carlton...
50 years ago, cameras caught Carlton Fisk waving his ball fair in the '75 World Series. An iconic shot that delighted audiences and made it standard for TV directors to film player reactions/emotions moving forward.
And it all happened because of a rat.
www.mlb.com/news/carlton...
And it all happened because of a rat.
www.mlb.com/news/carlton...
50 years ago, Carlton Fisk (and a rat) changed how we watch baseball on TV
Ever since the inception of baseball being broadcast on TV, and for many decades after, the concept was simple: Follow the action. Follow the ball.
And that made sense.
Viewers wanted to watch basebal...
www.mlb.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
50 years ago, cameras caught Carlton Fisk waving his ball fair in the '75 World Series. An iconic shot that delighted audiences and made it standard for TV directors to film player reactions/emotions moving forward.
And it all happened because of a rat.
www.mlb.com/news/carlton...
And it all happened because of a rat.
www.mlb.com/news/carlton...
DA POPE kinda joined the Morning lineup pod last night. Check it all out here youtu.be/oKfflVaYFtY?si…
September 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
DA POPE kinda joined the Morning lineup pod last night. Check it all out here youtu.be/oKfflVaYFtY?si…
They call her The Baseball Princess
13 year old Francys Sandoval recently led Venezuela to LLWS intermediate title, striking out boys with her 76 mph fastball. Her ultimate dream?
“Las Grandes Ligas”
The big leagues
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13 year old Francys Sandoval recently led Venezuela to LLWS intermediate title, striking out boys with her 76 mph fastball. Her ultimate dream?
“Las Grandes Ligas”
The big leagues
www.mlb.com/news/13-year...
They call her the 'Baseball Princess,' and she's striking out any boy who stands in her way
Francys Sandoval, just 13 years old, is understandably shy in an on-camera Zoom interview to talk about her baseball career. She sits beside her dad, Francisco -- a former Expos Minor League pitcher \...
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August 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
They call her The Baseball Princess
13 year old Francys Sandoval recently led Venezuela to LLWS intermediate title, striking out boys with her 76 mph fastball. Her ultimate dream?
“Las Grandes Ligas”
The big leagues
www.mlb.com/news/13-year...
13 year old Francys Sandoval recently led Venezuela to LLWS intermediate title, striking out boys with her 76 mph fastball. Her ultimate dream?
“Las Grandes Ligas”
The big leagues
www.mlb.com/news/13-year...
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Georgina Corrick just won AUSL's Pitcher of the Year award, she's maybe the current best softball pitcher on Earth, she'll be leading the Talons this weekend in the championship.
But where she might feel most at home is under the sea.
www.mlb.com/news/ausl-st...
But where she might feel most at home is under the sea.
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She swims with sharks -- and might be the best softball pitcher on the planet
Georgina Corrick is a softball-hurling superstar.
She was transcendent at the University of South Florida -- putting up a 113-32 record with a 1.04 ERA in five seasons. She's the school's all-time lea...
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July 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Georgina Corrick just won AUSL's Pitcher of the Year award, she's maybe the current best softball pitcher on Earth, she'll be leading the Talons this weekend in the championship.
But where she might feel most at home is under the sea.
www.mlb.com/news/ausl-st...
But where she might feel most at home is under the sea.
www.mlb.com/news/ausl-st...
8 sluggers will be hammering dingers as far as they can tonight in Atlanta. But 70 years ago, Bob Montag hit the farthest homer in Georgia (and maybe all of pro baseball) history.
518 miles.
www.mlb.com/news/bob-mon...
518 miles.
www.mlb.com/news/bob-mon...
500-foot HRs? How about Atlanta’s famous 500-mile HR?
Sluggers will be teeing off in the 40th annual Home Run Derby at Truist Park in Atlanta on Monday night.
Big James Wood will be bringing his colossal power to the contest. The Big Dumper, Cal Raleigh,...
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July 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
8 sluggers will be hammering dingers as far as they can tonight in Atlanta. But 70 years ago, Bob Montag hit the farthest homer in Georgia (and maybe all of pro baseball) history.
518 miles.
www.mlb.com/news/bob-mon...
518 miles.
www.mlb.com/news/bob-mon...
8 sluggers will be crushing baseballs in the Home Run Derby in two days in Atlanta. But none of them will eclipse Atlanta’s longest home run, and maybe the longest home run ever: Bob Montag’s 518-mile dinger in 1954.
www.mlb.com/news/bob-mon...
www.mlb.com/news/bob-mon...
500-foot HRs? How about Atlanta’s famous 500-mile HR?
Sluggers will be teeing off in the 40th annual Home Run Derby at Truist Park in Atlanta on Monday night.
Big James Wood will be bringing his colossal power to the contest. The Big Dumper, Cal Raleigh,...
www.mlb.com
July 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
8 sluggers will be crushing baseballs in the Home Run Derby in two days in Atlanta. But none of them will eclipse Atlanta’s longest home run, and maybe the longest home run ever: Bob Montag’s 518-mile dinger in 1954.
www.mlb.com/news/bob-mon...
www.mlb.com/news/bob-mon...
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There's a 103 mph-throwing @MLB Draft prospect named Jack Bauer, after Kiefer Sutherland's "24" character.
I contacted Sutherland's reps, not expecting him to get back to me, but he did.
"I'm not the most avid fan, but now I've got something to root for"
www.mlb.com/news/mlb-dra...
I contacted Sutherland's reps, not expecting him to get back to me, but he did.
"I'm not the most avid fan, but now I've got something to root for"
www.mlb.com/news/mlb-dra...
What does the 'real' Jack Bauer think about Draft prospect Jack Bauer?
The MLB Draft will be happening during next week's All-Star break from Sunday to Monday.
If you're very much into baseball and know what pick your favorite team has, you'll know there are top potentia...
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July 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
There's a 103 mph-throwing @MLB Draft prospect named Jack Bauer, after Kiefer Sutherland's "24" character.
I contacted Sutherland's reps, not expecting him to get back to me, but he did.
"I'm not the most avid fan, but now I've got something to root for"
www.mlb.com/news/mlb-dra...
I contacted Sutherland's reps, not expecting him to get back to me, but he did.
"I'm not the most avid fan, but now I've got something to root for"
www.mlb.com/news/mlb-dra...