Jonathan Dodd

"The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm; his own hands to use, not the hands of others to command." -- of Samwise Gamgee; J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

The superstitions run deep in this trio.

In a future where time travel is a reality: "When would you like to travel, sir?" Me, as an old man, remembering the wild season when the Pirates won the World Series: "March 2026." "Interesting choice, sir. And where will you be traveling?" "Fanatics HQ. I have a typo to make."

HOIST THE CONE! Nick Yorke walks it off for the @Pirates 🏴‍☠️

The Orioles broadcast of Konnor Griffin’s first career hit is HILARIOUS

Wanna feel old? Jason Bay and Jack Wilson were in the @Pirates lineup on the day Konnor Griffin was born, April 24th, 2006 🏴‍☠️

We see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere. That's us, together, watching as our astronauts make their journey to the Moon.

Konnor Griffin's deal with the Pirates: nine years, $140 million. They're still working on finalizing.

The coolest orbital animation I've seen of Artemis 2 Just really shows you how far away they're flying today and also how precise they need to be to go to the moon

Here's how I draw up the lineup for the Home Opener: SS Griffin CF Cruz LF Reynolds 2B Lowe DH Ozuna RF O'Hearn 3B Gonzales 1B Horwitz C Davis #LetsGoBucs

Opening Debut.

The @Pirates new hype video before the closer’s walk-on music this year. #LetsGoBucs #RaiseTheCone

Properly scaled diagram of the journey of Artemis II. Inertial frame of reference. No, the mission won’t land, but it will be going a tremendous distance from Earth. The green circle is the ISS orbit… Made it for this article: planetocracy.org/p/artemis-ii-i…

The best April fools prank ever Imagine being this cool

I was at 1, 2, and 4! Personally, I'd have Cutch's HR higher (2nd) because of the playoff push. The others were exciting moments but didn't happen for winning teams.

@GettheSave9th Who's the least valuable in a SOLDs league? Brash, Beeter, Cleavinger, Weaver. I need to cut one

Bullpen New Has the 1st domino fallen? Stock Up 📈 Lucas Erceg: Did we all see big Steve last night? At 42% rostered Erceg is a must add. If you need a closer stop reading this and pick him up Paul Sewald: If they can get him a chance he's the closer: 37% rostered Cole Sands: Feel like he'll see the most chances. Bad team so if he sees 60% of the chances it might not be worth it. 19% Rostered Bryan Baker/Edwin Uceta: I'd add Baker today with Jax struggling. Uceta could be back by May and is worth a stash. 12%/45% Rostered Stock Volatile Griffin Jax: Don't cut him but the start he has had is not ideal Robert Garcia/Chris Martin: I dont like either. especially Garcia but ill put them here since the runs were unearned. One of them will get the next chance. Emilio Pagán: Same as Hoffman yesterday. Not an ideal start to the season but the job is still his for now Ryne Stanek: I wish i could say it went down but I feel like they will still use him in the 9th Justin Sterner: He didn't pitch yesterday and the rest of the Athletics did. They all were bad. He'll get chances late in games Stock Down 📈 Carlos Estévez: Biggest loser of the day. Something is wrong. Give him an "injury" to figure it out what. The comebacker off the ankle is looking like the excuss Juan Morillo: He isn't closing anything. Can be cut. Matt Svanson: 6 runs in 1IP this year. Cut him in normal leagues. 3 guys ahead of him Michael Kelly: No more save chances for you #FantasyBaseball #MLB #Closers #Mr9thinning

@JMackey_PGH Ever been any thought of trying Horwitz at 3B? Does he have any history of playing on the left side?

Pirates fans: It’s that time. Need some questions for my Friday mailbag. What’s on your mind(s)?

Another #OpeningDay   is upon us, and maybe even the most jaded baseball fan among us will admit that: “In #Pittsburgh, we believe the #Pirates will come through!” #LetsGoBucs   🏴‍☠️ #YouGottaBelieve Let’s make some new history to be proud of in 2026.

For Pittsburgh. 🖤💛

Rare fun thing I noticed: #Pirates are the only MLB team with a projected rotation of fully home-grown players #LetsGoBucs