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Jared Diamond
@jareddiamond
Baseball, gambling and more: @WSJSports. Teach: @columbiajourn, @Mville_U. Author: SWING KINGS (@wmmorrowbooks). Email: [email protected].
Katılım Mayıs 2008
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For @WSJSports I wrote about the Ben Rice origin story. It's absolutely incredible.
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@SmartOne8927 I mean, basically same, and I've been a professional baseball writer since for 13 years!
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I picked a great day to write about the incredible Ildemaro Vargas. He's 4 for 4 tonight and is up to .350 on the season. Amazing for a 34-year-old now in his 19th pro season.
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On Ildemaro Vargas, the 34-year-old journeyman in his 19th professional season who has emerged as one of baseball's best stories of 2026.
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Ildemaro Vargas has spent 19 years as an anonymous utility infielder. This season, out of nowhere, he’s turned into one of the game’s top sluggers. on.wsj.com/4ujgKEo
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@ScottGustin Now what can you do about general previews happening on, say, May 24? (And Soarin' on May 25 while you're at it!)
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Disney says the Audio-Animatronics figure of Scooter was created using motion-capture technology with the actual Scooter Muppet. Imagineers tracked Scooter’s performance to recreate his movements, expressions, and other details as accurately as possible.

Scott Gustin@ScottGustin
NEW: Disney revealed a first look at the first-ever Scooter Audio-Animatronics figure for the new Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets pre-show. Scooter is joined by the penguin audio engineers.
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@DrewDisneyDude What strings can you pull for there to be a soft opening on the 25th?!?!
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NEW: Soarin’ Across America will feature a new musical arrangement by Bruce Broughton of Jerry Goldsmith’s Soarin’ theme.
The attraction will debut the new music, updated ride programming, and more, on May 26 at EPCOT and July 2 at Disney California Adventure.


Drew Smith@DrewDisneyDude
NEW: Walt Disney World reveals new locations for Soarin’ Across America, including Mount Rushmore, New England’s coastline, and New York Harbor.
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Fernando Tatis is hitting the ball harder than just about any player in baseball. He has exactly zero home runs. The only other two players with more than 150 PAs and no HR are Chandler Simpson and Luis Arraez.
I went deep on the mystery of Tatis.
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Fernando Tatis Jr. of the San Diego Padres is supposed to be one the best players in the major leagues. His inexplicable home-run drought has emerged as one of the biggest mysteries of the season. on.wsj.com/49u54pT
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Ted Turner was known as one of the most unconventional owners in baseball history. Putting on a uniform and managing the team might have been his wildest move of all. on.wsj.com/48NzlzL

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MLB’s walk rate this season has reached levels hardly seen in the past seven decades, due to a smaller strike zone brought about by the game’s new ball-strike challenge system. on.wsj.com/431pVNy
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The media mogul was known as one of the most unconventional owners in baseball history. Putting on a uniform and managing the team might have been his wildest move of all. on.wsj.com/4uBPi4u
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Fox and the NFL have made each other a lot of money. But tensions are on the rise between the two longtime partners. on.wsj.com/4wj2PPZ
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MLB’s walk rate this season has reached levels hardly seen in the past seven decades, due to a smaller strike zone brought about by the game’s new ball-strike challenge system. on.wsj.com/3P59EUI
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MLB’s walk rate this season has reached levels hardly seen in the past seven decades, due to a smaller strike zone brought about by the game’s new ball-strike challenge system. on.wsj.com/42RYLJ2
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MLB’s walk rate this season has reached levels hardly seen in the past seven decades, due to a smaller strike zone brought about by the game’s new ball-strike challenge system. on.wsj.com/4tYqfJ3
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The walk rate in the world of ABS is surging. Even if it decreases by the typical half-percent, which is normal over the course of the season, 2026 would have the highest walk rate since 2000.
This is why:
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Such a great @WSJ lede: "Major League Baseball introduced its automated ball-strike challenge system about six weeks ago and, already, there is one undeniable truth about the game’s new electronic overlords: The robot umpires have it in for pitchers" wsj.com/sports/basebal…
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