Rickey played a cautious sport with abandon. Rickey played a timid sport with flash. Rickey irritated and thrilled and frustrated and dominated and left us all wanting more.
If you’re also bummed about the death of best leadoff man ever, read what Joe Posnanski wrote and reminisce. ⚾
Uh, is Wemby going to trip dub with blocks? 🏀
Finally looked at my Spotify Wrapped and it really seems like the only thing this thing remembers is that I was mainlining Andrew Bird while working a terrible job for a few months in the summer. 🎵
I just completely tore down one of my dynasty 🏀 teams and now all I do when I have a few hours of spare time (in the wee hours, say) is scout prospects in the 2025 and 2026 drafts and keep up with my newly-acquired prospects playing in the G. True sicko behaviour, yes, but I regret nothing.
Noticing a distinct lack of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” discourse this December so maybe 2024 wasn’t entirely bad.
If you’re like me, when you get near the end of a series you are really enjoying, you delay and delay and delay and stretch those last few episodes out over a few months. If you’re not like me, and don’t do this, what’s it like having a brain that works properly? 📺
Not having a dumb late game on the NBA slate (LAL/GSW would hit so good rn) is the worst. I’m supposed to just sit here?! With my thoughts?! 🏀
Where are the dynasty basketball people (sickos) on micro.blog? I want to chat with people who have opinions on, like, Egor Demin, Nikola Đurišić, and Tidjane Salaün. 🏀
Jordan Clarkson and Ron Holland squaring up and getting ejected last night was strange. The whole altercation had a real “Let’s Remember Some Guys” vibe of randomness, except both guys were active and David Roth was nowhere to be seen. 🏀
As a new user, I was instinctively discomfited by micro.blog’s whole feel because it’s not what I’m used to — i.e. big blogging/social media platforms. And then the penny dropped. NO. IT DOESN’T. THIS IS WHY YOU ARE HERE. THIS IS WHY YOU LIKE IT.
Lakers fans bellow about JHS and Max Lewis being busts even though neither has played much. I think they’re wrong, but I understand the perspective. But then those same fans seem to think the Lakers will get a big return for a package of… wait for it… JHS and Max Lewis. Make it make sense! 🏀
I finally joined micro.blog! Huzzah!
As it turns out, joining micro.blog is the easy part. Figuring out what I want to blog about, and why, and at what intervals, and to what end — that’s the other part.
I finally joined micro.blog! Huzzah!